Summary
This is a list of neighborhoods in Brooklyn, one of the five boroughs of New York City, United States.
By geographical region edit
Central Brooklyn edit
- Crown Heights
- Flatbush
- Beverley Squares: Beverley Square East, Beverley Square West
- Ditmas Park
- East Flatbush
- Fiske Terrace
- Pigtown
- Wingate
- Prospect Park area
- Kensington
- Ocean Parkway
- Parkville
Eastern Brooklyn edit
- Brownsville
- Canarsie
- East New York
- Highland Park
Northern Brooklyn edit
- Bedford–Stuyvesant[2]
- Bushwick
- Greenpoint
- Little Poland
- Williamsburg
Northwestern Brooklyn edit
- Brooklyn Heights
- Brooklyn Navy Yard
- Cadman Plaza
- Clinton Hill
- Downtown Brooklyn
- DUMBO
- Fort Greene
- Prospect Heights
- Pacific Park/Atlantic Yards
- Vinegar Hill
- South Brooklyn – takes its name from the geographical position of the original town of Brooklyn, which today includes the neighborhoods listed above under the heading "northwestern Brooklyn." It is not located in the southern part of the modern borough.
Southern Brooklyn edit
- Barren Island
- Bergen Beach and Georgetown
- Coney Island
- Brighton Beach, also known as "Little Odessa"[3] or "Little Russia"[4]
- West Brighton
- Manhattan Beach
- Sea Gate
- Brighton Beach, also known as "Little Odessa"[3] or "Little Russia"[4]
- Sheepshead Bay and Madison
- Midwood
- Flatlands
- Gerritsen Beach
- Gravesend
- Marine Park
- Mill Basin
- Plumb Beach
Southwestern Brooklyn edit
The southwestern portion of Brooklyn shares numbered streets and avenues starting from 36th Street to 101st Street and from 1st Avenue to 25th Avenue, passing through the neighborhoods listed below:
- Bay Ridge
- Bensonhurst
- Borough Park
- Mapleton lies mostly in Borough Park but its southern reaches are within Bensonhurst
- Dyker Heights
- Sunset Park
By historical town edit
The original Dutch settlement of what is now Brooklyn consisted of six towns with clearly defined borders. These later became English settlements, and were consolidated over time until the entirety of Kings County was the unified City of Brooklyn. The towns were, clockwise from the north: Bushwick, Brooklyn, Flatlands, Gravesend, New Utrecht, with Flatbush in the middle. The modern neighborhoods bearing these names are located roughly in the center of each of these original towns. Certain portions of the original six towns were also independent municipalities for a time, before being reabsorbed.
Following an 1894 referendum, the entire consolidated City of Brooklyn became a borough of New York City in 1898.
Bushwick edit
Annexed to Brooklyn in 1854.
- Bushwick
- Greenpoint
- Williamsburg (separated from Bushwick in 1840, annexed to Brooklyn in 1854)
Brooklyn edit
- Bedford-Stuyvesant
- Boerum Hill
- Brooklyn Heights
- Brownsville
- Carroll Gardens
- City Line
- Clinton Hill
- Cobble Hill
- Crown Heights
- Cypress Hills
- Downtown Brooklyn
- DUMBO
- East New York
- Fort Greene
- Gowanus
- Greenwood Heights
- Highland Park
- New Lots (separated from Flatbush in 1852, annexed to Brooklyn in 1886)
- Ocean Hill
- Park Slope
- Prospect Heights
- RAMBO
- Spring Creek
- Starrett City
- Stuyvesant Heights
- Sunset Park
- Vinegar Hill
- Weeksville
- Windsor Terrace
- Wingate
Flatlands edit
Annexed to Brooklyn in 1869.
- Bergen Beach
- Canarsie
- Flatlands
- Georgetown
- Marine Park
- Mill Basin
- The southeastern quarter of Midwood
Gravesend edit
Annexed to Brooklyn in 1894.
- Brighton Beach
- Coney Island
- Gerritsen Beach
- Gravesend
- Homecrest
- Madison
- Midwood
- Manhattan Beach
- Plum Beach
- Seagate
- Sheepshead Bay
New Utrecht edit
Annexed to Brooklyn in 1894.
Flatbush edit
Annexed to Brooklyn in 1894.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Hughes, C. J. (December 3, 2013). "Windsor Terrace: Less Way Station, More Destination". The New York Times.
- ^ Watkins, Ali (May 29, 2019). "Why Violence is Spiking in Pockets of Brooklyn, Even as the City Gets Safer". The New York Times.
- ^ Gergely, Julia. "In Brooklyn's 'Little Odessa,' Jews from Ukraine and Russia find the war 'terrifying'", Jewish Telegraphic Agency, February 28, 2022. Accessed March 2, 2022. "In Brighton Beach, New York, a community in Brooklyn known to many as "Little Odessa," named after the port city in Ukraine, many Jews are struggling to navigate the fear and uncertainty that has wracked the community as Russia wages an unprovoked war on their former country."
- ^ Bohlen, Celestine (March 8, 2002). "A Little Russia On the Hudson". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
External links edit
- Brooklyn - NYCHA
- Neighborhood Map from NYC Department of City Planning
- List of Brooklyn Neighborhood Associations