Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood of Brooklyn. It’s sometimes referred to as Little Poland, due to its large population of Polish immigrants. After a long…
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Downtown Brooklyn is the third largest central business district in New York City, following Midtown Manhattan and Lower Manhattan. The Brooklyn Bridge directly connects the…
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Clinton Hill is a beautiful residential neighborhood located between Fort Greene and Bedford-Stuyvesant. Once it was a very wealthy neighborhood, by the 1880s and 1890s,…
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Bay Ridge is a middle-class residential neighborhood in Brooklyn. Its tree-lined streets are mostly filled with one- and two-family houses. Unlike many other Brooklyn neighborhoods,…
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The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States; it was opened for use in 1883. Stretching over the East…
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In recent years the neighborhoods of Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens have gone by the collective name of “BoCoCa”. These three neighborhoods all…
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Situated on a tiny peninsula, Gerritsen Beach is a small, very quiet residential neighborhood in the south of Brooklyn. With its narrow streets, waterside houses…
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Park Slope is probably one of the most attractive neighborhoods to live in Brooklyn. Despite being a relaxed residential area with beautiful row houses, historic brownstones…
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Sheepshead Bay is a neighborhood in the southern portion of Brooklyn named for the sheepshead, a fish once found in the bay’s waters. Although it…
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Brooklyn Heights is New York’s oldest unchanged neighborhood, and its first designated historic district. The neighborhood is a treasury of beautiful old houses and tree-lined…
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