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Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. / 40.687; -73.941. Bedford–Stuyvesant ( / ˈbɛdfərd ˈstaɪvəsənt / ), colloquially known as Bed–Stuy, [5] is a neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Bedford–Stuyvesant is bordered by Flushing Avenue to the north (bordering Williamsburg ), Classon Avenue to the ...
Weeksville was named after James Weeks, an African-American stevedore from Virginia. [1] In 1838 (11 years after the final abolition of slavery in New York State) [2] Weeks bought a plot of land from Henry C. Thompson, a free African American and land investor, in the Ninth Ward of central Brooklyn. Thompson had acquired the land from Edward ...
Area codes. 718, 347, 929, and 917. East New York is a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, United States. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are roughly the Cemetery Belt and the Queens borough line to the north; the Queens borough line to the east; Jamaica Bay ...
ZIP Code. 11236. Area code. 718, 347, 929, and 917. Canarsie ( / kəˈnɑːrsi / kə-NAR-see) is a mostly residential neighborhood in the southeastern portion of Brooklyn, New York City. Canarsie is bordered on the east by Fresh Creek Basin, East 108th Street, and Louisiana Avenue; on the north by Linden Boulevard; on the west by Ralph Avenue ...
Brownsville ( / ˈbraʊnzˌvɪl /) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the seat of Cameron County, located on the western Gulf Coast in South Texas, adjacent to the border with Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The city covers 145.2 sq mi (376.066 km 2 ), and had a population of 186,738 at the 2020 census. [9]
Brownsville is a residential neighborhood in eastern Brooklyn in New York City. The neighborhood is generally bordered by Crown Heights to the northwest; Bedford–Stuyvesant and Cypress Hills to the north; East New York to the east; Canarsie to the south; and East Flatbush to the west. Photo: Wikiwiki718, Public domain.
ZIP Code. 11214, 11228. Area codes. 718, 347, 929, and 917. Bath Beach is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, located at the southwestern edge of the borough on Gravesend Bay. The neighborhood borders Bensonhurst and New Utrecht to the northeast across 86th Street; Dyker Beach Park and Golf Course to the northwest across ...
