Brooklyn Neighborhoods

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1. Located on a bluff overlooking Lower Manhattan, this is the original Brooklyn neighborhood and is known for its quiet tree-lined streets and beautiful 19th Century architecture. Crown Heights Prospect Heights Brooklyn Heights Dyker Heights

2. Longtime home to Hasidic Jews and Puerto Ricans, this neigborhood is now the trend-setter for the city and home to many Manhattan "hipsters" and skyrocketing rents. Bushwick Williamsburg Bedford-Stuyvesant Windsor Terrace

3. Before there was Six Flags Great Adventure or Jones Beach, New Yorkers of all shapes and sizes went to this famous resort area for amusement, the beach, and hot dogs. Brighton Beach Manhattan Beach Coney Island Sea Gate

4. This area in the shadow of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges was once a dark industrial area until artists made its warehouse buildings popular. It is now home to pricey loft & luxury apartments and a sparkling new riverfront park. Vinegar Hill DUMBO Williamsburg Clinton Hill

5. This overwhelmingly Polish neighborhood is the northernmost Brooklyn neighborhood and was the site of the construction and launch of the ironclad USS Monitor. Crown Heights Starrett City Greenpoint Gowanus

6. This neighborhood gets its name from the downward slope away from Prospect Park on which it sits. It is well known for bars, restaurants, retail, and "an Upper West Side look with a Brooklyn feel". Cobble Hill South Slope Park Slope Clinton Hill

7. Before it was absorbed by Crown Heights, this "animal" neighborhood was home to Ebbets Fields and the worst subway disaster in New York's history. Chickentown Cowville Pigtown Ratburg

8. This neigborhood is the Lower Manhattan of Brooklyn with its numerous colleges, skyscrapers, pedestrian malls, and excellent transit service. Fort Greene Brooklyn Heights East New York Downtown Brooklyn

9. This section of Brooklyn does not contain any residential buildings, but is big enough and important enough to be called a neigborhood. Created in 1801 by the federal government, it employed over 6000 at its height during the Civil War. Metrotech Center Gowanus Shipyard Fort Hamilton Brooklyn Navy Yard

10. This neighborhood was one of the original five Dutch towns settled on Long Island. It was originally a farming community and is home to many historical structures, including a farmhouse which is the oldest building still standing in New York. Flatlands Bedford-Stuyvesant Canarsie Wingate