Brownsville

Brownsville is a residential neighborhood in eastern in . The neighborhood is bordered by Crown Heights to the northwest; and the subsection of to the north; East New York to the east; to the south; and to the west.
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 58,300 residents
  • Description: residential neighborhood located in eastern Brooklyn, New York City, USA
  • Also known as: “Brown’s Village”, “Brownsville, Brooklyn”, and “Brownsville, New York City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brooklyn Children’s Museum and Jewish Children’s Museum.

Museum
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The Brooklyn Children's Museum is a children's museum in the Crown Heights neighborhood of in . Founded in 1899, it is the first children's museum in the United States and, according to Time magazine, the world's oldest such museum.

Museum
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The Jewish Children's Museum is a Jewish-themed children's at 792 Eastern Parkway in , New York, U.S. It aims for children of all faiths and backgrounds to gain a positive perspective and awareness of the Jewish heritage, fostering tolerance and understanding.

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The , or Pieter Claesen , is a historic house at 5816 Clarendon Road in the neighborhood of in , within Milton Fidler Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush and East Brooklyn.

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are in . In addition to the two aforementioned neighborhoods, this travel guide covers Crown Heights, Lefferts Gardens, Brownsville, East Flatbush, and Midwood.

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East encompasses Cypress Hills, East New York, Canarsie, Bergen Beach, Flatlands, Mill Basin, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach, and Barren Island.

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is a national recreation area in . This 26,607 acre park has four separate areas located in three boroughs of New York City and on Sandy Hook in central .

Brownsville

Latitude
40.6638° or 40° 39′ 50″ north
Longitude
-73.9128° or 73° 54′ 46″ west
Population
58,300
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
87G8M37P+GV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1373161887
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
5110446
Wiki­data ID
Q991279
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Yiddish—“Brownsville” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Brownsville”
  • Chinese: “布朗斯維爾 (布魯克林)”
  • Chinese: “布朗斯維爾”
  • Chinese: “布朗斯维尔”
  • Czech: “Brownsville”
  • Dutch: “Brownsville”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “براونزفيل ، بروكلين”
  • French: “Brownsville”
  • German: “Brownsville (New York)”
  • German: “Brownsville”
  • Greek: “Μπράουνσβιλ, Μπρούκλιν”
  • Greek: “Μπράουνσβιλ”
  • Hebrew: “בראונזוויל”
  • Hebrew: “בראונסוויל”
  • Hungarian: “Brownsville”
  • Indonesian: “Brownsville, Brooklyn”
  • Indonesian: “Brownsville”
  • Irish: “Brownsville”
  • Italian: “Brownsville”
  • Japanese: “ブラウンズヴィル”
  • Japanese: “ブラウンズビル”
  • Macedonian: “Браунсвил, Бруклин”
  • Macedonian: “Браунсвил”
  • Polish: “Brownsville”
  • Russian: “Браунсвилл (Бруклин)”
  • Russian: “Браунсвилл”
  • Scots: “Brownsville, Brooklyn”
  • Scots: “Brownsville”
  • Serbian: “Braunsvil”
  • Serbian: “Braunzvil (Bruklin)”
  • Serbian: “Braunzvil”
  • Spanish: “Brownsville (Brooklyn)”
  • Spanish: “Brownsville”
  • Turkish: “Brownsville”
  • Ukrainian: “Браунсвіл”
  • Urdu: “براؤنزویل، برکلن”
  • Vietnamese: “Brownsville”
  • Yiddish: “ברוינזוויל”

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