Brownsville
Brownsville is a residential neighborhood in eastern Brooklyn in New York City. The neighborhood is bordered by Crown Heights to the northwest; Bedford–Stuyvesant and the subsection of Ocean Hill to the north; East New York to the east; Canarsie to the south; and East Flatbush to the west.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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.
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Museum
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The Brooklyn Children's Museum is a children's museum in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City. 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.
Jewish Children’s Museum
Museum
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The Jewish Children's Museum is a Jewish-themed children's museum at 792 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn, 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.
Wyckoff House
Photo: Гатерас, Public domain.
The Wyckoff House, or Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House, is a historic house at 5816 Clarendon Road in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, within Milton Fidler Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush and East Brooklyn.
Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush are in Brooklyn. In addition to the two aforementioned neighborhoods, this travel guide covers Crown Heights, Lefferts Gardens, Brownsville, East Flatbush, and Midwood.
East Brooklyn
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East Brooklyn encompasses Cypress Hills, East New York, Canarsie, Bergen Beach, Flatlands, Mill Basin, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach, and Barren Island.
Gateway National Recreation Area
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Gateway National Recreation Area is a national recreation area in Metro New York. This 26,607 acre park has four separate areas located in three boroughs of New York City and on Sandy Hook in central New Jersey.
Brownsville
- Category: locality
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.6638° or 40° 39′ 50″ northLongitude
-73.9128° or 73° 54′ 46″ westPopulation
58,300Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)Open location code
87G8M37P+GVOpenStreetMap ID
way 1373161887OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
5110446Wikidata ID
Q991279
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Satellite Map
Discover Brownsville from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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”
- Vietnamese: “Brownsville”
- Yiddish: “ברוינזוויל”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Brownsville”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Brownsville and Ocean Hill.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Little Rock Baptist Church and P.S. 125 Playground Children’s Play Area.
Brooklyn: Must-Visit Destinations
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