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.

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

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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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

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