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.- Neighborhood with about 55,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 30 feet (10 metres)
- Description: residential neighborhood located in eastern Brooklyn, New York City, USA
- Also known as“Brown’s Village”“Brownsville, Brooklyn”“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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Jewish Children’s Museum
Museum
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush and East Brooklyn.
Gateway National Recreation Area
Gateway National Recreation Area is a national recreation area in Metro New York.
Brownsville
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Latitude
40.6638° or 40° 39′ 50″ north
Longitude
-73.9128° or 73° 54′ 46″ west
Open location code
87G8M37P+GV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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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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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Little Rock Baptist Church and P.S. 125 Playground Children’s Play Area.
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