Fort Greene

Fort Greene is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the borough of . The neighborhood is bounded by Flushing Avenue and the to the north, Flatbush Avenue Extension and to the west, Atlantic Avenue and to the south, and Vanderbilt Avenue and to the east.
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.)”, “Fort Greene, Brooklyn”, and “Fort Greene, New York City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fort Greene Park and The Brooklyn Hospital Center.

Park
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is a city-owned and -operated in Fort Greene, . The 30.2-acre park was originally named after the fort formerly located there, Fort Putnam, itself was named for Rufus Putnam, George Washington's chief of engineers in the Revolutionary War.

Hospital
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is a 464-licensed-bed, full-service community teaching hospital located in , . The hospital was founded in 1845.

Monument
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The Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument is a at , in the borough of . It commemorates more than 11,500 American prisoners of war who died in captivity aboard sixteen British prison ships during the American Revolutionary War.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Clinton Hill Historic District and Clinton Hill.

Locality
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is a national historic district in , in New York City. It consists of 1,063 largely residential contributing buildings built between the 1840s and 1930 in popular contemporary and revival styles.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood located in the north-central portion of the borough of . It is bordered by the and Flushing Avenue to the north, to the northeast, Classon Avenue and to the east, Atlantic Avenue and to the south and southwest and Vanderbilt Avenue and Fort Greene to the west.

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is in . In addition to the downtown area proper, it includes Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and the Navy Yard.

Fort Greene

Latitude
40.69011° or 40° 41′ 24″ north
Longitude
-73.97477° or 73° 58′ 29″ west
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
87G8M2RG+23
Open­Street­Map ID
way 435231484
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
5117661
Wiki­data ID
Q5471250
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Fort Greene” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Fort Greene”
  • Catalan: “Fort Greene”
  • Chinese: “格林堡”
  • Chinese: “格連堡”
  • Dutch: “Fort Greene”
  • French: “Fort Greene”
  • German: “Fort Greene”
  • Hebrew: “פורט גרין”
  • Italian: “Fort Greene”
  • Japanese: “フォート・グリーン (ブルックリン)”
  • Japanese: “フォート・グリーン (マンハッタン)”
  • Persian: “فورت‌گرین (بروکلین)”
  • Persian: “فورت‌گرین”
  • Portuguese: “Fort Greene”
  • Russian: “Форт Грин”
  • Spanish: “Fort Greene (Brooklyn)”
  • Spanish: “Fort Greene”
  • Swedish: “Fort Greene”
  • Turkish: “Fort Greene, Brooklyn”
  • Turkish: “Fort Greene”
  • Urdu: “فورٹ گرین، بروکلین”

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Notable Places Nearby

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