Gowanus Bay

Gowanus Bay is a bay in Brooklyn, New York. Gowanus Bay is situated nearby to the neighborhood Sunset Park, as well as near Red Hook.

Type: Bay
Description: bay in Kings County, New York, United States of America
Address: NY

Places of Interest

Highlights include Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn and Industry City.

Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn

Prison

Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.

The Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn is a United States federal administrative detention facility in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.

Industry City

Park

Photo: Jim.henderson, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Industry City is a historic intermodal shipping, warehousing, and manufacturing complex on the Upper New York Bay waterfront in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.

Sunset Park Courthouse

Public building

Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Sunset Park Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at 4201 4th Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Streets, in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Red Hook and South Slope.

Red Hook is a neighborhood in western Brooklyn, New York City, United States, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. It is located on a peninsula projecting into the Upper New York Bay and is bounded by the Gowanus Expressway and the Carroll Gardens neighborhood on the northeast, Gowanus Canal on the east, and the Upper New York Bay on the west and south.

South Slope

Neighborhood

Park Slope is a neighborhood in South Brooklyn, New York City, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect Park and Prospect Park West to the east, Fourth Avenue to the west, Flatbush Avenue to the north, and Prospect Expressway to the south.