Gravesend
Gravesend is a neighborhood in the south-central section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, on the southwestern edge of Long Island in the U.S. state of New York.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood with 29,400 residents
- Description: neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, United States
- Also known as: “Gravesend, Brooklyn” and “Gravesend, New York City”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Coney Island Hospital and New York Aquarium.
Coney Island Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health is a public teaching hospital located in the Coney Island neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. It is owned by NYC Health + Hospitals, a public benefit corporation of the city.
New York Aquarium
Public aquarium
Photo: David Shankbone, CC BY 2.5.
The New York Aquarium is the oldest continually operating aquarium in the United States, located on the Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City.
Wonder Wheel
Ferris wheel
Photo: Rhododendrites, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Wonder Wheel is a 150-foot-tall eccentric Ferris wheel at Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park at Coney Island in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coney Island and Brighton Beach and Southwest Brooklyn.
Coney Island and Brighton Beach
Photo: David Reilly, CC BY 2.0.
Coney Island and Brighton Beach are in Brooklyn. In addition to those two neighborhoods, this article covers Manhattan Beach, Gravesend, and Sheepshead Bay.
Southwest Brooklyn
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
Southwest Brooklyn is a part of Brooklyn, New York City that encompasses the neighborhoods of Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Dyker Heights, Fort Hamilton, Kensington, Parkville, and Sunset Park.
Bensonhurst
Neighborhood
Photo: DoomDan515, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bensonhurst is a residential neighborhood in the southwestern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bordered on the northwest by 14th Avenue, on the northeast by 60th Street, on the southeast by Avenue P and 22nd Avenue and on the southwest by 86th Street.
Gravesend
- Category: locality
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.5961° or 40° 35′ 46″ northLongitude
-73.9739° or 73° 58′ 26″ westPopulation
29,400Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)Open location code
87G8H2WG+FCOpenStreetMap ID
node 5740104941OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhoodGeoNames ID
5119167Wikidata ID
Q3238884
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Turkish—“Gravesend” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “格雷夫森德”
- Dutch: “Gravesend”
- Estonian: “Gravesend”
- Hausa: “Gravesend, Brooklyn”
- Hebrew: “גרייבסנד”
- Japanese: “グラヴサンド”
- Japanese: “グレーヴズエンド湾”
- Japanese: “グレーブズエンド”
- Japanese: “グレーブズエンド湾”
- Japanese: “グレーブゼンド (ブルックリン)”
- Japanese: “グレーブセンド”
- Japanese: “グレーブゼンド湾”
- Japanese: “グレイブスエンド”
- Spanish: “Gravesend (Brooklyn)”
- Spanish: “Gravesend”
- Turkish: “Gravesend”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Gravesend and West Brighton.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Avenue U station and Lady Moody Triangle.
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