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Sheepshead Bay

Sheepshead Bay is a neighborhood in southern , . It is bounded by Ocean Parkway to the west; Kings Highway to the north; Nostrand Avenue and Gerritsen Avenue to the east; and the Atlantic Ocean to the south.
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 123,000 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn” and “Sheepshead Bay, New York City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Coney Island Hospital and Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead.

Hospital
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health is a public teaching hospital located in the Coney Island neighborhood of , . It is owned by NYC Health + Hospitals, a public benefit corporation of the city.

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The in , , , is a National Historic Landmark. It is believed to have been built before 1766. During the American Revolution it housed Hessian soldiers, two of whom, Captain Toepfer of the Ditfourth regiment and Lieut.

Park
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is a public Holocaust memorial park located at the water's edge between Emmons Avenue and Shore Boulevard in Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Coney Island and Brighton Beach and East Brooklyn.

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are in . In addition to those two neighborhoods, this article covers Manhattan Beach, Gravesend, and Sheepshead Bay.

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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 part of , that encompasses the neighborhoods of Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Dyker Heights, Fort Hamilton, Kensington, Parkville, and Sunset Park.

Sheepshead Bay

Latitude
40.5912° or 40° 35′ 28″ north
Longitude
-73.9446° or 73° 56′ 41″ west
Population
123,000
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
87G8H3R4+F5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158818104
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
5137849
Wiki­data ID
Q4524180
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Turkish—“Sheepshead Bay” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “海岬艺术与科学学校”
  • Chinese: “羊头湾”
  • Chinese: “羊群頭灣”
  • Chinese: “羊頭灣”
  • Czech: “Sheepshead Bay”
  • French: “Sheepshead Bay”
  • Hebrew: “שיפסהד ביי”
  • Irish: “Sheepshead Bay”
  • Italian: “Sheepshead Bay”
  • Japanese: “シープスヘッド・ベイ (ブルックリン)”
  • Japanese: “シープスヘッド・ベイ”
  • Japanese: “シープスヘッドベイ”
  • Japanese: “シープヘッド湾”
  • Russian: “Шипсхед Бей, Бруклин (Нью-Йорк)”
  • Russian: “Шипсхед Бэй, Бруклин (Нью-Йорк)”
  • Russian: “Шипсхед-Бей”
  • Slovak: “Sheepshead Bay”
  • Slovenian: “Sheepshead Bay”
  • Spanish: “Sheepshead Bay (Brooklyn)”
  • Spanish: “Sheepshead Bay”
  • Swedish: “Sheepshead Bay”
  • Turkish: “Sheepshead Bay”

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Highlights include Bill Brown Memorial Playground and Congregation Beth Shalom.

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