Brooklyn Men’s House of Detention

Brooklyn Men’s House of Detention is a building in Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn Men’s House of Detention is situated nearby to New York Transit Museum, as well as near the church Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New York Transit Museum and Brooklyn Bridge.

New York Transit Museum

Museum

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The New York Transit Museum is a museum that displays historical artifacts of the New York City Subway, bus, and commuter rail systems in the greater New York City metropolitan region. New York Transit Museum is situated 600 feet north of Brooklyn Men’s House of Detention.

Brooklyn Bridge

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The Brooklyn Bridge is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River. Brooklyn Bridge is situated 1¼ miles north of Brooklyn Men’s House of Detention.

Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral

Church

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The Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Sts. Constantine and Helen, more simply Sts. Constantine and Helen Cathedral is a Greek Orthodox cathedral church at 64 Schermerhorn Street in Downtown Brooklyn, New York. Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Cathedral is situated 740 feet northwest of Brooklyn Men’s House of Detention.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Brooklyn and Boerum Hill Historic District.

Downtown Brooklyn

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

Boerum Hill Historic District

Neighborhood

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Boerum Hill Historic District is a national historic district in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, New York City. It originally consisted of 238 contributing residential rowhouses and a few commercial buildings built between 1845 and 1890.

Boerum Hill

Neighborhood

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Boerum Hill is a small neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bounded by Schermerhorn Street to the north and Fourth Avenue to the east.

Brooklyn Men’s House of Detention

Type: Building
Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.68889° or 40° 41′ 20″ north

Longitude

-73.98972° or 73° 59′ 23″ west

Elevation

36 feet (11 metres)

Open location code

87G8M2Q6+H4

GeoNames ID

6343473

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