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Prospect Heights

Prospect Heights is a neighborhood in the northwest of the borough of . The traditional boundaries are Flatbush Avenue to the west, Atlantic Avenue to the north, Eastern Parkway – beginning at – to the south, and Washington Avenue to the east.
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  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, USA
  • Also known as: “Prospect Heights, Brooklyn” and “Prospect Heights, New York City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Prospect Park and Brooklyn Museum.

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is in . It includes its namesake park, plus the neighborhoods of Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Windsor Terrace, and South.

Museum
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The is an art museum in the borough of . At 560,000 square feet, the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects.

Square
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, originally known as Prospect Park Plaza, is a public plaza that comprises the northern corner and the main entrance of in the New York City borough of .

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 Prospect Heights to the south and southwest and Vanderbilt Avenue and to the west.

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

Prospect Heights

Latitude
40.67787° or 40° 40′ 40″ north
Longitude
-73.96847° or 73° 58′ 7″ west
Elevation
121 feet (37 metres)
Open location code
87G8M2HJ+4J
Open­Street­Map ID
node 248606480
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
6696479
Wiki­data ID
Q2159619
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Turkish—“Prospect Heights” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Prospect Heights”
  • Chinese: “光景嶺”
  • Chinese: “前景高地 (布魯克林)”
  • Chinese: “展望高地”
  • Dutch: “Prospect Heights”
  • French: “Prospect Heights”
  • German: “Prospect Heights”
  • Japanese: “プロスペクト・ハイツ (ブルックリン)”
  • Persian: “پراسپکت هایتس، بروکلین”
  • Persian: “پراسپکت هایتس”
  • Russian: “Проспект Хайтс, Бруклин”
  • Russian: “Проспект-Хайтс”
  • Spanish: “Prospect Heights (Brooklyn)”
  • Spanish: “Prospect Heights”
  • Turkish: “Prospect Heights”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Brotherhood Baptist Church and Prospect Heights Community Farm.

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