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Dumbo

Dumbo is a neighborhood in the borough of . It encompasses two sections: one situated between the and , which connect Brooklyn to across the , and another extending eastward from the Manhattan Bridge to the area.
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 1,140 residents
  • Description: neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States
  • Also known as: “Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass”, “DUMBO”, and “Dumbo, Brooklyn”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brooklyn Bridge and Jane’s Carousel.

Photo: CPacker, CC BY 2.0.
The is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in , spanning the between the boroughs of and . Opened on May 24, 1883, the was the first fixed crossing of the East River.

Carousel
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Jane's Carousel is a carved wooden 48-horse carousel in , New York City, built in 1922 by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company for the Idora Park amusement park in .

Theater building
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St. Ann's Warehouse is a performing arts institution in , . It began when the St. Ann's and the Holy Trinity Church on Montague Street was converted into a venue for classical music in 1980.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brooklyn Heights and Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood within the borough of . The neighborhood is bounded by Old Fulton Street near the on the north, on the east, Atlantic Avenue on the south, and the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway or the on the west.

Neighborhood
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The is a shipyard and industrial complex in northwest in , New York, U.S. The Navy Yard is located on the in , a semicircular bend of the river across from in .

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

Dumbo

Latitude
40.70291° or 40° 42′ 11″ north
Longitude
-73.99012° or 73° 59′ 24″ west
Population
1,140
Elevation
43 feet (13 metres)
Open location code
87G8P235+5X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2019020144
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
8410793
Wiki­data ID
Q1264951
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Dumbo” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “دامبو”
  • Armenian: “Դամբո”
  • Basque: “Dumbo”
  • Catalan: “Dumbo”
  • Chinese: “丹保”
  • Chinese: “丹博”
  • Chinese: “丹波”
  • Chinese: “丹波区”
  • Chinese: “灯波”
  • Chinese: “登波”
  • Dutch: “Dumbo”
  • Estonian: “Dumbo”
  • French: “Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass”
  • French: “Dumbo”
  • German: “Dumbo”
  • Hungarian: “Dumbo”
  • Italian: “Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass”
  • Italian: “DUMBO”
  • Japanese: “ダンボ”
  • Korean: “덤보 (브루클린)”
  • Korean: “덤보”
  • Romanian: “Dumbo, brooklyn”
  • Romanian: “DUMBO, Brooklyn”
  • Romanian: “DUMBO”
  • Russian: “DUMBO, Бруклин”
  • Russian: “DUMBO”
  • Slovenian: “Dumbo”
  • Spanish: “Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass”
  • Spanish: “DUMBO”
  • Tamil: “டம்போ, புரூக்ளின்”
  • Turkish: “Dumbo”
  • Yiddish: “דאמבא”
  • Yiddish: “דאמבאוי”
  • Yiddish: “דאמבוי”

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Highlights include The Little Gym and APC DUMBO.

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