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Gowanus

Gowanus is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the borough of , within the area once known as . The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community District 6.
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Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Neighborhood
  • Description: neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, United States
  • Also known as: “Gowanus, Brooklyn” and “Gowanus, New York City”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Union Street Bridge and Carroll Street Bridge.

Bridge
Photo: Steven Pisano, CC BY 2.0.
The is a double leaf Scherzer rolling lift bascule carrying Union Street over the in the New York City borough of . The bridge cost $85,206.85 and opened on March 4, 1905.

Bridge
Photo: uberzombie, CC BY 2.0.
The is a retractable bridge in , crossing the in . It carries a single wooden-decked lane for eastbound vehicular traffic and two sidewalks.

Metro station
Photo: Aio Eo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is a local station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Union Street in , , serving the communities of Park Slope, Gowanus and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carroll Gardens Historic District and Carroll Gardens.

Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
The is a small municipal and national historic district located in the neighborhood of , .

Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the borough of . Encompassing approximately 40 city blocks, it is bounded by Degraw and Warren Streets, Hoyt and Smith Streets, Ninth Street or the Gowanus Expressway, and Interstate 278, the Gowanus and Brooklyn–Queens Expressways.

Neighborhood
Photo: Edwardhblake, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a national historic district in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, . It originally consisted of 238 contributing residential rowhouses and a few commercial buildings built between 1845 and 1890.

Gowanus

Latitude
40.67917° or 40° 40′ 45″ north
Longitude
-73.9885° or 73° 59′ 19″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
87G8M2H6+MH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2511002283
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
8436484
Wiki­data ID
Q5589993
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Gowanus” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Gowanus”
  • Chinese: “戈瓦納斯”
  • Chinese: “格瓦納斯”
  • Chinese: “格瓦纳斯”
  • Dutch: “Gowanus”
  • French: “Gowanus”
  • Georgian: “გოვანუსი”
  • German: “Gowanus”
  • Japanese: “ゴワーナス”
  • Japanese: “ゴワナス (ブルックリン)”
  • Japanese: “ゴワナス”
  • Russian: “Гованус (Бруклин)”
  • Russian: “Гованус”
  • Spanish: “Gowanus (Brooklyn)”
  • Spanish: “Gowanus”
  • Turkish: “Gowanus”
  • Ukrainian: “Гованус”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gowanus”. Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.