Greenwood Heights
Greenwood Heights is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, named partially after the adjacent Green-Wood Cemetery by real estate developers.- Type: Locality
- Description: neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Also known as: “Greenwood Heights Brooklyn” and “Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn and 25th Street station.
Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn
Prison
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include South Slope and Sunset Park.
South Slope
Neighborhood
Park Slope is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, within an area known as South Brooklyn.
Greenwood Heights
- Category: neighborhood
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.65875° or 40° 39′ 32″ north
Longitude
-73.99964° or 73° 59′ 59″ west
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
Open location code
87G8M252+F4
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Greenwood Heights” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “格林伍德高地”
- Dutch: “Greenwood Heights”
- German: “Greenwood Heights”
- Italian: “Greenwood Heights”
- Japanese: “グリーンウッド・ハイツ (ブルックリン)”
- Persian: “گرینوود هایتس (بروکلین)”
- Persian: “گرینوود هایتس”
- Spanish: “Greenwood Heights”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Greenwood and South Slope.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: John D’Emic Senior Memorial Park and Al-Noor School.
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Worth a closer look: Coney Island and Brighton Beach and Southwest Brooklyn.
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