Weeksville
Weeksville is a historic neighborhood founded by free African Americans in Brooklyn. After the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge, rapid urbanization caused Weeksville to be forgotten until it was rediscovered and preserved by historian James Hurley.Photo: Anonitect, Public domain.
- Type: Locality
- Description: neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York
- Also known as: “Weeksville, Brooklyn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Weeksville Heritage Center and Woods Playground.
Weeksville Heritage Center
Museum
Photo: Anonitect, Public domain.
The Weeksville Heritage Center is a historic site on Buffalo Avenue between St. Marks Avenue and Bergen Street in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ocean Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush.
Ocean Hill
Neighborhood
Ocean Hill is a subsection of Bedford–Stuyvesant in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 16 and was founded in 1890.
Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush
Photo: Beyond My Ken, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush are in Brooklyn. In addition to the two aforementioned neighborhoods, this travel guide covers Crown Heights, Lefferts Gardens, Brownsville, East Flatbush, and Midwood.
Brownsville
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikiwiki718, Public domain.
Brownsville is a residential neighborhood in eastern Brooklyn in New York City. The neighborhood is bordered by Crown Heights to the northwest; Bedford–Stuyvesant and the subsection of Ocean Hill to the north; East New York to the east; Canarsie to the south; and East Flatbush to the west.
Weeksville
- Category: neighborhood
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Weeksville from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Persian—“Weeksville” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “布魯克林”
- Chinese: “韋克斯維爾”
- Dutch: “Weeksville”
- Japanese: “ウィークスヴィル (ブルックリン)”
- Persian: “وکسویل”
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