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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Email: info@weeksvillesociety.org
- Type: Historic site
- Description: neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York
- Also known as: “Weeksville, Brooklyn”
Places of Interest Nearby
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.
Woods Playground
Park
Photo: Thatoneben, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Woods Playground is a park, which is situated 940 feet west of Weeksville.
Ralph Avenue station
Metro station
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
The Ralph Avenue station is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located in Brooklyn at the intersection of Ralph Avenue and Fulton Street, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train serves the station. Ralph Avenue station is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Weeksville.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ocean Hill and Brownsville.
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.
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.
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.
Weeksville
- Categories: neighborhood, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.67445° or 40° 40′ 28″ northLongitude
-73.9256° or 73° 55′ 32″ westOpen location code
87G8M3FF+QQOpenStreetMap ID
node 5474101851OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yesWikidata ID
Q4163943
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Satellite Map
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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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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Berea Baptist Church and Liberty Gospel Hall.
Nearby Places
Explore places such as Bergen Street & Buffalo Avenue and Buffalo Avenue & Saint Marks Avenue.
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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 “Weeksville”. Photo: Anonitect, Public domain.