Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush

Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush are in . In addition to the two aforementioned neighborhoods, this travel guide covers Crown Heights, Lefferts Gardens, Brownsville, East Flatbush, and Midwood.
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  • Type: Neighborhood with 158,000 residents
  • Description: neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, United States
  • Also known as: “Bed-Stuy”, “Bed–Stuy”, “Bedford”, “Bedford-Stuyvesant”, “Bedford–Stuyvesant”, “Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn”, “Bedford–Stuyvesant, New York City”, and “Stuyvesant”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Brooklyn Children’s Museum and Bed-Stuy Aquarium.

Museum
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The Brooklyn Children's Museum is a children's museum in the Crown Heights neighborhood of in . Founded in 1899, it is the first children's museum in the United States and, according to Time magazine, the world's oldest such museum.

Public aquarium
The is a makeshift goldfish pond located on a sidewalk in the Bedford-Stuyvesant, neighborhood of . The pond, originally formed by a puddle from a leaky fire hydrant, garnered attention from locals and the press beginning at the time of its creation in August 2024.

Railway station
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Nostrand Avenue is an elevated station on the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crown Heights and Bushwick.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the central portion of the borough of . is bounded by Washington Avenue to the west, Atlantic Avenue to the north, Ralph Avenue to the east, and Empire Boulevard to the south.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of . It is bound by the neighborhood of , to the northeast; to the northwest; the cemeteries of Highland Park to the southeast; and Bedford–Stuyvesant to the south and southwest.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood located in the north-central portion of the borough of . It is bordered by the and Flushing Avenue to the north, to the northeast, Classon Avenue and Bedford–Stuyvesant to the east, Atlantic Avenue and to the south and southwest and Vanderbilt Avenue and to the west.

Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush

Latitude
40.68344° or 40° 41′ 0″ north
Longitude
-73.94125° or 73° 56′ 29″ west
Population
158,000
Elevation
49 feet (15 metres)
Open location code
87G8M3M5+9G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158876393
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­neighbourhood
Geo­Names ID
5108554
Wiki­data ID
Q1156982
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yiddish—“Bedford-Stuyvesant and Flatbush” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بيدفورد ستايفسانت”
  • Basque: “Bedford-Stuyvesant (Brooklyn)”
  • Basque: “Bedford-Stuyvesant”
  • Belarusian: “Бедфард-Стайвесант”
  • Catalan: “Bedford–Stuyvesant”
  • Chinese: “貝德福德-史蒂文森”
  • Chinese: “貝德福德-斯圖佛遜 (布魯克林)”
  • Chinese: “貝德福德-斯圖弗森”
  • Chinese: “貝德福德-斯圖文特森”
  • Chinese: “貝德福德-斯泰弗森特 (布魯克林)”
  • Chinese: “貝德福德-斯泰弗森特”
  • Chinese: “貝福德鎮 (布魯克林)”
  • Chinese: “贝德福德-斯图伊文森特”
  • Chinese: “贝德福德-斯泰弗森特”
  • Danish: “Bedford-Stuyvesant”
  • Dutch: “Bedford-Stuyvesant”
  • Finnish: “Bedford-Stuyvesant”
  • French: “Bed–Stuy”
  • French: “Bedford Stuyvesant”
  • French: “Bedford-Stuyvesant et Flatbush”
  • French: “Bedford-Stuyvesant”
  • German: “Bedford-Stuyvesant”
  • German: “Bedford–Stuyvesant”
  • Hebrew: “בדפורד-סטייבסנט”
  • Irish: “Bedford–Stuyvesant”
  • Italian: “Bedford-Stuyvesant e Flatbush”
  • Italian: “Bedford-Stuyvesant”
  • Japanese: “ストイフェサント・ハイツ (ブルックリン)”
  • Japanese: “ベッドスタイ”
  • Japanese: “ベッドフォード (ブルックリン)”
  • Japanese: “ベッドフォード・スタイベサント”
  • Japanese: “ベッドフォード・スタイベサント地区”
  • Japanese: “ベッドフォード＝スタイベサント”
  • Korean: “베드퍼드 스타이베선트”
  • Korean: “베드퍼드스타이베선트”
  • Korean: “베드포드-스타이브산트”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bed Stuy”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bed-Stuy”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bedford Stuyvesant”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bedford-Stuyvesant”
  • Norwegian: “Bedford-Stuyvesant”
  • Persian: “بیدفورد استایوسانت”
  • Polish: “Bed Stuy”
  • Polish: “Bed-Stuy”
  • Polish: “Bedford-Stuyvesant”
  • Portuguese: “Bed-Stuy”
  • Portuguese: “Bedford-Stuyvesant”
  • Portuguese: “Bedford–Stuyvesant”
  • Russian: “Бедфорд — Стайвесант”
  • Spanish: “Bed Stuy”
  • Spanish: “Bed-Stuy”
  • Spanish: “Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn”
  • Spanish: “Bedford Stuyvesant”
  • Spanish: “Bedford-Stuyvesant (Brooklyn)”
  • Spanish: “Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn”
  • Spanish: “Bedford-Stuyvesant”
  • Swedish: “Bedford-Stuyvesant”
  • Turkish: “Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn”
  • Yiddish: “בעדפארד סטייוועסענט”
  • Yiddish: “בעדפארד-סטייוועסענט”

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