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Weeksville Heritage Center

The Weeksville Heritage Center is a historic site on Buffalo Avenue between St. Marks Avenue and Bergen Street in Crown Heights, , .
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum and historical preservation institution in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, New York City
  • Also known as: “Hunterfly Road Historic District” and “Weeksville”
  • Address: 158 Buffalo Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11233

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Weeksville and Woods Playground.

Historic site
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is a historic neighborhood founded by free African Americans in . After the completion of the , rapid urbanization caused to be forgotten until it was rediscovered and preserved by historian James Hurley.

Park
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is a park, which is situated 1,000 feet west of Weeksville Heritage Center.

Metro station
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The is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located in 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. is situated 2,000 feet northeast of Weeksville Heritage Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ocean Hill and Brownsville.

Neighborhood
is a subsection of in the borough of . The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 16 and was founded in 1890.

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood in eastern in . The neighborhood is bordered by Crown Heights to the northwest; and the subsection of to the north; East New York to the east; to the south; and to the west.

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are in . In addition to the two aforementioned neighborhoods, this travel guide covers Crown Heights, Lefferts Gardens, Brownsville, East Flatbush, and Midwood.

Weeksville Heritage Center

Latitude
40.67419° or 40° 40′ 27″ north
Longitude
-73.9253° or 73° 55′ 31″ west
Open location code
87G8M3FF+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 250352173
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­museum
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q7979549
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Weeksville Heritage Center” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Liberty Gospel Hall and St. Stephens Church of Christ.

Nearby Places

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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 Heritage Center”. Photo: Anonitect, Public domain.