Weeksville Heritage Center

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.

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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.

Weeksville

Historic site

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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.

Woods Playground

Park

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

Ralph Avenue station

Metro station

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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 2,000 feet northeast of Weeksville Heritage Center.

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

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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

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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 Heritage Center

Categories: historic district, African-American museum, history museum, neighborhood, historical society, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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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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Satellite Map

Discover Weeksville Heritage Center from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

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

Arabic: “المركز التراثي، ويكسفيل”
Arabic: “المَركز التُراثي، ويكسفِيل”
Spanish: “Centro de patrimonio de Weeksville”
Spanish: “Distrito historico del Camino Hunterfly”
Spanish: “Distrito histórico del Camino Hunterfly”

Notable Places Nearby

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

Nearby Places

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