Starrett City
Starrett City is a housing development in the Spring Creek section of East New York in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is located on a peninsula on the north shore of Jamaica Bay, bounded by Fresh Creek and Canarsie to the west and Hendrix Creek to the east.Photo: GK tramrunner229, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Residential area
- Description: neighborhood of Brooklyn
- Also known as: “Spring Creek Towers” and “Starrett City, Brooklyn”
- Address: Brooklyn, NY 11239
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include East 105th Street station and Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway station.
East 105th Street station
Metro station
Photo: Adam Moss, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The East 105th Street station is a grade-level station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located near East 105th Street between Foster Avenue and Farragut Road in Canarsie, Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times. East 105th Street station is situated 1 mile west of Starrett City.
Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway station
Metro station
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
The Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway station is the southern terminal station of the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway, and is one of the few grade-level stations in the system. Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway station is situated 1 mile west of Starrett City.
New Lots Avenue station
Metro station
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
The New Lots Avenue station is an elevated station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of New Lots and Van Sinderen Avenues at the border of Brownsville and East New York, Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times. New Lots Avenue station is situated 1¼ miles northwest of Starrett City.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Canarsie and East New York.
Canarsie
Neighborhood
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Canarsie is a mostly residential neighborhood in the southeastern portion of Brooklyn, New York City. Canarsie is bordered on the east by Fresh Creek Basin, East 108th Street, and Louisiana Avenue, on the north by Linden Boulevard, on the west by Ralph Avenue, on the southwest by Paerdegat Basin, and on the south by Jamaica Bay.
East New York
Quarter
Photo: MMZach, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East New York is a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are roughly the Cemetery Belt and the Queens borough line to the north; the Queens…
East Brooklyn
Photo: Multiplicitous, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Brooklyn encompasses Cypress Hills, East New York, Canarsie, Bergen Beach, Flatlands, Mill Basin, Marine Park, Gerritsen Beach, and Barren Island.
Starrett City
- Category: human settlement
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.64805° or 40° 38′ 53″ northLongitude
-73.88229° or 73° 52′ 56″ westElevation
20 feet (6 metres)Open location code
87G8J4X9+63OpenStreetMap ID
way 459926462OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=residential
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In Other Languages
From Japanese to Yiddish—“Starrett City” goes by many names.
- Japanese: “スターレット・シティ (ブルックリン)”
- South Azerbaijani: “ایستارت سیتی، بروکلین”
- Yiddish: “סטארעט סיטי”
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