Purple areas are the absolute worst in the city.
Sections of brooklyn map.
Geographically new york is a city with 5 boroughs 59 community districts and hundreds of neighborhoods.
Located in the north west section of brooklyn it is home to brooklyn s civic buildings offices and residences.
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Areas in red are unsafe and can be considered at least somewhat hood on a citywide level.
It was named downtown because the fulton steamer provided the first transit form between brooklyn and manhattan.
Borough park this residential neighborhood is also home to a large orthodox jewish community brighton beach a beach town know for its large eastern european community.
Having been consolidated with new york city in 1898 brooklyn is the most populous new york city borough with an estimated 2 6 million residents and the second largest borough by area at 71 square miles.
Areas in orange are safe to people with a.
In 2014 the department of city planning issued a revised wall map displaying the neighborhood names and community district boundaries along with informative statistics on the geographic demographic and economic profile of new york city.
Map of brooklyn ny neighborhoods.
Boerum hill hip section of brooklyn bordering downtown brooklyn.
Enjoy authentic russian eats on the boardwalk or take in a floor show at a nightclub.
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The borough originally an independent city settled by the dutch was named after the dutch village of breukelen.
Very good article on the neighborhoods of brooklyn.
Like with all maps of neighborhoods this map generalizes the borders to some extent and excludes some micro hoods to keep things simple.
My mother is a third generation brooklynite who left brooklyn for the newer more spacious and greener pastures of northeastern queens in the 1950 s eventually making her way to the five towns section of nassau county long island before relocating to california 34 years ago.
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Downtown brooklyn is the 3rd largest central business district in new york city after midtown and lower manhattan.
This map shows neighborhoods in brooklyn.