Gravesend

E179604
historic district neighborhood residential neighborhood

Gravesend is a historic residential neighborhood in southern Brooklyn, New York City, known for its early Dutch colonial roots and diverse, largely working- and middle-class community.

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Label Occurrences
Gravesend canonical 17

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district ⓘ
neighborhood ⓘ
residential neighborhood ⓘ
borderedBy Bath Beach ⓘ
Bensonhurst ⓘ
Coney Island ⓘ
Homecrest ⓘ
Mapleton ⓘ
Sheepshead Bay ⓘ
foundedBy Lady Deborah Moody ⓘ
governedBy New York City Council ⓘ
hasAreaCode 347 ⓘ
718 ⓘ
917 ⓘ
929 ⓘ
hasBorough Brooklyn ⓘ
hasColonialOrigin Dutch colonial period ⓘ
hasCommunityType middle-class community ⓘ
working-class community ⓘ
hasCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
hasCounty Kings County ⓘ
hasFireService FDNY ⓘ
surface form: New York City Fire Department
hasFoundingYear 1643 ⓘ
hasHistoricalFeature Gravesend Cemetery ⓘ
remnants of the original town square (Gravesend Square area) ⓘ
hasHistoricalStatus one of the earliest English settlements in what is now New York City ⓘ
one of the original towns of Kings County ⓘ
hasLandUse mixed-use ⓘ
primarily residential ⓘ
hasNotableEthnicCommunity Chinese American community ⓘ
Italian American community ⓘ
Mexican American community ⓘ
Pakistani American community ⓘ
Russian-speaking community ⓘ
hasNotableReligiousCommunity Christian community ⓘ
Jewish community ⓘ
Muslim community ⓘ
hasPlanningCommunityDistrict Brooklyn Community District 11 ⓘ
Brooklyn Community District 11 ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn Community District 13
hasPolicePrecinct NYPD 60th Precinct ⓘ
NYPD 61st Precinct ⓘ
hasPopulationCharacteristic ethnically diverse ⓘ
religiously diverse ⓘ
hasPrimaryLanguage English ⓘ
hasZIPCode 11214 ⓘ
11223 ⓘ
locatedIn Brooklyn ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Borough of Brooklyn ⓘ
locatedInRegion southern Brooklyn ⓘ
partOf Gravesend, Brooklyn ⓘ
surface form: original Town of Gravesend
policedBy New York City Police Department ⓘ
servedBySubwayLine BMT Sea Beach Line ⓘ
surface form: BMT Sea Beach Line (N)

BMT West End Line (D) nearby ⓘ
IND Culver Line (F) ⓘ
IND Culver Line (subway portion) ⓘ
surface form: IND Culver Line (G)
traversedBy Kings Highway ⓘ
McDonald Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stillwell Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New York's 11th congressional district → includesNeighborhood → Gravesend ⓘ
Sheepshead Bay → adjacentTo → Gravesend ⓘ
Kings County → contains → Gravesend ⓘ
New York City Subway F line → connectsNeighborhood → Gravesend ⓘ
BMT Sea Beach Line → locale → Gravesend ⓘ
Belt Parkway → passesThrough → Gravesend ⓘ
southern Brooklyn → includesNeighborhood → Gravesend ⓘ
subject surface form: Southern Brooklyn
southwestern Brooklyn → containsNeighborhood → Gravesend ⓘ
subject surface form: Southwestern Brooklyn
Homecrest → adjacentTo → Gravesend ⓘ
Brooklyn–Coney Island subway corridor → connectsNeighborhood → Gravesend ⓘ
Bedford Avenue → runsThrough → Gravesend ⓘ
BMT Culver Line (historical BMT operation) → servedNeighborhood → Gravesend ⓘ
subject surface form: BMT Culver Line
BMT West End Line → servesNeighborhood → Gravesend ⓘ
Coney Island Creek → hasNearbyNeighborhood → Gravesend ⓘ
Ceasar’s Bay Shopping Center waterfront → near → Gravesend ⓘ
Bath Beach → borderedBy → Gravesend ⓘ
Avenue X → inNeighborhood → Gravesend ⓘ