Brownsville

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New York City neighborhood neighborhood residential neighborhood

Brownsville is a residential neighborhood in eastern Brooklyn, New York City, historically known for its dense public housing and significant role in the borough’s working-class and African American communities.

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Label Occurrences
Brownsville canonical 20

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New York City neighborhood ⓘ
neighborhood ⓘ
residential neighborhood ⓘ
adjacentTo Bedford–Stuyvesant ⓘ
surface form: Bedford-Stuyvesant

Canarsie ⓘ
Crown Heights ⓘ
East New York ⓘ
Ocean Hill ⓘ
borough Brooklyn ⓘ
city New York City ⓘ
communityDistrict Brooklyn Community District 16 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
county Kings County ⓘ
governingBody New York City Council ⓘ
hasAreaCode 347 ⓘ
718 ⓘ
929 ⓘ
hasLandmark Brownsville Recreation Center ⓘ
Marcus Garvey Village ⓘ
hasPublicHousingAuthority New York City Housing Authority ⓘ
hasTypeOfHousing multi-family apartment buildings ⓘ
public housing developments ⓘ
historicalDemographic predominantly African American in late 20th century ⓘ
predominantly Jewish in early 20th century ⓘ
knownFor African American community ⓘ
dense public housing ⓘ
high concentration of NYCHA developments ⓘ
working-class community ⓘ
locatedIn Brooklyn ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
partOf eastern Brooklyn ⓘ
policePrecinct 73rd Precinct ⓘ
postalCode 11212 ⓘ
11233 ⓘ
representedInCityCouncilBy New York City Council members from Brooklyn districts ⓘ
servedBySubwayLine 3 train ⓘ
4 train ⓘ
G train ⓘ
surface form: L train
servedBySubwayStation Junius Street (IRT New Lots Line) ⓘ
Livonia Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line) ⓘ
Pennsylvania Avenue (IRT New Lots Line) ⓘ
Rockaway Avenue (IRT New Lots Line) ⓘ
Rockaway Avenue (IRT New Lots Line) ⓘ
surface form: Saratoga Avenue (IRT New Lots Line)

Sutter Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line) ⓘ
state New York ⓘ
timezone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
utcOffset −05:00 ⓘ
utcOffsetDst −04:00 ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

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

Brooklyn → contains → Brownsville ⓘ
Canarsie → adjacentTo → Brownsville ⓘ
eastern Brooklyn → contains → Brownsville ⓘ
subject surface form: Eastern Brooklyn
Kings County → contains → Brownsville ⓘ
3 train → servesArea → Brownsville ⓘ
Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road → neighborhoodServed → Brownsville ⓘ
East New York → borderedBy → Brownsville ⓘ
Crown Heights → borderedBy → Brownsville ⓘ
County of Kings → contains → Brownsville ⓘ
Rockaway Avenue → neighborhood → Brownsville ⓘ
Rockaway Avenue (IRT New Lots Line) → servesNeighborhood → Brownsville ⓘ
Rockaway Avenue (IRT New Lots Line) → neighborhood → Brownsville ⓘ
Pennsylvania Avenue (IRT New Lots Line) → neighborhood → Brownsville ⓘ
Brownsville Recreation Center → neighborhoodServed → Brownsville ⓘ
Marcus Garvey Village → neighborhood → Brownsville ⓘ
Junius Street (IRT New Lots Line) → neighborhood → Brownsville ⓘ
Brooklyn Community District 16 → includesNeighborhood → Brownsville ⓘ
Sutter Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line) → neighborhood → Brownsville ⓘ
New York State Senate District 19 → contains → Brownsville ⓘ
Central Brooklyn → contains → Brownsville ⓘ