East Williamsburg, Brooklyn
East Williamsburg is a name for the area in the northwestern portion of Brooklyn, New York City. East Williamsburg consists roughly of what was the 3rd District of the Village of Williamsburgh and what is now called the East Williamsburg In-Place Industrial Park (EWIPIP), bounded by the neighborhoods of Northside and Southside Williamsburg to the west, Greenpoint to the north, Bushwick to the south and southeast, and both Maspeth and Ridgewood in Queens to the east. Much of this area is still referred to as either Bushwick, Williamsburg, or Greenpoint with the term East Williamsburg falling out of use since the 1990s. History In the 18th century, Bushwick was already an established town, and the waterfront area that provided ferry service to the island of Manhattan was simply known as Bushwick Shore.* * The land of scrub bush that stood between Bushwick Shore and the town of Bushwick was known as Cripplebush. During the Revolutionary War occupation of the area by the B ...
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Neighborhoods Of Brooklyn
This is a list of neighborhoods in Brooklyn, one of the five boroughs of New York City. By geographical region Central Brooklyn * Crown Heights ** Weeksville * Flatbush **Beverley Squares: Beverley Square East, Beverley Square West ** Ditmas Park ** East Flatbush *** Farragut *** Remsen Village **Fiske Terrace ** Pigtown **Wingate * Prospect Park area ** Prospect Lefferts Gardens ** Prospect Park South **Windsor Terrace *Kensington ** Ocean Parkway **Parkville Eastern Brooklyn * Brownsville *Canarsie * East New York ** City Line ** Cypress Hills ** New Lots ** Spring Creek **Starrett City * Highland Park Northern Brooklyn * Bedford–Stuyvesant **Bedford **Ocean Hill ** Stuyvesant Heights *Bushwick ** Wyckoff Heights **East Williamsburg * Greenpoint ** Little Poland * Williamsburg Northwestern Brooklyn *Brooklyn Heights * Brooklyn Navy Yard **Admiral's Row * Cadman Plaza * Clinton Hill * Downtown Brooklyn ** Bridge Plaza/RAMBO * DUMBO ** Fulton Ferry * Fort Gree ...
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