Wingate is a
neighborhood
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in the north central portion of the
New York City borough of
Brooklyn. The area is bordered by
Prospect Lefferts Gardens to the west,
Crown Heights to the north and east, and
East Flatbush to the south. Wingate is bounded by
Empire Boulevard
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to the north, Troy Avenue to the east, Winthrop Street to the south, and New York Avenue to the west.
The area is part of
Brooklyn Community District 9.
Brooklyn Community Boards
New York City. Accessed December 31, 2007. It is sometimes considered part of Crown Heights, East Flatbush, and/or Prospect Lefferts Gardens.City of Brooklyn
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where it bordered the Town of Flatbush. On modern maps it is bounded on the north by Empire Boulevard (formerly Malbone Street), on the south by Midwood Street, on the east by Albany Avenue and on the west by Nostrand Avenue. Future drag racer Frederick DiNome
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and his criminal brother Richard DiNome were born and raised in Pigtown.[as was Rudy Giuliani, who spent his first seven years there.
The neighborhood was renamed to Wingate in the 2000s by real estate developers enjoying the massive influx of new people to Brooklyn. It is named for the now-defunct ]George W. Wingate High School
George W. Wingate High School is a defunct comprehensive high school in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Wingate neighborhoods of Brooklyn, New York City. It opened in 1956 and was closed down in June 2006 due to poor academic performance. Th ...
, locally called "The Banjo School" because of its shape.[
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References
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Neighborhoods in Brooklyn