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Bedford, Brooklyn

Bedford–Stuyvesant
Neighborhood of Brooklyn
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Nickname(s): Bed-Stuy
Bedford–Stuyvesant is located in New York City
Bedford–Stuyvesant
Bedford–Stuyvesant
Bedford–Stuyvesant is located in New York
Bedford–Stuyvesant
Bedford–Stuyvesant
Bedford–Stuyvesant is located in the US
Bedford–Stuyvesant
Bedford–Stuyvesant
Location
Coordinates: 40°41′20″N 73°56′40″W / 40.68889°N 73.94444°W / 40.68889; -73.94444Coordinates: 40°41′20″N 73°56′40″W / 40.68889°N 73.94444°W / 40.68889; -73.94444
Country United States
State New York
City New York City
Borough Brooklyn
Area
 • Total 2.782 sq mi (7.21 km2)
Population (2011)
 • Total 157,530
 • Density 57,000/sq mi (22,000/km2)
Ethnicity
 • White 10.1%
 • Black 70.1%
 • Hispanic 15.0%
 • Asian 1.8%
 • Other 3.0%
Economics
 • Median income $37,518
ZIP codes 11205, 11206, 11216, 11221, 11233, 11238
Stuyvesant Heights Historic District
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On Decatur Street
Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn is located in New York City
Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
Location Roughly bounded by Macon, Tompkins, Decatur, Lewis, Chauncey, and Stuyvesant, New York, New York
Coordinates 40°40′52″N 73°56′14″W / 40.68111°N 73.93722°W / 40.68111; -73.93722
Area 42 acres (17 ha)
Built 1870
Architectural style Italianate, Queen Anne, Romanesque
NRHP reference #

75001193

Stuyvesant Heights Historic District (Boundary Increase)
Location Roughly, Decatur St. from Tompkins to Lewis Aves., Brooklyn, New York
Area 10 acres (4.0 ha)
Architect multiple
Architectural style Italianate, Second Empire, Queen Anne
NRHP reference # 96001355
Added to NRHP November 15, 1996
Added to NRHP December 4, 1975

Bedford–Stuyvesant (/ˈbɛdfərdˈstvəsənt/; colloquially known as Bed–Stuy and occasionally Stuyford) is a neighborhood of 153,000 inhabitants in the north central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 3, Brooklyn Community Board 8, and Brooklyn Community Board 16. The neighborhood is patrolled by the NYPD's 79th and 81st precincts. In the City Council, the district is represented by Robert Cornegy of the 36th Council District.

Bedford–Stuyvesant is bordered by Flushing Avenue to the north (bordering Williamsburg), Classon Avenue to the west (bordering Clinton Hill), Broadway to the east (bordering Bushwick), and Atlantic Avenue to the south (bordering Crown Heights and Brownsville). It is served by Postal Service ZIP codes 11205, 11206, 11216, 11221, 11233, and 11238. The main north–south thoroughfare is Nostrand Avenue, but the main shopping street is Fulton Street; the latter lies above the main subway line for the area, on the A C trains. Fulton Street runs east–west the length of the neighborhood and intersects high-traffic streets including Bedford Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, and Stuyvesant Avenue. Bedford–Stuyvesant is actually made up of four neighborhoods: Bedford, Stuyvesant Heights, Ocean Hill, and Weeksville (also part of Crown Heights). Part of Clinton Hill used to be considered part of Bedford–Stuyvesant.


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