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Brooklyn Heights, New York

Brooklyn Heights
Neighborhood of Brooklyn
62 Montague Street between Pierrepont Place and Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights (2006)
62 Montague Street between Pierrepont Place and Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights (2006)
Brooklyn Heights is located in New York City
Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights is located in New York
Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights is located in the US
Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights
Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°41′44″N 73°59′42″W / 40.69556°N 73.99500°W / 40.69556; -73.99500Coordinates: 40°41′44″N 73°59′42″W / 40.69556°N 73.99500°W / 40.69556; -73.99500
Country  United States
State  New York
City New York City
Borough Brooklyn
Languages
Area
 • Total 0.320 sq mi (0.83 km2)
Population (2010)
 • Total 20,256
 • Density 63,000/sq mi (24,000/km2)
Demographics 2010
 • White 77%
 • Black 7%
 • Hispanic (of any race) 8%
 • Asian 5%
 • Other 3%
ZIP Codes 11201
Median household income $119,999

Brooklyn Heights is an affluent residential neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Originally referred to as Brooklyn Village, it has been a prominent area of Brooklyn since 1834. The neighborhood is noted for its low-rise architecture and its many brownstone rowhouses, most of them built prior to the Civil War. It also has an abundance of notable churches and other religious institutions. Brooklyn's first art gallery, the Brooklyn Arts Gallery, was opened in Brooklyn Heights in 1958. In 1965, a large part of Brooklyn Heights was protected from unchecked development by the creation of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, the first such district in New York City. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.

Directly across the East River from Manhattan and connected to it by subways and regular ferry service, Brooklyn Heights is also easily accessible from Downtown Brooklyn. The neighborhood stretches from Old Fulton Street near the Brooklyn Bridge south to Atlantic Avenue and from the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway to Court Street and Cadman Plaza West. Adjacent neighborhoods are Dumbo, Downtown Brooklyn, Cobble Hill, and Boerum Hill. Columbia Heights, an upscale six-block-long street next to the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, is sometimes considered to be its own neighborhood.


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