DUMBO, Brooklyn

DUMBO DUMBO, Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass
Neighborhood of Brooklyn
View of Dumbo, with the Brooklyn Bridge and the island of Manhattan in the background
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Coordinates: 40°42′11″N 73°59′22″W / 40.70306°N 73.98944°W / 40.70306; -73.98944Coordinates: 40°42′11″N 73°59′22″W / 40.70306°N 73.98944°W / 40.70306; -73.98944
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Brooklyn
Area
• Total	0.050 sq mi (0.13 km2)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,139
• Density	23,000/sq mi (8,800/km2)
ZIP Codes	11201
Median household income	$171,842
DUMBO Industrial District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
Plymouth Street, DUMBO Industrial District, March 2008
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Location	Roughly bounded by Main and Washington Sts, East River, John St., Bridge and Jay Sts., and Front and York Sts., Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates	40°42′11″N 73°59′17″W / 40.70306°N 73.98806°W / 40.70306; -73.98806
Area	48 acres (19 ha)
Built	1883
Architect	multiple
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Italianate, et al.
NRHP Reference #	00001151
Added to NRHP	September 22, 2000

Dumbo (or DUMBO, short for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It encompasses two sections: one located between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, which connect Brooklyn to Manhattan across the East River, and another that continues east from the Manhattan Bridge to the Vinegar Hill area. The neighborhood is bounded by Brooklyn Bridge Park to the north, the Brooklyn Bridge to the west, Brooklyn Heights to the south and Vinegar Hill to the east. Dumbo is part of Brooklyn Community Board 2.

The area was originally a ferry landing, characterized by 19th and early 20th century industrial and warehouse buildings, Belgian block streets, and its location on the East River by the imposing anchorage of the Manhattan Bridge. The entirety of Dumbo was bought by developer David Walentas and his company Two Trees Management in the late 20th century and remade into an upscale residential and commercial community first becoming a haven for artist galleries and presently a center for technology startups. The large community of tech startups earned DUMBO the moniker as "the center of the Brooklyn Tech Triangle". In that time, Dumbo has become Brooklyn's most expensive neighborhood, as well as New York City's fourth richest community overall, due in part to the large concentration of technology startups, its close proximity to Manhattan and the prevalence of converted industrial buildings into spacious luxury residential lofts.