Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn
| Windsor Terrace | |
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| Neighborhood of Brooklyn | |
The Engine Company 240 Battalion 48 firehouse
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| Country |  United States of America |
| State |
 New York
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| City | New York City |
| Borough | Brooklyn |
| Subdivided | 1849 |
| Founded by | William Bell |
| Named for | a place in England named Windsor |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.30 km2 (0.503 sq mi) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 20,988 |
| • Density | 16,000/km2 (42,000/sq mi) |
| Economics | |
| • Median income | $97,474 |
| Ethnicity | |
| • White | 64.9% |
| • Hispanic American | 15.7% |
| • Asian/Pacific Islander | 9.9% |
| • African American | 6.2% |
| • Other/Two or more | 3.4% |
| ZIP codes | 11215, 11218 |
| Area code | 917, 718, 347 |
Coordinates: 40°39′32″N 73°58′45″W / 40.658894°N 73.979058°W
Windsor Terrace is a small residential neighborhood in the northwestern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. As of the 2010 United States Census, Windsor Terrace had 20,988 people living within its 0.503-square-mile (1.30 km2) area. Its ZIP codes are 11215 and 11218.
Windsor Terrace is situated between Prospect Park on the east and northeast, Park Slope to the northwest, Green-Wood Cemetery to the southwest, and Kensington to the south. It is considered to be within the area historically known as South Brooklyn. A part of Community Board 7, the neighborhood is patrolled by the NYPD's 72nd Precinct and protected by FDNY's Engine Company 240.
Before the coming of Europeans to the New World, the area which is now Windsor Terrace was inhabited by the Canarsee Indians. Specifically, the Gowanus and Werpos tribes inhabited the surrounding area. The land, which was then in the far northwestern corner of the Town of Flatbush, was purchased as a farm by John Vanderbilt. Some parts of the land were also maintained by the Martense family, who owned land in the area through 1895. This area was desirable due to its proximity to downtown Brooklyn, as well as the recent construction of the Coney Island Plank Road through the area and of the serene Green-Wood Cemetery to the southwest.
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