Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn

Coordinates: 40°39′32″N 74°00′00″W / 40.659°N 74.000°W / 40.659; -74.000
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Greenwood Heights
UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Code
11232
Area codes718, 347, 929, and 917

Greenwood Heights is a neighborhood in the

36th-38th Street Yard and South Brooklyn Railway).[2]

Greenwood Heights, originally considered to be located within South Brooklyn, was incorporated into Sunset Park in the 1960s. A separate designation for the neighborhood was created by the 1980s. Today, Greenwood Heights overlaps with both Sunset Park and South Slope.

Greenwood Heights is a mixed neighborhood of

Italian families, Chinese, African American, and Brooklynites who have relocated from other higher-priced neighborhoods.[3]

History

South Brooklyn was one of the sites of the sprawling Battle of Brooklyn (

South Slope.[4]: 9 [6]

Recent new real estate development, curbed with the rezoning of the area in November 2005,[7] has brought an influx of luxury condominium apartments into a residential area that was mainly made up of 1- and 2-family homes. Post-rezoning, while new development sites have occurred, there has been a new trend of home renovations, many of them "gut renovations" but others taking neglected c. 1900 wood-frame houses and restoring them to their historical look.

Architecture

Greenwood Heights' architectural mix of wood frame, vinyl sided and brick homes gives the area an eclectic look and feel, different from its neighbors Park Slope to the north and Sunset Park to the south.

Education

It has a primary school, PS 172. In 1995, Al-Noor School, a private school teaching Arabic and Islamic culture was established between 20th and 21st streets on 4th Avenue.[8]

Transportation

The neighborhood is served by the

B37 and B63 buses also serve the neighborhood.[9]

References

  1. ^ "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  2. New York Sun
    . Retrieved 2010-01-17.
  3. ^ Bureau, U.S. Census. "U.S. Census website".
  4. ^ a b "Sunset Park South Historic District" (PDF). New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission. June 18, 2019. Retrieved August 6, 2019.
  5. ^ Foderaro, Lisa W. (March 29, 1987). "POSTINGS: TOWN HOUSES; Capitalizing On a Name". The New York Times. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  6. ^ Cohen, Joyce (February 4, 2001). "If You're Thinking of Living In/Sunset Park, Brooklyn; Historic Character and Foreign Accents". The New York Times. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  7. New York City Planning Commission: Commission Report Archived 2006-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
    (2005-10-19)
  8. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2020-06-01.
  9. ^ "Brooklyn Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
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