List of Brooklyn Neighborhoods

These are the neighborhoods of Brooklyn, one of five boroughs of New York City, USA.



Northwestern Brooklyn

 * Brooklyn Heights
 * Brooklyn Navy Yard
 * Admiral's Row
 * Cadman Plaza
 * Clinton Hill
 * Downtown Brooklyn
 * DUMBO
 * Fort Greene
 * Fulton Ferry
 * Prospect Heights
 * Vinegar Hill

South Brooklyn
The section of Brooklyn known as South Brooklyn takes its name from its geographical position relative to the original town of Brooklyn, which today includes the neighborhoods listed above under the heading "northwestern Brooklyn." It is not located in the southern part of the modern borough.
 * Boerum Hill
 * Carroll Gardens
 * Cobble Hill
 * Columbia Street Waterfront District
 * Gowanus
 * Greenwood Heights
 * Park Slope
 * Red Hook
 * South Park Slope
 * Sunset Park
 * Windsor Terrace

Northern Brooklyn

 * Bushwick
 * Wyckoff Heights
 * Greenpoint
 * Little Poland
 * Williamsburg
 * East Williamsburg
 * Bedford
 * Bedford-Stuyvesant

Central Brooklyn

 * Beverley Squares: Beverley Square East, Beverley Square West
 * Crown Heights
 * Ditmas Park
 * East Flatbush
 * Farragut
 * Fiske Terrace
 * Flatbush
 * Kensington
 * Ocean Hill
 * Ocean Parkway
 * Pigtown
 * Prospect Lefferts Gardens
 * Prospect Park South
 * Stuyvesant Heights
 * Weeksville
 * Wingate

Southwestern Brooklyn

 * Bath Beach
 * Bay Ridge
 * Bensonhurst
 * Borough Park
 * Dyker Heights
 * Fort Hamilton
 * New Utrecht

Southern Brooklyn

 * Brighton Beach, also known as "Little Odessa"
 * Chinatown
 * Coney Island
 * Gerritsen Beach
 * Gravesend
 * Homecrest
 * Madison
 * Manhattan Beach
 * Mapleton, Grays Farm
 * Midwood
 * Plum Beach
 * Sea Gate
 * Sheepshead Bay
 * White Sands

Eastern Brooklyn

 * Brownsville
 * Canarsie
 * City Line
 * Cypress Hills
 * East New York
 * Highland Park
 * New Lots
 * Starrett City

Southeastern Brooklyn

 * Barren Island
 * Bergen Beach
 * Flatlands
 * Georgetown
 * Marine Park
 * Mill Basin

List of neighborhoods by historical town
The original Dutch settlement of what is now Brooklyn consisted of six towns with clearly defined borders. These later became English settlements, and were consolidated over time until the entirety of Kings County was the unified City of Brooklyn. The towns were, clockwise from the north: Bushwick, Brooklyn, Flatlands, Gravesend, New Utrecht, with Flatbush in the middle. The modern neighborhoods bearing these names are located roughly in the center of each of these original towns. Certain portions of the original six towns were also independent municipalities for a time, before being reabsorbed.

Following an 1894 referendum, the entire consolidated City of Brooklyn became a borough of New York City in 1898.

Bushwick
Annexed to Brooklyn in 1854.
 * Bushwick
 * Greenpoint
 * Williamsburg (separated from Bushwick in 1840, annexed to Brooklyn in 1854)

Brooklyn

 * Bedford-Stuyvesant
 * Boerum Hill
 * Carroll Gardens
 * Cobble Hill
 * Brooklyn Heights
 * Brownsville
 * City Line
 * Clinton Hill
 * Crown Heights
 * Cypress Hills
 * Downtown Brooklyn
 * DUMBO
 * East New York
 * Fort Greene
 * Gowanus
 * Greenwood Heights
 * Highland Park
 * New Lots (separated from Flatbush in 1852, annexed to Brooklyn in 1886)
 * Ocean Hill
 * Park Slope
 * Prospect Heights
 * RAMBO
 * Spring Creek
 * Starrett City
 * Stuyvesant Heights
 * Sunset Park
 * Vinegar Hill
 * Weeksville
 * Windsor Terrace
 * Wingate

Flatlands
Annexed to Brooklyn in 1896.
 * Bergen Beach
 * Canarsie
 * Flatlands
 * Georgetown
 * Marine Park
 * Mill Basin
 * The southeastern quarter of Midwood

Gravesend
Annexed to Brooklyn in 1894.
 * Brighton Beach
 * Coney Island
 * Gerritsen Beach
 * Gravesend
 * Homecrest
 * Madison
 * Manhattan Beach
 * Plum Beach
 * Seagate
 * Sheepshead Bay
 * The southeastern half of Bath Beach
 * The southeastern half of Bensonhurst
 * The southwestern quarter of Midwood

New Utrecht
Annexed to Brooklyn in 1894.
 * Bay Ridge
 * Borough Park
 * Dyker Heights
 * Fort Hamilton
 * New Utrecht
 * The northwestern half of Bath Beach
 * The northwestern half of Bensonhurst

Flatbush
Annexed to Brooklyn in 1894.
 * Ditmas Park
 * East Flatbush
 * Farragut
 * Fiske Terrace
 * Flatbush
 * Kensington
 * Prospect Lefferts Gardens
 * Prospect Park South
 * The northern half of Midwood