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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 Glenwood Houses is a 22.39-acre (9.06 ha) moderate to low income public housing development operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) in the Flatlands section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The development is bordered by Ralph Avenue on the east, East 56th Street on the west, Glenwood Road/Avenue H on the south, and ...
The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn. This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, which coincides with Kings County, New York. The locations of National Register properties ...
Brooklyn Navy Yard: Beverley Road north-south Brooklyn Ave north-south Buckingham Road one-way Campus Road one-way Brooklyn College: Clarendon Road north-south Colonial Road Wakeman Place 92nd Street 1.48 miles 2 North to south Continuation of First Avenue, above. Cortelyou Road Coney island ave and Flatbush Avenue. north-south Coventry Road ...
Between Farragut Road and Kings Highway, it is a two way street with two traffic lanes. Between Kings Highway and Avenue X, it is a two-way street with four traffic lanes. South of Avenue X, the avenue is a very wide two-way divided road with six traffic lanes. The avenue, originally called Nostrand Lane, has been open since 1840.
Midwood is a neighborhood in the south-central part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.It is bounded on the north by the Bay Ridge Branch tracks just above Avenue I and by the Brooklyn College campus of the City University of New York, and on the south by Avenue P and Kings Highway.
Prospect Park South, [3] designated a historic district in 1979 [9] South Midwood, bordering the Brooklyn College campus to the north [1] [3] West Midwood, with a large number of houses designed by Ackerson [1] [3] The earliest development in Victorian Flatbush was the Tennis Court development, planned by Richard Ficken in the 1880s. [10]
Kensington and Parkville are bordered by the Prospect Park South and Ditmas Park subsections of Flatbush to the east; Windsor Terrace to the north; Borough Park to the west; and Midwood to the south. Kensington is a predominantly residential area, with housing types that include brick rowhouses, detached one-family Victorians, and apartment ...