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Canarsie (/ k ə ˈ n ɑːr s i / kə-NAR-see) is a mostly residential neighborhood in the southeastern portion of Brooklyn, New York City.Canarsie is bordered on the east by Fresh Creek Basin, East 108th Street, and Louisiana Avenue; on the north by Linden Boulevard; on the west by Ralph Avenue; on the southwest by Paerdegat Basin; and on the south by Jamaica Bay.
The Bay View Houses is a housing project of the New York City Housing Authority in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn. It has twenty-three, 8-story buildings with 1,609 apartments. [ 3 ] The 34.02-acre complex is bordered by Seaview Avenue, East 102nd Street, and Rockaway Parkway .
In Baldwin, Nunley's was located on Sunrise Highway, on the border with Freeport, New York, and operated from 1940 to 1995.Nunley's Carousel and Amusement Park was established by William Nunley, a third-generation amusement park entrepreneur, who also operated facilities in Bethpage, in Queens (in Broad Channel and Rockaway Beach), and in Westchester County (in Yonkers), New York. [4]
Breukelen Houses (/ ˈ b r ʊ k l aɪ n / BRUUK-lyne), also known as Breukelen and referred to locals as “Brookline”, or “The Line”, is a large housing complex maintained in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn, by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA).
1970 – John Rankin House (Brooklyn, New York) – one of the finest Greek Revival houses in the city was designated a New York City landmark. [ 31 ] 1971 – The French Connection is filmed in Brooklyn and is an American dramatic thriller film about crime, detectives, and the increasing worldwide nature of drug smuggling.
The NYPD's 73rd Precinct is located at 1470 East New York Avenue. [5] NYCHA property in the area is patrolled separately by Police Service Area #2 (P.S.A. 2). [74] Brownsville has consistently been considered the murder capital of New York City, [75] with the 73rd Precinct ranking 69th safest out of 69 city precincts for per-capita crime in ...
The Globe Hotel building on Lake Road in Congers was built next to Congers Station, which was used for passenger travel until the 1950s. The hotel building is now retail space and apartments.
East New York is a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, United States. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are roughly the Cemetery Belt and the Queens borough line to the north; the Queens borough line to the east; Jamaica Bay to the south, the New York City Subway’s BMT Canarsie Line along with the Bay Ridge ...