List of Brooklyn neighborhoods

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

Note that the neighborhood boundaries on this map are only approximate.

Northwestern Brooklyn [edit]

South Brooklyn [edit]

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.

Northern Brooklyn [edit]

Central Brooklyn [edit]

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 [edit]

Southern Brooklyn [edit]

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 [edit]

Southeastern Brooklyn [edit]

List of neighborhoods by historical town [edit]

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.