Bedford Avenue is the longest^[1] street in Brooklyn, New York, stretching 10.2 miles and 132 blocks from Greenpoint south to Sheepshead Bay, and passing through the neighborhoods of Williamsburg (where it is considered to be the main street of the neighborhood), Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Flatbush and Midwood. For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ... Views from Greenpoints East River waterfront of Manhattan Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. ... Sheepshead Bay is a bay separating the mainland of Brooklyn, New York City from the eastern portion of Coney Island, the latter originally a barrier island but now effectively an extension of the mainland with peninsulas both east and west. ... Williamsburg is the name of some places in the United States of America: Williamsburg, Brooklyn in New York City Williamsburg, Colorado Williamsburg, Florida Williamsburg, Iowa Williamsburg, Kansas Williamsburg, Kentucky Williamsburg, Maryland Williamsburg, Massachusetts Williamsburg, Michigan Williamsburg, New Mexico Williamsburg, North Carolina Williamsburg, Ohio Williamsburg, Pennsylvania Williamsburg, Virginia including Colonial Williamsburg... Bedford Stuyvesant (aka Bed-Stuy) is a neighborhood in central Brooklyn, New York City. ... Crown Heights is a neighborhood in Brooklyn in New York City. ... Flatbush is a neighborhood of the Borough of Brooklyn, a part of New York City. ... Midwood has a substantial population of Haredi Jews and Modern Orthodox Jews, many of whom live and worship in the side streets around Kings Highway Midwood is a neighborhood located in the south central part of the Borough of Brooklyn, New York, USA, roughly halfway between Prospect Park and Coney...

Automobile traffic flows in two directions on the southern half of the avenue (south of Grant Square at Dean Street), and one-way northbound north of that location. Northbound and southbound bicycle lanes are painted on the avenue south of Grant Square. “Velo” redirects here. ...

All the many different building types common in Brooklyn are evident at some point on the avenue, from attached and detached single family houses in Sheepshead Bay and Midwood, to Brownstone rowhouses in Crown Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, to medium and large apartment buildings in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. In addition, the avenue travels through neighborhoods representative of Brooklyn's famous cultural and ethnic diversity. African-American, Hasidic, Hispanic, Russian and Hipster-predominant neighborhoods are all found along the avenue. Languages Predominantly American English Religions Protestantism (chiefly Baptist and Methodist); Roman Catholicism; Islam Related ethnic groups Sub-Saharan Africans and other African groups, some with Native American groups. ... Hasidic Judaism (Hebrew: Chasidut חסידות) is a Haredi Jewish religious movement. ...  Countries where Spanish has official status. ... A hipster is a person who is strongly associated with a subculture that considers itself hip. ...

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