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Encyclopedia > East Williamsburg, Brooklyn

East Williamsburg is a marketing term created by real-estate speculators for the area in the northwestern portion of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, which is in or around Bushwick. Because of the historical connotation that the neighborhood of Bushwick is associated with (crime, poverty, drugs, etc.), real-estate developers came up with a new name. It is supposedly bounded by the neighborhoods of Williamsburg to the west, Greenpoint to the north, Bushwick to the south and southeast, and both Maspeth and Ridgewood in Queens to the east. There is a major disagreement as to whether the community is a stand-alone community or if it is a part of Bushwick, Williamsburg, or both. The Five Boroughs redirects here. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Bushwick is a neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn, New York, USA. Founded in 1661 by Governor Peter Stuyvesant as Boswijck, it is the site of some of the earliest settlements in Brooklyn that date to the middle of the 17th century. ... Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the northern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint, Bed-Stuy, and Bushwick. ... Landmark 19th-century rowhouses on tree-lined street in the Greenpoint Historic District Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. ... Bushwick is a neighborhood in the northeastern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. ... Maspeth is a small community in the borough of Queens in New York City. ... The Myrtle Avenue Business Improvement District runs from Wyckoff Avenue to Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood. ... This article is about the New York City borough. ...


Other suggested names include "MoBo" (for Morgan Avenue and Bogart Street, near the Morgan Ave. subway station) and "West Bushwick Hills Estates."

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The Case For Bushwick

Knickerbocker at Grattan looking South
Knickerbocker at Grattan looking South

The very first settlement in the town of Bushwick, het dorp, was founded on the corner of today's Bushwick and Metropolitan Avenues. Furthermore, the area consisting of all the lofts and factories east of Bushwick and North of Flushing, was once called the Village Bushwick Crossroads.[1] Anything south of Flushing Avenue is part of the former New Lots of Bushwick. New York City' District 34[2] shows the area above Flushing and East of Bushwick Aves as Bushwick North. East Williamsburg and Bushwick share the 11206 zip code south of Grand Street. In April of 1827, when Williamsburg incorporated, Bushwick Avenue was the boundary between the town of Williamsburg and Bushwick Village.[3] The 18th ward initially consisted entirely of Bushwick,[4] but was split into three wards as Bushwick grew southeastward. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 900 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 900 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ...


According to the New York Times, Bushwick starts at the Food Bazaar between the Lorimer St and Flushing Av BMT Jamaica Line stations, east of Leonard Street and south of Boerum Street.[5] Lorimer Street is a local station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. ... Flushing Avenue is a local station on the Jamaica Line. ... The Jamaica Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT Division of the New York Subway. ...


The Case For East Williamsburg

Knickerbocker at Thames looking North
Knickerbocker at Thames looking North

East Williamsburg is served by Brooklyn Community Board 1, whereas Bushwick is served by Brooklyn Community Board 4, the boundary being at Flushing Avenue. Many residences north of Grand St. and east of Bushwick Ave. still share the 11211 zip code with Williamsburg. ([1]) Each neighborhood also has separate police precincts. East Williamsburg is still an emerging term, and residents who are reluctant to use that term remain to identify themselves with Bushwick or Williamsburg, although this is both politically correct and incorrect. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 827 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 827 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... The Brooklyn Community Board 1 is a local governement unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhood of Flushing Avenue, Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Northside, and Southside in the borough of Brooklyn. ... ... The New York City Police Department (NYPD) was created in 1845 and currently is the largest municipal police force in the world with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City. ...


Why the confusion?

During the 20th century, the neighborhood was home to a major industrial district in Brooklyn within the borough's northern area. Thus the relatively few residents who lived in the surrounding area were mostly concentrated on the boundaries of Williamsburg and Bushwick, and chose to identify themselves as residents of those neighborhoods and not "East Williamsburg." [citation needed] The association between either neighborhood split down the Avenue of Puerto Rico (Graham Avenue) or Bushwick Avenue,[citation needed] identifying with Williamsburg to the west and with Bushwick to the east. A majority of these residents were of African American, and Puerto Rican background. An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...


Residents (north of Flushing Avenue) who identified with Bushwick had such a strong association that when real estate developers increasingly referred to the area as "East Williamsburg" in the late 1990s, many residents dismissed the term as a marketing ploy to encourage new residents who were unable to settle in Williamsburg, Greenpoint, or Gowanus [citation needed]. Older buildings such as the former Bushwick Savings Bank in the northwest or the towering Bushwick Houses in the southwest seem to indicate that their creators referred to the area as Bushwick. Gowanus is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York, USA, situated roughly between Red Hook and Carroll Gardens on the west and Park Slope on the East. ...

Bushwick Bank on Graham and Grand
Bushwick Bank on Graham and Grand

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Lofts and housing projects

Lofts, with low rise projects in the distance
Lofts, with low rise projects in the distance

Factories and warehouses were being decommissioned due to heavy and light industry leaving the area, and were converted into loft and apartment space, similar to the residential development of the DUMBO neighborhood in Brooklyn [citation needed]. An example of this can be seen in the adjacent picture which shows the two loft buildings on McKibbin St. 255 McKibbin and 248 McKibbin. A major factor for developers and potential residents was the BMT Canarsie Line (L) of the New York City Subway, with the Grand Street, Montrose Avenue and Morgan Avenue stations, which provided a quick, 15-minute travel time to Manhattan. (The neighborhood is also served by Lorimer Street and Flushing Avenue on the BMT Jamaica Line (J M).) The location and low rents were enough to attract artists, young professionals and hipsters in due time, which in turn is slowly encouraging gentrification that continues today. [citation needed] Those long-time minority residents who live outside of rent-regulated apartments or public housing are feeling its effects in the form of higher rents. [citation needed] Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (915x685, 509 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (915x685, 509 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... A view of part of DUMBO with Manhattan in the distance Newly built apartment tower DuMBo (an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass) is the popular name of a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. ... 255 McKibbin St. ... Services that use the BMT Canarsie Line through Manhattan have been colored gray since 1979. ... Eighth Avenue to Rockaway Parkway The L 14th Street–Canarsie Local is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway, running local along the full length of the BMT Canarsie Line at all times. ... Times Square–42nd Street station entrance The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, an affiliate of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority as MTA New York City Transit. ... Grand Street is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. ... Montrose Avenue is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. ... Morgan Avenue is a station on the New York City Subways BMT Canarsie Line. ... Lorimer Street is a local station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway. ... Flushing Avenue is a local station on the Jamaica Line. ... The Jamaica Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT Division of the New York Subway. ... The J Nassau Street Express and Z Nassau Street Express are two services of the New York City Subway. ... The M Nassau Street Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with rental agreement. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ...


Graham Ave (also known as Avenue of Puerto Rico to the South and Via Vespucci to the North) and Grand Street are the main shopping districts. There are several public housing projects in East Williamsburg, including the Williamsburg Houses, Borinquen Plaza, and the Bushwick/John Francis Hylan Houses. A local authority tower block in Cwmbrân, South Wales Public housing or project homes is a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. ...


References

  1. ^ HISTORY OF BROOKLYN. CHAPTER IX. BUSHWICK AND WILLIAMSBURGH, FROM THE CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTION, UNTIL 1854., accessed November 19, 2006
  2. ^ Community Gazette of District 34, accessed November 19, 2006
  3. ^ THE MANY VILLAGES OF BROOKLYN, accessed November 19, 2006
  4. ^ Bklyn was an ever changing place remember.., accessed November 19, 2006
  5. ^ [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/nyregion/11baggers.html Long Treated as Volunteers, Tips-Only Supermarket Baggers Take Up Fight for Hourly Wage, accessed February 18, 2007

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