South Brooklyn
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.
- Boerum Hill
- Carroll Gardens
- Cobble Hill
- Columbia Street Waterfront District
- Gowanus
- Greenwood Heights
- Park Slope
- Red Hook
- South Park Slope
- Sunset Park
- Windsor Terrace
Read more about this topic: List Of Brooklyn Neighborhoods
Famous quotes containing the words south and/or brooklyn:
“The white gulls south of Victoria
catch tossed crumbs in midair.
When anyone hears the Catbird
he gets lonesome.”
—Gary Snyder (b. 1930)
“If the British prose style is Churchillian, America is the tobacco auctioneer, the barker; Runyon, Lardner, W.W., the traveling salesman who can sell the world the Brooklyn Bridge every day, can put anything over on you and convince you that tomatoes grow at the South Pole.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)