Midwood, Brooklyn
Coordinates: 40°37′24″N 73°57′42″W / 40.623334°N 73.961678°W / 40.623334; -73.961678
Midwood is a neighborhood in the south central part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is within Community District 14, and is patrolled by the 61st, 66th and 70th precincts of the New York City Police Department.
It is bounded on the north by the Bay Ridge Branch freight line tracks just above Avenue I and Brooklyn College campus of the City University of New York, and on the south by Avenue P and Kings Highway. The eastern border is Nostrand Avenue or Flatbush Avenue and Coney Island Avenue, McDonald Avenue or Ocean Parkway to the west is the other boundary.
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