Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn Heights is a neighborhood of New York's Borough of Brooklyn, directly across from the southern tip of Manhattan. It extends from the Old Fulton Street at the Brooklyn Bridge south to Atlantic Avenue and the East River east to Court Street and Cadman Plaza. Adjacent neighborhoods are: Dumbo, Fulton Ferry, Downtown Brooklyn, Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill. From Manhattan from Brooklyn Heights can easily be achieved with different subway lines.

At the nearby Cadman Plaza is the center of public life from Brooklyn to the Borough Hall, the U.S. Court House, the Supreme Court of the State of New York. The area played in the American War of Independence a major role, since here was the headquarters of General Washington during the Battle of Long Iceland.

In Brooklyn Heights buildings are still preserved from the 20s of the 19th century. In the historical townhouses inhabited important writers such as WH Auden, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer and Arthur Miller. Bob Dylan also lived for a time in a basement in Montague Street.

The area was in 1965 appointed the first Historic District of New York City. Thus, the construction of the Brooklyn - Queens Expressway through the quarter was prevented. The expressway now runs on two levels somewhat below the famous boardwalk. The district is now considered supergentrifiziert.

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