68-548: Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn , bordered by Greenpoint to the north; Bedford–Stuyvesant to the south; Bushwick and East Williamsburg to the east; and the East River to the west. It was an independent city until 1855, when it was annexed by Brooklyn; at that time, the spelling was changed from Williamsburgh (with an "h") to Williamsburg. Williamsburg, especially near
136-410: A branch on Graham Avenue. In addition, Southside United HDFC is a charity organization that helps residents with housing needs and other services, including mobilizing housing activists and residents, as well as providing affordable housing. The Moore Street Market , often referred to as La Marqueta de Williamsburg, is located at 110 Moore Street. In addition, there have been several cultural events. In
204-401: A citizen, and a fight started. Immediately, eight or ten deputies began freely using clubs on a group of "about one hundred Irishmen", resulting in a half-hour general fight and many injuries. Prior to the corporatization of Williamsburg in the new millenium, the district often saw tension between its Hasidic population and its black and Hispanic groups. In response to decades of rising crime in
272-624: A city landmark on June 24, 2003. The 23.3-acre (9.4 ha) site, consisting of twenty 4-story buildings, was designed by William Lescaze , and was the first large-scale public housing in Brooklyn. It was completed in 1938, and is operated by the New York City Housing Authority . In 2007, three buildings of the Domino Sugar Refinery were also designated New York City Landmarks. The original refinery
340-690: A continuous 2-mile (3.2 km) string of waterfront esplanades . Although a slow growth economic revival was already underway and was bringing back family owned local businesses, local elected officials touted the rezoning as an economically beneficial way to address the decline of manufacturing along the North Brooklyn waterfront. The storefronts and vacant warehouses in Williamsburg were already being adapted into creative clubs like The Green Room, El Sensorium, Fake Shop, Mustard, The AlulA Dimension and Galapagos Art Space. The rezoning represented
408-493: A design by architect Cass Gilbert , was placed on the NRHP in 2007. Originally also a city landmark, the designation was later rescinded. The warehouse was converted to apartments in the 2010s. The German Evangelical Lutheran St. John's Church was built in 1883 and made a NRHP landmark in 2019. Public School 71K , built in 1888–1889 to designs by James W. Naughton , was made a NRHP landmark in 1982, though it no longer serves as
476-695: A dividing line) is an area known as "Los Sures", occupied by Puerto Ricans and Dominicans . To the north of that is the "North Side", traditionally Polish and Italian. East Williamsburg is home to many industrial spaces, and forms the largely Italian American , African American , and Hispanic area between Williamsburg and Bushwick. South Williamsburg, the South Side, the North Side, Greenpoint, and East Williamsburg all form Brooklyn Community Board 1 . Its proximity to Manhattan has made it popular with recently arrived residents who are often referred to under
544-474: A dramatic shift of approach from an emphasis on a creative, locally based economy in the 1990s to one largely dominated by corporations. The waterfront neighborhoods, once characterized by active manufacturing and other light industry interspersed with smaller residential buildings, were re-zoned primarily for residential high rise construction. Alongside the construction of high rises, many warehouses which served as centers for creative community-building events like
612-426: A market at present day Grand Street . Bushwick Shore's favorable location close to New York City led to the creation of several farming developments. In 1802, real estate speculator Richard M. Woodhull acquired 13 acres (5.3 hectares) near what would become Metropolitan Avenue, then North 2nd Street. He had Colonel Jonathan Williams , a U.S. Engineer , survey the property, and named it Williamsburgh (with an h at
680-506: A number of celebrities. Officials championing the rezoning cited its economic benefits, the new waterfront promenades, and its inclusionary housing component – which offered developers large tax breaks in exchange for promises to rent about a third of the new housing units at "affordable" rates. Critics countered that similar set-asides for affordable housing have gone unfulfilled in previous large-scale developments, such as Battery Park City . The New York Times reported this proved to be
748-489: A public school. The United States Post Office , built in 1936 by Louis A. Simon , was landmarked in 1988. The subdivisions within Williamsburg vary widely. "South Williamsburg" refers to the area which today is occupied mainly by the Yiddish-speaking Hasidim (predominantly Satmar Hasidim ) and a considerable Puerto Rican population. North of this area (with Division Street or Broadway serving as
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#1732772328458816-563: Is known as the "Avenue of Puerto Rico". Havemeyer Street is lined with Hispanic-owned bodegas and barber shops. However, even though the Southside has the highest concentration of Hispanics in the neighborhood, this population is dispersed throughout all of Williamsburg, as far north as the Williamsburg- Greenpoint border. The Latino community has several cultural institutions in Williamsburg. The Caribbean Social Club,
884-657: Is patrolled by the 90th and 94th Precincts of the New York City Police Department . Politically, it is represented by the New York City Council's 33rd District, which represents the western and southern parts of the neighborhood, and the 34th District, which represents the eastern part. As of the 2020 United States census , the neighborhood's population is 151,308. In 1638, the Dutch West India Company purchased
952-529: Is the area south of Grand Street, there exists a sizable Puerto Rican and Dominican population. Puerto Ricans have been coming to the area since the 1940s and the 1950s, and Dominicans came in the 1970s and 1980s. Many Puerto Ricans flocked to the area after World War II , due to the proximity to jobs at the Brooklyn Navy Yard . The neighborhood continues to have 27% Hispanic or Latino population, and Graham Avenue, between Grand Street and Broadway,
1020-765: The L train and G train on the BMT Canarsie Line and IND Crosstown Line , respectively). Increased gentrification has entered the South Side along the route of the J/Z and M trains (of which the latter route was modified to go from the downtown BMT Nassau Street Line to the midtown IND Sixth Avenue Line in 2010). This has prompted increases in rents south of Grand Street as well. Higher rents have driven out many bohemians , activists and creative urbanists to other neighborhoods farther afield such as Bushwick , Bedford-Stuyvesant , Fort Greene , Clinton Hill , Cobble Hill , and Red Hook . On May 11, 2005,
1088-495: The New York City Council passed a large-scale rezoning of the North Side and Greenpoint waterfront. Billions of dollars in tax abatements were also provided to developers. Much of the waterfront district was rezoned to accommodate mixed-use high density residential buildings with a set-aside (but no earmarked funding) for public waterfront park space, with strict building guidelines calling for developers to create
1156-804: The Peter Luger Steak House , established in 1887, in the predominantly German neighborhood under the Williamsburg Bridge, was a major banking hub, until the City of Brooklyn united with the City of Greater New York . One of the early high schools in Brooklyn, the Eastern District High School , opened here in February 1900. In 1898, Brooklyn became one of five boroughs within the City of Greater New York, and
1224-581: The Pratt Institute , the great school of art & architecture, and the Astral Oil Works , which later became part of Standard Oil . Corning Glass Works was founded here, before moving upstate to Corning, New York . German immigrant, chemist Charles Pfizer founded Pfizer Pharmaceutical in Williamsburg, and the company maintained an industrial plant in the neighborhood through 2007, although its headquarters were moved to Manhattan in
1292-626: The Town of Williamsburg . Edmund Smith Driggs (1809–1889) was a Williamsburg resident and was elected the first president of the Village of Williamsburg in 1850. He was also president of the Williamsburg City Fire Insurance Company and built a row of houses on South Second Street. Driggs Avenue is named after him. In 1851, the municipality became the City of Williamsburgh (it would discard the "h" in 1855), which
1360-584: The Village of Williamsburgh within the Town of Bushwick on April 14, 1827. In two years, it had a fire company, a post office, and a population of over 1,000. The deep drafts along the East River encouraged industrialists, many from Germany, to build shipyards around Williamsburg. Raw material was shipped in, and finished products were sent out of factories straight to the docks. Several sugar barons built processing refineries, all of which are now gone, except
1428-521: The blanket term " hipster ". Bedford Avenue and its subway station , as the first stop in the neighborhood on the BMT Canarsie Line (on the L train), have become synonymous with this new wave of residents. Williamsburg is inhabited by thousands of Hasidic Jews of various groups, and contains the headquarters of one faction of the Satmar Hasidic group . Williamsburg's Satmar population numbers about 57,000. Hasidic Jews first moved to
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#17327723284581496-454: The rebbes of Satmar , Klausenberg , Vien , Pupa , Tzehlem, and Skver . In addition, Williamsburg contained sizable numbers of religious, but non-Hasidic, Jews. The Rebbe of Satmar, Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum , ultimately exerted the most powerful influence over the community, causing many of the non-Satmars, especially the non-Hasidim, to leave. Teitelbaum was known for his fierce anti-Zionism and for his charismatic style of leadership. In
1564-459: The 1960s. Brooklyn's Broadway , ending in the ferry to Manhattan, became the area's lifeline. The area proved popular for condiment and household product manufacturers. Factories for Domino Sugar , Esquire Shoe Polish , Dutch Mustard, and many others were established in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of these factory buildings are now being (or already have been) converted to non-industrial uses, primarily residential. The population
1632-669: The Cats Head, Flytrap, El Sensorium and Organism, were converted into expensive residential loft buildings. Among the first was the Smith-Gray Building, a turn-of-the-century structure recognizable by its blue cast-iron façade. The conversion of the former Gretsch music instrument factory garnered significant attention and controversy in the New York press primarily because it heralded the arrival in Williamsburg of Tribeca-style lofts and attracted, as residents and investors,
1700-619: The City of New York provided billions of dollars in tax abatements to developers, was becoming the most expensive real estate in the city. A 2013 study by the UJA-Federation of New York identified Williamsburg as home to the second-fastest Jewish population growth in New York City, with a Jewish population of approximately 74,500 in 2011, a 41% increase from a decade earlier. Due to the neighborhood's rapid growth and high real estate prices, 77% of Jews in Williamsburg were renters,
1768-775: The East Williamburg/Bushwick campus on Graham Avenue. A place popular among Dominican-American residents is the Fula Lounge, where Merengue and Raggaeton artists from the Dominican Republic often frequent. Once a year, the Williamsburg/ Bushwick community hosts a Puerto Rican Day parade. The neighborhood has produced many prominent Latinos. Television chef Daisy Martinez , who specializes in Puerto Rican cuisine grew up in
1836-698: The Hasidic community, at least two of whom were Shomrim members, were arrested in connection with the December 2013 "gang assault" of a black gay man. Neighborhoods in Brooklyn This is a list of neighborhoods in Brooklyn , one of the five boroughs of New York City , United States. The southwestern portion of Brooklyn shares numbered streets and avenues starting from 36th Street to 101st Street and from 1st Avenue to 25th Avenue, passing through
1904-709: The Holocaust . The area south of Division Avenue became home to a large population of adherents to the Satmar Hasidic sect, who came to the area from Hungary and Romania . Hispanics from Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic also began to settle in the area. But the population explosion was eventually confronted with a decline of heavy industry, and from the 1960s, Williamsburg saw a marked increase in unemployment, crime, gang activity, and illegal drug use. Those who were able to move out often did, and
1972-615: The Italian section are named Via Vespucci in honor of Amerigo Vespucci and the Italian character of the neighborhood. Despite the fact that an increasing number of Italian-Americans have moved away, many return each summer for the feast. The Giglio was the subject of a documentary, Heaven Touches Brooklyn in July , narrated by actors John Turturro and Michael Badalucco . On Williamburg's Southside, also known in Spanish as "Los Sures", which
2040-532: The Williamsburg neighborhood was opened to closer connections with the rest of the newly consolidated city. Five years later, the opening of the Williamsburg Bridge in 1903 further opened up the community to thousands of upwardly mobile immigrants and second-generation Americans fleeing the over-crowded slum tenements of Manhattan's Lower East Side . Williamsburg itself soon became the most densely populated neighborhood in New York City, which, in turn,
2108-715: The adjoining Town of Bushwick, was annexed into the City of Brooklyn as the so-called Eastern District. The First Ward of Williamsburg became Brooklyn's 13th Ward, the Second Ward Brooklyn's 14th Ward, and the Third Ward Brooklyn's 15th and 16th Wards. During its period as part of Brooklyn's Eastern District, the area achieved remarkable industrial, cultural, and economic growth, and local businesses thrived. Wealthy New Yorkers such as Cornelius Vanderbilt and railroad magnate Jubilee Jim Fisk built shore-side mansions. Charles Pratt and his family founded
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2176-735: The almost 60% poverty rate in Jewish Williamsburg, the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty , a beneficiary agency of the UJA-Federation of New York , partnered with Masbia in the opening of a 50-seat kosher soup kitchen on Lee Avenue in November 2009. There are many households with Section 8 housing vouchers ; in 2000, there were 1,394 voucher recipients in Williamsburg's nine Yiddish -speaking census tracts, but by 2014, Williamsburg had 3,296 voucher recipients within 12 Yiddish-speaking census tracts. In 2014, it
2244-532: The area became chiefly known for its crime and other social ills. On February 3, 1971, at 10:42 pm, police officer Frank Serpico was shot during a drug bust, during a stakeout at 778 Driggs Avenue. Serpico had been one of the driving forces in the creation of the Knapp Commission , which exposed widespread police corruption. His fellow officers failed to call for assistance, and he was rushed to Greenpoint Hospital only when an elderly neighbor called
2312-506: The area from a creative, slow growth revival to an economy that was dominated by high rises and chain stores. Despite the rise in the cost of living that followed, and the loss of the original creative community that had rejuvenated the district, a new contemporary art scene and vibrant nightlife emerged that catered to new residents. However, the intensity and innovations of the Immersionist era in Williamsburg has continued to project
2380-588: The area's land from the Lenape Native Americans who occupied the area. In 1661, the company chartered the Town of Boswijck , including land that would later become Williamsburg. After the English takeover of New Netherland in 1664, the town's name was anglicized to Bushwick . During colonial times, villagers called the area "Bushwick Shore", a name that lasted for about 140 years. Bushwick Shore
2448-602: The area, although the numbers have decreased over the years. The northeastern section of Williamsburg associated with "Italian Williamsburg" retains a significant Italian-American presence and is home to numerous Italian-American families, community centers, social clubs, businesses, and restaurants, such as Bamonte's , the Fortunato Brothers Cafe, Anthony and Son Panini Shoppe, Carmine and Son's, Emily's Pork Store, Napoli Bakery, Metropolitan Fish Market, Jr and Son, and Salerno Autobody. Sections of Graham Avenue in
2516-599: The area, the Hasidim created a volunteer patrol organization, called " Shomrim " ("guardians" in Hebrew), to perform citizens' arrests, and to keep an eye out for crime. Over the years, the Shomrim have been accused of racism and brutality against blacks and Hispanics. In 2009, Yakov Horowitz, a member of Shomrim, was charged with assault, for striking a Latino adolescent on the nose with his Walkie Talkie. In 2014, five members of
2584-411: The case in Williamsburg as well, as developers largely decided to forgo incentives to build affordable housing in inland areas. Williamsburg contains a variety of zoning districts, including manufacturing, commercial, residential, and mixed-use. North Williamsburg contains primarily light industrial and medium-density residential buildings, as well as some residential structures with commercial space on
2652-521: The center of each of these original towns. Certain portions of the original six towns were also independent municipalities for a time, before being reabsorbed. Following an 1894 referendum, the entire consolidated City of Brooklyn became a borough of New York City in 1898. Annexed to Brooklyn in 1854. Annexed to Brooklyn in 1896. Annexed to Brooklyn in 1894. Annexed to Brooklyn in 1894. Annexed to Brooklyn in 1894. Jonathan Williams (engineer) Too Many Requests If you report this error to
2720-500: The century, facilities were built to import liquefied natural gas from overseas. The intersection of Broadway , Flushing Avenue , and Graham Avenue was a cross-roads for many " inter-urbans ", prior to World War I. These light rail trolleys ran from Long Island to Williamsburg. Refugees from war-torn Europe began to stream into Brooklyn during and after World War II , including the Hasidim , whose populations had been devastated in
2788-563: The city's Landmarks Preservation Commission . The Kings County Savings Institution, chartered in 1860, built the Kings County Savings Bank building at Bedford Avenue and Broadway . The structure, an example of French Second Empire architecture , has been on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) since 1980, and was made a New York City landmark in 1966. The Williamsburg Houses were designated
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2856-430: The district's image internationally as a "Little Berlin". During the early 2000s, the neighborhood became a center for indie rock and electroclash . Numerous ethnic groups still inhabit enclaves within the neighborhood, including Italians , Jews , Hispanics , Poles , Puerto Ricans , and Dominicans . Williamsburg is part of Brooklyn Community District 1 , and its primary ZIP Codes are 11206, 11211 and 11249. It
2924-470: The end) in his honor. Originally a 13-acre (5.3 ha) development within Bushwick Shore, Williamsburg rapidly expanded during the first half of the 19th century and eventually seceded from Bushwick and formed its own independent city. Abraham J. Berry was the first mayor of the independent city of Williamsburgh; the "h" at the end of the name was dropped in 1855. Williamsburg was incorporated as
2992-439: The ground floors. There are also high-density residential developments with commercial space, as well as a few remaining heavy industries, along the waterfront. The area around Broadway is primarily commercial, and contains stores and offices. On the other hand, South Williamsburg is largely medium-to-high density residential, with some commercial space on the ground floors. Several structures in Williamsburg have been landmarked by
3060-417: The highest birthrates in the country, with an average of eight children per family. Each year, the community celebrates between 800 and 900 weddings for young couples, who typically marry between the ages of 18 and 21. Because Hasidic men receive little secular education, and women tend to be homemakers, college degrees are rare, and economic opportunities lag far behind the rest of the population. In response to
3128-462: The highest rate in the city. After the city subsidized developers in North Brooklyn, and longstanding local land owners from both North and South Williamsburg sold large blocks of land to the corporations, Hasidim have characterized the influx of new renters who had nothing to with land sales or city policy, as the artisten, or a "plague" and "a bitter decree from Heaven". Tensions have risen over housing costs, loud and boisterous nightlife events, and
3196-426: The introduction of bike lanes along Bedford Avenue . Although the effects of New York's development policies favoring high rise construction and luxury chain stores is increasing, many developers, such as Isaac Hager , continue to build more housing for Haredi tenants. According to a 2024 UJA-Federation of New York survey, 74% of Jewish households in Williamsburg identified as Orthodox. The total Jewish population
3264-452: The last remaining Puerto Rican social club in Williamsburg, preserves the neighborhood's culture. Another such institution is the "El Puente" Community Center, as well as the "San German" record store on Graham Avenue. Graham Avenue was renamed Avenue of Puerto Rico as a symbol of pride, just as the avenue's other alternate name, Via Vespucci, is meant to commemorate the neighborhood's Italian-American community. Banco Popular de Puerto Rico has
3332-537: The late 1980s, often referred to as the Brooklyn Immersionists . The community-based scene cultivated a web of activity in the streets, rooftops and large warehouses, and attracted both the national and international press. Small, locally owned businesses began to return to the neighborhood during this expansion of creative urbanism in the 1990s. In the 21st century, the city provided zoning changes and tax abatements to corporate developers which shifted
3400-454: The late 1990s, Jewish developers renovated old warehouses and factories, turning them into housing. More than 500 apartments were approved in the three-year period following 1997; soon afterward, an area near Williamsburg's border with Bedford–Stuyvesant was re-zoned for affordable housing. By 1997, there were about 7,000 Hasidic families in Williamsburg, almost a third of whom took public assistance. The Hasidic community of Williamsburg has one of
3468-552: The lives of Latino residents living in 1984 Southside before gentrification. Another documentary in 2013, Toñita's , depicts the Caribbean Social Club, and is named after the club's owner. About 2 o'clock on November 7, 1854, a riot occurred between sheriffs and "some Irishmen" at the poll of the First District, at the corner of 2nd and North 6th streets, in Williamsburg. It began after a deputy approached
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#17327723284583536-440: The neighborhood in the years prior to World War II , along with many other religious and non-religious Jews who sought to escape the difficult living conditions on Manhattan's Lower East Side . Beginning in the late 1940s and early 1950s, the area received a large concentration of Holocaust survivors , many of whom were Hasidic Jews from rural areas of Hungary and Romania. These people were led by several Hasidic leaders, among them
3604-489: The neighborhood. The neighborhood also is home to the office of U.S. representative Nydia Velazquez . In addition to this, Williamsburg was the childhood home of City Councilwoman Rosie Méndez , of Puerto Rican descent. Williamsburg itself was represented in the City Council by Dominican American Antonio Reynoso . The Hispanic sector as a whole was represented in a documentary called Living Los Sures, which documents
3672-476: The neighborhoods listed below: The original Dutch settlement of what is now Brooklyn consisted of six towns with clearly defined borders. These later became English settlements, and were consolidated over time until the entirety of Kings County was the unified City of Brooklyn. The towns were, clockwise from the north: Bushwick, Brooklyn, Flatlands, Gravesend, New Utrecht, with Flatbush in the middle. The modern neighborhoods bearing these names are located roughly in
3740-475: The past, Southside United HDFC has held Puerto Rican Heritage as well as Dominican Independence Day celebrations, and currently operates El Museo De Los Sures. The name "El Museo De Los Sures" roughly translates to "The Museum of the Southside". Williamsburg is also home to not one, but two campuses of Boricua College : the Northside campus on North 6th Street, between Bedford Avenue and Driggs Avenue; as well as
3808-471: The police. The incident was later dramatized in the opening scene of the 1973 film Serpico , starring Al Pacino in the title role. The price of land in Williamsburg has increased significantly since the 2000s. The North Side, above Grand Street , which separates the North Side from the South Side, is somewhat more expensive due to its proximity to the New York City Subway (specifically,
3876-413: The refinery of the now-defunct Domino Sugar (formerly Havemeyer & Elder). Other important industries included shipbuilding and brewing. On April 18, 1835, the Village of Williamsburg annexed a portion of the Town of Bushwick. The Village then consisted of three districts. The first district was commonly called the "South Side", the second district was called the "North Side", and the third district
3944-502: The streets surrounding Our Lady of Mount Carmel church, located on Havemeyer and North 8th Streets, are dedicated to a celebration of Italian culture. The highlights of the feast are the "Giglio Sundays" when a 100-foot (30 m) tall statue, complete with band and a singer, is carried around the streets in honor of St. Paulinus and Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Clips of this awe-inspiring sight are often featured on NYC news broadcasts. A significant number of Italian-Americans still reside in
4012-399: The waterfront, was a vital industrial district until the mid-20th century. As many of the jobs were outsourced beginning in the 1970s, the area endured a period of economic contraction which did not begin to turn around until activist groups began to address housing, infrastructure, and youth education issues in the late 20th century. An ecosocial arts movement emerged alongside the activists in
4080-493: Was an estimated 36,000 adults and 32,000 children. A significant component of the Italian community on the North Side and East Side were immigrants from the city of Nola near Naples. Residents of Nola every summer celebrate the "Festa dei Gigli" (feast of lilies) in honor of St. Paulinus of Nola , who was bishop of Nola in the fifth century, and the immigrants brought this tradition over with them. For two weeks every summer,
4148-703: Was at first heavily German, but many Jews from the Lower East side of Manhattan came to the area after the completion of the Williamsburg Bridge in 1903. Williamsburg had two major community banks: the Williamsburgh Savings Bank at 175 Broadway (chartered 1851, since absorbed by HSBC ); and its rival, the Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh one block west (chartered 1864, now known as the DIME, has remained independent). The area around
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#17327723284584216-628: Was built in 1856, and by 1870 processed more than half of sugar used in the United States. A fire in 1882 caused the plant to be completely rebuilt in brick and stone; these buildings exist today, though the refinery stopped operating in 2004. In 2010, a developer proposed to convert the site to residential use; since them, a new plan was approved for the Domino Sugar Factory, led by Two Trees Management. The New England Congregational Church and Rectory , built between 1852 and 1853,
4284-478: Was called the "New Village". The names "North Side" and "South Side" remain in common usage today, but the name for the Third District has changed often. The New Village became populated by Germans, and for a time was known by the sobriquet of "Dutchtown". In 1845, the population of Williamsburgh was 11,500. On April 7, 1840. reflecting its increasing urbanization, Williamsburg separated from Bushwick as
4352-534: Was cut off from the other villages in Bushwick by Bushwick Creek to the north and by Cripplebush, a region of thick, boggy shrub land that extended from Wallabout Creek in the south to Newtown Creek in the east. Bushwick residents called Bushwick Shore "the Strand". Farmers and gardeners from the other Bushwick villages sent their goods to Bushwick Shore to be ferried across the East River to Manhattan for sale via
4420-549: Was listed on the NRHP in 1983. It is also a city landmark. The church was sold to its current occupant, La Iglesia Pentecostal La Luz del Mundo, in 1981. One historic district also exists in Williamsburg, the Fillmore Place Historic District . Landmarked in 2009, it consists of several Italianate style buildings. Numerous structures are also located on the NRHP, but are not city landmarks. The Austin, Nichols and Company Warehouse , built in 1915 to
4488-459: Was organized into three wards . The old First Ward roughly coincides with the South Side, and the Second Ward with the North Side, with the modern boundary at Grand Street . The Third Ward was to the east of these, stretching from Union Avenue east to Bushwick Avenue, beyond which is Bushwick (some of which is now called East Williamsburg ). In 1855, the City of Williamsburg , along with
4556-543: Was reported that Williamsburg's Jewish community had among the highest rates of applications for Section 8 housing vouchers. However, the newspaper New York Daily News doubted the legality of the applications. In 2016, the Daily News said that New York City census tracts with 30% or more of the population applying for Section 8 were present only in Williamsburg and the Bronx , except that Williamsburg's real estate, after
4624-488: Was the most densely populated city in the United States. The novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn addresses a young girl growing up in the tenements of Williamsburg during this era. Brooklyn Union Gas in the early 20th century consolidated its coal gas production to Williamsburg at 370 Vandervoort Avenue, closing the Gowanus Canal gasworks. The 1970s energy crisis led the company to build a syngas factory. Late in
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