Neighborhoods in Brooklyn

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 136. Chapters: Coney Island, Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Bushwick, Brooklyn, Midwood, Brooklyn, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, Grand Army Plaza, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Park Slope, Brooklyn, Fort Greene, Brooklyn, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, East New York, Brooklyn, Gravesend, Brooklyn, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, Downtown Brooklyn, Borough Park, Brooklyn, Brownsville, Brooklyn, Sunset Park, Brooklyn, Brighton Beach, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Red Hook, Brooklyn, Flatbush, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, List of Brooklyn neighborhoods, Starrett City, Brooklyn, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Canarsie, Brooklyn, Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, Chinatown, Brooklyn, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, Kensington, Brooklyn, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn, Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, Homecrest, Brooklyn, DUMBO, Brooklyn, East Flatbush, Brooklyn, Mill Basin, Brooklyn, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, Marine Park, Boerum Hill, Atlantic Terminal Urban Renewal Area, Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, Bath Beach, Brooklyn, Gowanus, Brooklyn, Ocean Parkway, Highland Park, Brooklyn, Prospect Park South, Brooklyn, Lapskaus Boulevard, Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, Admiral's Row, Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, Barren Island, Brooklyn, New Utrecht, Brooklyn, Flatlands, Brooklyn, Bedford Hill, City Line, Brooklyn, Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn, White Sands, Brooklyn, Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn, Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn, RAMBO, Brooklyn, Wyckoff Heights, New York, Bedford, Brooklyn, Fiske Terrace, Brooklyn, Little Poland, Brooklyn, BoCoCa, Pigtown, Brooklyn, Broadway Junction, Farragut, Brooklyn, South Park Slope, Bergen Beach, Brooklyn, Sheepshead Bay Houses, New Lots, Brooklyn, Beverly Square West, Brooklyn, Mapleton, Brooklyn, Wingate, Brooklyn, Madison, Brooklyn, Mapleton Park, Brooklyn, Wallabout, Georgetown, Brooklyn, Beverly Square East, Brooklyn. Excerpt: Dyker Heights is a residential neighborhood in the southwest corner of the Borough of Brooklyn in New York City, USA. It is sandwiched among Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, and Gravesend Bay. According to the Post Office, Dyker Heights is bounded to the west by Interstate 278, to the north by Bay Ridge Avenue, to the east by Fourteenth Avenue, and to the south by Fort Hamilton. The Dyker Beach Golf Course extends to the Belt Parkway. Dyker Heights originated as a speculative luxury housing development in October 1895 when Walter Loveridge Johnson developed a portion of woodland into a suburban community. During the height of his development, the boundaries were primarily between Tenth Avenue and Thirteenth Avenue and from 79th Street to 86th Street. The finest homes of the development were situated along the top of the 110-foot (34 m) hill, at about Eleventh Avenue and 82nd Street. Dyker Heights is patrolled by the 68th Precinct of the NYPD. The neighborhood of Dyker Heights lies within the boundaries of the original Dutch town of New Utrecht settled in 1657. The area that is now as Dyker Heights was not developed in the 17th or 18th centuries because the land was too sloped for farming. It remained common woodland until the mid-19th century. The trees of this forest were used by the townsfolk as a source of firewood and construction material. When the agricultural industry of New Utrecht changed from the farming of grains to the cultivation of market garden produce, the trees were cleared and the area becam...