About Williamsburg, New YorkWilliamsburg, New York is known as the setting of Betty Smith's novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn; the community in which comedian Mel Brooks and novelist Henry Miller were raised; the neighborhood where Peter Luger Steak House has been doing business since 1887; the location of the annual Feast of the Giglio; and the site of the Brooklyn Brewery, which opened in 1995, making it the first brewery in the area in 20 years.
While maintaining its diverse population of Hasidic Jews, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Poles, and Italians, Williamsburg, New York has continued to evolve and change with the times and in recent years attracted thousands of writers, artists, and performers seeking affordable housing. Many artists discovered the community through the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, founded in 1996 and housed in the Kings County Savings Bank, which is on the National Register of Historic Places and was the seventh building to be landmarked in New York City. Developers followed the artists and in recent years many have converted buildings or constructed new ones. | More Local Area InformationLike many neighborhoods along Brooklyn's waterfront, Williamsburg in the mid-19th Century was a popular resort for the moneyed set who built sea sid... Read moreAlthough a small neighborhood geographically, Fort Greene, New York is exploding with energy and ideas that are being implemented with pride b... Read moreThe Borough of Queens consists of over 20 towns with the type of neighborhood and housing available for all tastes and needs. We pride ourselves a... Read moreResidents take great pride in Brooklyn Heights, New York‘s quiet, tree-lined streets, painstakingly restored brick and brownstone homes, an... Read moreThe beautiful Hudson River composes the eastern boundary of the county which includes the United States Military Academy at West Point and Stewar... Read moreThe pristine municipal Dyker Beach Golf Course, 242-acre Dyker Beach Park on Gravesend Bay, seasonal events at the 8.5 acre McKinley Park, and, o... Read moreSo, why Brooklyn? Fuhgeddaboudit! Ask any Brooklynite and you’ll have a hard time convincing them that Brooklyn isn’t the best place on earth t... Read moreDecades ago, Brooklyn, New York was a city that looked with nostalgia to the glory days of Coney Island, the Victorian Gold Coast, and the Brookly... Read moreAs in other sections of Brooklyn, Borough Park was farmland in the early 19th Century. A small development of cottages was built in 1887 and soo... Read moreWhile sitting on the sand at Brighton Beach in the summer, gazing out at the vast blue ocean interrupted only by the occasional sailboat o... Read moreConstruction on one-story, summer bungalows in Gerritsen Beach started in the 1920s when Irish-Americans began using the community as summer resort... Read moreThe neighborhood of Flatbush, framed by Prospect Park and Brooklyn College, is noted for its elegant one- and two-family Victorian homes and shad... Read moreBergen Beach was originally developed in the 1890s as a summer resort community. An amusement park, boardwalk and Vaudeville shows provided visitor... Read moreCobble Hill was transformed from a rural area to a residential neighborhood beginning in 1836 after the South Ferry began operating to and fro... Read moreEast Flatbush was founded by the Dutch in the 17th Century. Historically, the western section of East Flatbush was part of the Dutch town of Flatbus... Read moreLike Brooklyn's other shore front neighborhoods, New York's elite were attracted to Bath Beach in the late 19th Century because its seaside locatio... Read moreFlatlands is a quiet, well-maintained, middle class community primarily consisting of two-story detached, semi-detached, and attached homes covere... Read moreMarine Park is noted for the 800-acre park of the same name that features bocce, tennis, basketball and handball courts, a one-mile running track... Read moreLady Deborah Moody is the founder of Gravesend in the 17th Century, a wealthy widow and the leader of Anabaptists who settled the community in 1643... Read moreSunset Park is a neighborhood located in the borough of Brooklyn, New York City. Sunset Park is a city within a city that features many distinc... Read more | 
