Greenwood Heights, Sea Gate

Name: Greenwood Heights
Address: Sea Gate, United States

#121 among attractions in Sea Gate

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Greenwood Heights is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, named partially after the adjacent Green-Wood Cemetery. Greenwood Heights is a part of Brooklyn Community District 7 along with Windsor Terrace, Sunset Park and South Slope. The much-debated borders are roughly the Prospect Expressway to the north, Gowanus Canal and Upper New York Bay to the west, Eighth Avenue to the east, and 39th Street to the south. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 40°39'29"N, 73°59'57"W

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South Brooklyn (Greenwood Heights)Sea Gate United States

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Greenwood Heights – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Bell House, Green-Wood Cemetery, Industry City, Red Hook Park.

1.2 miN
Theater
The Bell House, Sea Gate
30 min walk • The Bell House is a bar and music/comedy venue in Brooklyn, New York. In September 2008 it was opened for the first time. It was the usual recording venue for the NPR program Ask Me Another during that program's run.
0.6 miSE
Historic battlefield and burial ground
Green-Wood Cemetery, New York City
16 min walk • Green-Wood Cemetery is a 478-acre cemetery in the western portion of Brooklyn, New York City. The cemetery is located between South Slope/Greenwood Heights, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Borough Park, Kensington, and Sunset Park, and lies several blocks southwest of Prospect Park.
0.5 miW
Harbor
Industry City, Sea Gate
12 min walk • Industry City is a historic intermodal shipping, warehousing, and manufacturing complex on the Upper New York Bay waterfront in the Sunset Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
1 miN
Park
Red Hook Park, Sea Gate
26 min walk • Red Hook Recreation Area, also known as Red Hook Park, is a 58.5-acre public park in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, composed of several segments centered around Bay Street.
~1160 ftN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Our Lady of Częstochowa-St Casimir Parish, Sea Gate
6 min walk • Our Lady of Częstochowa-St Casimir Parish is a church in New York City at 24th Street in Brooklyn. The church, which was designated for Polish immigrants, was founded in 1896. It could also be spelled Częnstochowa, due to the tail on the third letter.
1.2 miNE
Dancing, Nightlife
Ginger's, Sea Gate
31 min walk • Ginger's is a cash only, dive lesbian bar in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood, and as of 2020 was the borough's last remaining lesbian bar and one of two queer bars in Park Slope following the closure of Excelsior.
1.3 miNE
Church
Greenwood Baptist Church, Sea Gate
32 min walk • Greenwood Baptist Church is an historic Baptist church located in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The congregation was begun as a prayer meeting mission by Reverend Henry Bromley of Strong Place Baptist Church in 1856 and was incorporated as an independent church on September 28, 1858.
1 miE
Synagogue, Romanesque revival architecture
Park Slope Jewish Center, Sea Gate
25 min walk • The Park Slope Jewish Center, known from 1942 to 1960 as Congregation B'nai Jacob - Tifereth Israel, is an egalitarian Conservative synagogue located at 1320 Eighth Avenue in South Slope, Brooklyn, New York City.
1.1 miNE
Synagogue
Kolot Chayeinu, Sea Gate
29 min walk • Congregation Kolot Chayeinu is a Jewish congregation in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York.
1 miE
Museum
Lesbian Herstory Archives, New York City
27 min walk • The Lesbian Herstory Archives is a New York City-based archive, community center, and museum dedicated to preserving lesbian history, located in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The Archives contain the world's largest collection of materials by and about lesbians.
1.6 miNE
Shopping, Bookshop
Community Bookstore, Sea Gate
40 min walk • Community Bookstore is a bookstore in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City open since 1971. Susan Scioli and then-husband John Scioli opened the Community Bookstore in Park Slope in 1971. At the time, Park Slope was becoming a popular place for young people but the area did not yet have a strong commercial center.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Greenwood Heights?

Nearby attractions include Our Lady of Częstochowa-St Casimir Parish, Sea Gate (6 min walk), Third Avenue, Sea Gate (7 min walk), Storehouse No. 2, Sea Gate (8 min walk), Industry City, Sea Gate (12 min walk).

How to get to Greenwood Heights by public transport?

The nearest stations to Greenwood Heights:

Metro

25th Street • Lines: D, N, R (5 min walk)
36th Street • Lines: D, N, R (7 min walk)

Bus

Prospect Park West & Bartel Pritchard Square • Lines: B61 (27 min walk)
9th Street & 8th Avenue • Lines: B61 (30 min walk)