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| Boerum Hill |
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Professionals and artists
from Manhattan moving into "North Gowanus" in the early '60s
gave it the made-up name "Boerum Hill" to improve the neighborhood's
appeal and property values. While it had been mostly Puerto Rican and
African American since the war, the neighborhood soon grew whiter. Today,
the 45-block area of 19th-century Italianate, Gothic, and Greek Revival
redbrick houses has become something of a bedroom community for twenty-
and thirtysomething office workers. However, "it's not just a bunch
of white yuppies," says Allen Barcelon of Renaissance Properties
(71 Hoyt Street). Affordable considering its location (it borders affluent
Brooklyn Heights) and proximity to Manhattan, it has also become famous
for its seemingly endless turnover of restaurants and boutiques that
sprout an addition almost once every four months.
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| Boundaries: State Street to the north, Fourth
Avenue to the east, Degraw Street to the south, and Court Street to
the west
Main Drags: Dubbed Brooklyn's new "restaurant
row," Smith Street offers a kind of slow death by kitsch with its
fake French bistros and boutiques. Atlantic Avenue is famous for its
antique stores, Arab restaurants, and large Arab community.
Landmarks: Two spots in the neighborhood, favored
for their pristine, tree-lined streets with slate sidewalks, are federal
landmarks: the stretch of State between Hoyt and Smith streets, and
the area roughly between Pacific and Wyckoff and Hoyt and Nevins streets.
Famous Residents: Rumors
abound: actress Nell Campbell (Rocky Horror, The Wall),
singer Joan Osborne, authors L.J. Davis and Jonathan Letham, former
congresswoman and Brooklyn D.A. Elizabeth Holtzman, and designer Daryl
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