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 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.
Bushwick Annexed to Brooklyn in 1854. •
Bushwick •
Greenpoint •
Williamsburg (separated from Bushwick in 1840, annexed to Brooklyn in 1854)
Brooklyn •
Bedford–Stuyvesant •
Boerum Hill •
Brooklyn Heights •
Brownsville •
Carroll Gardens •
City Line •
Clinton Hill •
Cobble Hill •
Crown Heights •
Cypress Hills •
Downtown Brooklyn •
DUMBO •
East New York •
Fort Greene •
Gowanus •
Greenwood Heights •
Highland Park •
New Lots (separated from Flatbush in 1852, annexed to Brooklyn in 1886) •
Ocean Hill •
Park Slope •
Prospect Heights •
RAMBO •
Spring Creek •
Starrett City •
Stuyvesant Heights •
Sunset Park •
Vinegar Hill •
Weeksville •
Windsor Terrace •
Wingate Flatlands Annexed to Brooklyn in 1896. •
Bergen Beach •
Canarsie •
Flatlands •
Georgetown •
Marine Park •
Midwood (SE Quarter) •
Mill Basin Gravesend Annexed to Brooklyn in 1894. •
Brighton Beach •
Coney Island •
Gerritsen Beach •
Gravesend •
Homecrest •
Madison •
Midwood •
Manhattan Beach •
Plum Beach •
Seagate •
Sheepshead Bay New Utrecht Annexed to Brooklyn in 1894. •
Bath Beach •
Bay Ridge •
Bensonhurst •
Borough Park •
Dyker Heights •
Mapleton •
New Utrecht Flatbush Annexed to Brooklyn in 1894. •
Ditmas Park •
East Flatbush •
Farragut •
Fiske Terrace •
Flatbush •
Kensington •
Prospect Lefferts Gardens •
Prospect Park South ==See also==