Downtown Brooklyn

Runs from the BQE on the north to Atlantic Avenue on the south and Flatbush Avenue on the East to Cadman Plaza on the West.

With a little cutout in the SE corner to Hoyt & Fulton Sts for Boerum Hill, Downtown Brooklyn is a crossroads, full of retail and art and residences all at once. The area was sparsely populated until 1814, when ferry service from Manhattan caused huge growth as a commercial center. A residential boom took off in 2004, when the neighborhood was rezoned. It allowed for the construction of new condos, townhouses, and apartment buildings in Downtown Brooklyn. Many of these Downtown Brooklyn apartments have sweeping views of the borough and of the Manhattan skyline. MetroTech Center, a 1980s multi-building office complex, is home to the headquarters of the New York City Fire Department as well as financial firms like J.P. Morgan Chase. A two-acre landscaped commons in the middle of MetroTech hosts lunchtime concerts and art fairs.

Explore Downtown Brooklyn