{{Short description|Area of New York City}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{coord|40.671|-73.989|type:adm3rd_globe:earth_region:US-NY|display=title}} 500px|thumb|right|View of South Brooklyn

'''South Brooklyn''' is a historic term<ref name=encnyc /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/nyregion/the-meaning-of-south-brooklyn.html|title=The Meaning of 'South Brooklyn'|last=Williams|first=Keith|date=2017-10-05|work=The New York Times|access-date=2020-01-08|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> for a section of the former City of Brooklyn&nbsp;– now the New York City borough of Brooklyn&nbsp;– encompassing what are now the Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Gowanus, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace, Sunset Park and Red Hook neighborhoods.<ref name=encnyc>"Carroll Gardens" in {{cite enc-nyc2}}, p.1213</ref><ref name=cobbledesrep>[http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/0320.pdf "Cobble Hill Historic District Designation Report"] New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (December 30, 1969)</ref><ref>"Carroll Gardens" in {{cite brookneighb}}, p.55</ref> It was named for its location along the waterfront<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://brooklynbased.com/2012/03/27/brooklyn-history-the-south-brooklyn-waterfront/|title=Brooklyn History: The South Brooklyn Waterfront|date=2012-03-27|website=brooklynbased.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref> that was the southern border of the original Village of Brooklyn, and has remained widely used<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ny.curbed.com/2014/7/24/10069912/brooklyns-evolution-from-small-town-to-big-city-to-borough|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525174935/http://ny.curbed.com/2014/7/24/10069912/brooklyns-evolution-from-small-town-to-big-city-to-borough|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 25, 2016|title=Brooklyn's Evolution From Small Town to Big City to Borough|last=Williams|first=Keith|date=2014-07-24|website=Curbed NY|language=en|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref> as a colloquialism despite it no longer being the southernmost point of the borough.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nyhistory.org/community/south-brooklyn|title=New-York Historical Society|website=www.nyhistory.org|access-date=2020-01-08}}</ref> It should not be confused with the geographic southern region of the modern borough of Brooklyn, which includes the neighborhoods of Gravesend, Seagate, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay, Gerritsen Beach, Marine Park, Mill Basin, and Bergen Beach. left|thumb|Former South Brooklyn Savings Institution, at the north end of South Brooklyn

"South Brooklyn" or "Southern Brooklyn" is also in use in the modern borough of Brooklyn, but without total consistency as to what it refers to. It has been used about neighborhoods as various and physically separated as Mill Basin, Bensonhurst,<ref>Goldensohn, Rosa. [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140825/bensonhurst/police-identify-man-sought-for-raping-his-girlfriend-south-brooklyn "Police Identify Man Sought for Raping his Girlfriend in South Brooklyn"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205041215/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140825/bensonhurst/police-identify-man-sought-for-raping-his-girlfriend-south-brooklyn |date=2015-02-05 }} ''DNAinfo'' (August 25, 2014)</ref> Carroll Gardens,<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C01E2DA1031F93BA25755C0A96E9C8B63 "Dining Briefs: South Brooklyn Pizza and Artisanal"] ''The New York Times'' (June i8, 2008)</ref> Gowanus,<ref>Blau, Eleanor. [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/24/nyregion/neighborhood-report-south-brooklyn-the-mr-fix-it-of-the-pipe-organ.html "Neighborhood Report: South Brooklyn;The Mr. Fix-It of the Pipe Organ] ''The New York Times'' (December 24, 1995)</ref> Red Hook,<ref>Venugopal, Nikhita. [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140127/red-hook/red-hook-transfer-schools-cheerleading-team-is-only-for-tough "Red Hook Transfer School's Cheerleading Team Is Only for the 'Tough'"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205041410/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140127/red-hook/red-hook-transfer-schools-cheerleading-team-is-only-for-tough |date=2015-02-05 }} ''DNAinfo'' (January 27, 2014)</ref> Smith Street,<ref>[http://smithstreetbk.com/Home_Page.php "Smith Street - Shops, Restaurants, Bars Singles, Couples and Family Living"] South Brooklyn Local Development Corporation website</ref> Sunset Park,<ref>[http://www.nycedc.com/project/south-brooklyn-marine-terminal South Brooklyn Marine Terminal website]</ref> Windsor Terrace,<ref>Albrecht, Leslie. [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141111/windsor-terrace/south-brooklyn-rezoning-will-save-ps-154-science-lab-principal-says "South Brooklyn Rezoning Will Save P.S. 154 Science Lab, Principal Says"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119213951/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141111/windsor-terrace/south-brooklyn-rezoning-will-save-ps-154-science-lab-principal-says |date=2015-01-19 }} ''DNAinfo'' (November 11, 2014)</ref> as well as Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, and Park Slope.<ref>Wisloski, Jess. [http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140215/gowanus/blackout-leaves-7500-without-power-south-brooklyn-con-ed-says "Power Outage Affecting 7,500 in South Brooklyn is Over, Con Ed Says"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150205041306/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20140215/gowanus/blackout-leaves-7500-without-power-south-brooklyn-con-ed-says |date=2015-02-05 }} ''DNAinfo'' (February 15, 2014)</ref>{{efn|The actual geographical classification of these neighborhoods is as follows:<ref>{{cite web | title=Maps & Geography | website=Welcome to NYC.gov | url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/data-maps/city-neighborhoods/neighbor.pdf | access-date=October 4, 2019}}</ref> * Southeast Brooklyn: Bergen Beach, Marine Park, Mill Basin * Southern Brooklyn: Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Gerritsen Beach, Gravesend, Manhattan Beach, Sea Gate, Sheepshead Bay * Southwest Brooklyn: Bath Beach (and the historical "Bath"), Bensonhurst, Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights * Western Brooklyn (historical "South Brooklyn"): Carroll Gardens, Gowanus, Red Hook, Smith Street, Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace, Park Slope }}

==Transportation== The New York City Subway's IND Culver Line ({{NYCS trains|Culver IND north local}}) serves the area at the Carroll Street and Smith–Ninth Streets stations.<ref>{{NYCS const|map}}</ref> The line was originally named the "South Brooklyn Line" on some official subway maps.<ref>{{cite news |title=Gay Midnight Crowd Rides First Trains in New Subway |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1932/09/10/100849529.pdf |work=New York Times |date=September 10, 1932 |page=1}}</ref> However, this obsolete name for the Culver Line may have referred to the South Brooklyn Railway, the original right of way of the BMT Culver Line; this right-of-way originally ran between Sunset Park, in the southern part of the former city of Brooklyn, and Coney Island, the southernmost area in the modern borough of Brooklyn.<ref>[http://www.nycsubway.org/lines/culver.html BMT Culver Line] on nycsubway.org</ref>

The {{NYC bus link|B57|B61|prose=y}} bus routes serve South Brooklyn as well.<ref>{{Cite NYC bus map|B}}</ref>

==References== '''Notes''' {{Notelist}}

'''Citations''' {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Commons category|South Brooklyn}} *[http://www.southbrooklyn.net/ The South Brooklyn Network]

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