Gowanus is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community District 6. Gowanus is bounded by Wyckoff Street on the north, Fourth Avenue on the east, the Gowanus Expressway to the south, and Bond Street to the west.
The former powerhouse (locally nicknamed "The Batcave"), currently vacant and owned by Verizon Communications
View of the house of Simon Aertsen De Hart, still standing on Gowanus Bay in 1867
View of the New York and Long Island Coignet Stone Company Building, a New York City landmark, on Third Street
The Carroll Street Bridge, a New York City landmark
Brooklyn is a borough of New York City. Located on the westernmost end of Long Island, it is coextensive with Kings County in the U.S. state of New York. With 2,736,074 residents as of the 2020 United States census, Kings County is the most populous of the five boroughs of New York City and the most populous county in the State of New York. The population density of Brooklyn was 37,339.9 inhabitants per square mile (14,417.0/km2) in 2022, making it the second-most-densely-populated county in the United States, behind Manhattan, and it had the ninth-highest population of any county nationwide. Were Brooklyn still an independent city, it would be the fourth most populous in the U.S. after the rest of New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago.
Image: Downtown Brooklyn
Image: Brooklyn Bridge Manhattan
Image: Coney Island beach and amusement parks (June 2016)
Image: Brooklyn Museum Entrance (52302265063)
