Brooklyn neighborhoods: a guide to the borough
Brooklyn is New York City's most populous borough — roughly 2.7 million people spread across dozens of distinct neighborhoods, each with its own main street, food scene and character. There is no single "Brooklyn"; a coffee shop in Greenpoint and a bakery in Bay Ridge belong to completely different worlds. This guide breaks the borough into its major regions, then lets you jump straight into the local businesses in each of the 16 neighborhoods we cover.
North Brooklyn
Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Bushwick
Warehouse blocks turned into coffee roasters, record shops, breweries and design studios. Nightlife and independent retail run late here, and the L and G trains keep it busy seven days a week.
Brownstone Brooklyn
Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Fort Greene, Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens
Tree-lined residential streets with tight commercial strips along Fifth Avenue, Smith Street and Myrtle Avenue. Expect family-run restaurants, bookstores, bakeries and long-standing service businesses.
Downtown & the Waterfront
Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights
The borough's civic and business core, plus the cobblestone blocks under the bridges. Offices, studios, galleries and hotels sit next to the Promenade and Brooklyn Bridge Park.
Central Brooklyn
Crown Heights, Bed-Stuy, Prospect Heights, Flatbush
Some of the borough's deepest cultural roots — Caribbean kitchens, barbershops, churches, jazz rooms and a fast-growing set of independent shops around Franklin and Nostrand Avenues.
South Brooklyn
Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Coney Island
Brooklyn's most international commercial corridors: Eighth Avenue's Chinatown, Fifth Avenue's Latin American businesses, Middle Eastern bakeries along Bay Ridge and the boardwalk at Coney Island.
Browse by neighborhood
16 Brooklyn neighborhoods covered.
Williamsburg
Waterfront lofts, natural wine bars and independent retail.
88 listings
Park Slope
Brownstone blocks, family cafés and Prospect Park at the door.
57 listings
Bushwick
Warehouse studios, murals and late-night kitchens.
1 listings
DUMBO
Cobblestones, tech offices and the best bridge views in the city.
0 listings
Bedford-Stuyvesant
Historic brownstones and a deep bench of Black-owned business.
0 listings
Greenpoint
Polish bakeries, waterfront parks and quiet side streets.
2 listings
Crown Heights
Caribbean kitchens, museums and Eastern Parkway.
0 listings
Fort Greene
Theaters, the park and a strong local food scene.
0 listings
Carroll Gardens
Italian delis, garden stoops and Court Street.
1 listings
Prospect Heights
Vanderbilt Avenue dining and the Brooklyn Museum.
0 listings
Sunset Park
Industry City, Chinatown and the harbor skyline.
19 listings
Bay Ridge
Shore Road, family restaurants and Third Avenue shopping.
82 listings
Brooklyn Heights
The Promenade, quiet streets and Montague Street shops.
1 listings
Cobble Hill
Small storefronts, bookshops and neighborhood bars.
89 listings
Red Hook
Waterfront warehouses, makers and harbor air.
0 listings
Flatbush
Caribbean markets, Prospect Park south side and Church Avenue.
2 listings