Cypress Hills, Brooklyn - N.Y.C

[ShadowMaster]

This is my current neighborhood in New York City. Surely a lot of people here are accustomed with seeing portions of the borough of Manhattan, more so than other areas of NYC. I will post a few threads dedicated to areas around NYC. From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypress_Hills,_Brooklyn

Images by Ex-Velveteen @ Flickr

Highland Blvd




corner on Bulwer Pl. between Highland Blvd. and Crosby Ave


east side of Bulwer Pl. looking north between Crosby Ave. and the Jackie Robinson Pkwy


west side of Bulwer Pl. looking north between Crosby Ave. and the Jackie Robinson Pkwy


Twin duplexes on Bulwer Pl


Sunnyside Ave. at the southeast tower of 224 Highland Blvd


east side of Hendrix St. looking south from Sunnyside Ave


west side of Hendrix looking south from Sunnyside


NE corner of Sunnyside and Barbey


Re-sided twins on Sunnyside Ave


An old synagogue at 503 Glenmore Ave



SW corner of Arlington and Schenck


Art Deco Northfork Bank, on the NE corner of Crescent and Fulton was built in 1932


NE corner of Autumn Ave. and Etna St


NW corner of Etna and Crescent under the J train


old house sits at the SW corner of Autumn and Danforth


SE corner of Autumn and Ridgewood


Fulton between Autumn Ave and Hemlock St


corner of a building at the NE corner of Fulton and Autumn Ave.


Tudor Revival touches and evergreens out front. On Grant Ave. at O'Brien Pl


Grant Ave. looking north from near O'Brien Place


Grant Ave. between Fulton and Atlantic

[ShadowMaster]

Courtesy of Emilio Guerra


Franklin K Lane High School


PS 108


PS 65


Church of the Crossroads


East Branch


Salem field



Maimonides Cemetery



Blessed Sacrament





Euclid Avenue


Arlington Avenue and Linwood Street


(Early morning pull-ups)

[ShadowMaster]

I would like to ask the moderators if the thread title can be altered to included "Highland Park" and the title renamed Cypress Hills & Highland Park, Brooklyn - N.Y.C since I meant to add it from the beginning but made and error. I will add more from the Highland Park Side also. Thanks in advance.

[ShadowMaster]

Courtesy of Emilio Guerra

Sunnyside Avenue






Highland Blvd

[Kingofthehill]

Yo, there's def. some fine images and wide angles in here. As always, and it's something that's getting increasingly rare, it's great to see a slice of middle class NYC (i.e no pj's or super rich-types). NYC without the Duane Rede's, Starbucks and Chase banks..the NY I love.

I see there were once some Jews there? Reminds me of that huge Jewish cemetery on the Bushwick/Ridgewood border; a sprawling expanse dedicated to a people who don't live there now, and most likely wouldn't want to have anything to do with it now. How times 'done changed.

[sopas ej]

Great pics. It's so interesting and refreshing to see pics of NYC neighborhoods outside of Manhattan. Please do post some more from the other boroughs!

[ShadowMaster]

^^ Thanks KOTH..

There was once a notable amount of Jews in this particular area and Germans. Today there are remnant pockets of Italian and Irish, many Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, Guyanese, Trinis, Jamaicans, Black-Americans, some Chinese and Pakistanis, Bengalis, Sri Lankans and Indians. The Desi community is growing or being reinforced today, so is the Latino community with the recent wave of Ecuadorians and Mexicans to the area, and quite noticeable.

Geographically, Broadway Junction marks the easternly border, where the Canarsie Line, Nassau Street Express and the Eighth Avenue Express trains meet. Bushwick and Ridgewood are located just to the north of these 2 nabes, over the park of Highland and Forest park area, including the cemeteries.

[ShadowMaster]

Originally Posted by sopas ej

Great pics. It's so interesting and refreshing to see pics of NYC neighborhoods outside of Manhattan. Please do post some more from the other boroughs!

Oh.. more should come soon once the Admin/Mod team gives an "okay" to the pictures. I have Bushwick and the "Never Ran, Never Will" Brownsville coming up. It should be up soon!

[Crawford]

Yes, Highland Park and Cypress Hills are very cool but little-known neighborhoods on the far edges of Brooklyn.

There seems to be very heavy South Asian immigration in recent years, though the Latino population is still probably the largest ethnic category.

These two neighborhoods are part of the East NY community district, but are completely different, with a much more "suburban" character. They actually both have pretty good access to Manhattan, since the J train runs right up the middle of the neighborhoods.

Actually, even East NY doesn't look or feel like stereotypical East NY in its northern parts. The northern parts of East NY bordering Highland Park and Cypress Hills are just working class immigrant rowhouse/small apartment building neighborhoods.

The stereotypical part of East NY, with the huge apartment complexes (both PJs and middle-income complexes), is in the furthest southern reaches of the Community District, and basically overlaps with Brownsville.

[ShadowMaster]

^ Agreed. I would say Cypress Hills, Highland Park and City Line share commonalities in comparison to the southern half, East New York (Proper), New Lots and Starrett City which share similar attributes. I would draw the line somewhere at Pitkin Ave between the 2 different characters and the 3 northern and 3 southern nabes or sub-nabes.

The Nassau Street Express & the Eighth Avenue Express lines are in walkable distance for the 3 northern nabes.

[Deepstar]

Very nice. I have to say, it's not how I picture Brooklyn. Thanks for posting!

[mrnyc]

nice job! there is a lot of variety around there.

[ShadowMaster]

Courtesy of Stan

[brooklynbandit]

East New York..


Born And Raised here wouldn't change it for nothing.

[photoLith]

Oh my God! You people in NYC are so lucky, some of those houses that you people probably dont even take a second look at would be considered a major historic landmark in the podunk state I reside in right now.

[ColDayMan]

I'm loving this!

[fusebox3]

I was born and raised in Cypress hills. lived there from the 60's to the late 80's and still go there to my parents house.
this is a great website you may or may not have seen already but it is all about cypress hills and has so many old photo's and info. hope you all enjoy it.

www.tapeshare.com