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Brownsville is a residential neighborhood in eastern Brooklyn in New York City. The neighborhood is generally bordered by Crown Heights to the northwest; Bedford-Stuyvesant and Cypress Hills to the north; East New York to the east; Canarsie to the south; and East Flatbush to the west.
The 1.163-square-mile (3.01 km2) area that comprises Brownsville has 58,300 residents as of the 2010 United States Census, with an estimated population of 128,369 residents in 2019. Founded in its current incarnation in 1858, Brownsville was initially a settlement composed of Jewish factory workers. The neighborhood underwent a major demographic change in the 1950s that saw an influx of African-American residents. Since the late 20th century, Brownsville has consistently held one of the highest poverty and crime rates of any neighborhood in New York City.
Brownsville is part of Brooklyn Community District 16, and its primary ZIP Code is 11212. It is patrolled by the 73rd Precinct of the New York City Police Department. Politically it is represented by the New York City Council's 42nd and 41st Districts.
Notable people with ties to Brownsville, Brooklyn, from Wikipedia:
- Masta Ace (born 1966), rapper
- Lyle Alzado (1949-1992), NFL All Pro defensive tackle
- Albert Anastasia (1902-1957), mobster
- Maurice Ashley (born 1966), chess grandmaster
- Eric Adams (born 1960), 110th mayor of New York City since 2022
- Ralph Bakshi (born 1938), film director
- Daniel Benzali (born 1950), Golden-Globe nominated actor
- Christopher Bouzy (born 1975), tech entrepreneur and founder of Bot Sentinel
- Riddick Bowe (born 1967), boxer
- Harry Boykoff (1922-2001), NBA basketball player
- Shannon Briggs (born 1971), boxer
- Egbert B. Brown (1816-1902), Union general
- Andrew Dice Clay (born 1957), comedian
- Mickey Cohen (1913-1976), gangster
- Aaron Copland (1900-1990), composer
- Bummy Davis (1920-1945), boxer
- Vince Edwards (1928-1996), actor
- Melech Epstein (1889-1979), journalist and historian
- Meade Esposito (1907-1993), Brooklyn Democratic leader
- Fyvush Finkel (1922-2016), actor
- Max Fleischer (1883-1972), animator
- Brian Flores (born 1982), NFL coach
- John Forté (born 1975), rapper
- World B. Free (born 1953), former NBA player
- Nelson George (born 1957), author
- Marty Glickman (1917-2001), sportscaster
- Don Goldstein (born 1937 or 1938), All American and Pan American champion basketball player
- Sid Gordon (1917-1975), 2x All Star baseball player
- Solomon Grayzel (1896-1980), historian
- Arnold Greenberg (1932-2012), co-founder of Snapple
- Yoel Halpern (1904-1986), rabbi
- Larry Harlow (1939-2021), salsa music performer, composer, and producer
- Henry Hill (1943-2012), mobster associated with the Vario Crew and Lucchese crime family
- Red Holzman (1920-1998), NBA Hall of Fame player and coach
- Moe (1897-1975), Curly (1903-1952), and Shemp Howard (1895-1955), who were brothers and members of The Three Stooges
- Thirstin Howl the 3rd, rapper
- Gregory "Jocko" Jackson (1952-2012), community leader and NBA player
- Daniel Jacobs (born 1987), boxer
- Charles Jenkins (born 1989), NBA player
- Zab Judah (born 1977), boxer
- KA (born 1972), rapper
- Donald Kagan (1932-2021), historian
- Danny Kaye (1911-1987), entertainer
- Alfred Kazin (1915-1998), writer and literary critic
- Larry King (1933-2021), television and radio host
- Alvin Klein (c. 1938 - 2009), theater critic for The New York Times
- Meyer Lansky (1902-1983), noted underworld figure
- Steve Lawrence (born 1935), singer
- Thomas A. LaVeist (born 1961), Dean of Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine
- Leonard Marsh (1933-2013), co-founder of Snapple
- Zero Mostel (1915-1977), actor
- M.O.P., hip hop duo
- Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (born 1952), former boxer
- Alex B. Novikoff (1913-1987), cell biologist
- O.G.C., hip hop group
- Abraham Osheroff (1915-2008), political activist
- Joseph Papp (1921-1991), theatrical producer/director
- Bruce Pasternack (1947-2021), business author
- Norman Podhoretz, writer
- Sean Price (1972-2015), rapper
- Killah Priest (born 1970), rapper
- Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898-1988), physicist and 1944 Nobel Prize Laureate for his discovery of nuclear magnetic resonance
- Paul Rand (1914-1996), graphic designer
- Willie Randolph, former baseball player, manager, and coach
- Abe Reles, mobster
- Representativz, hip hop duo
- Robert Rosen (1934-1998), American theoretical biologist
- RZA, rapper, member of the Wu-Tang Clan
- Meyer Schapiro, art historian, member of the faculty of Columbia University for 45 years
- Phil Sellers, former NBA player
- Al Sharpton, minister
- Allie Sherman (1923-2015), National Football League player and head coach
- Amote Sias, educator and activist
- Phil Silvers, comic
- Heltah Skeltah, hip hop group
- Jimmy Smits, actor
- Bern Nadette Stanis, actress
- Smif-N-Wessun, hip hop duo
- Sparky D (1965), MC & rapper
- Joe Tacopina (born 1966), criminal defense attorney
- Sid Tanenbaum (1925-1986), professional basketball player
- Mel Taylor (1933-1996), longtime drummer, percussionist and member of the instrumental and surf-rock band The Ventures
- Herb Turetzky (1945-2022), official scorer for the Brooklyn Nets for 54 years, including all of its incarnations, starting with the franchise's inaugural game in 1967
- Mike Tyson (born 1966), boxer
- Dwayne "Pearl" Washington (1964-2016), late professional basketball player
- Allen Weisselberg (born 1947), businessman and chief financial officer of The Trump Organization
- Fly Williams (born 1953), former NBA player
- Nicole Willis (born 1963), singer-songwriter
- Otis Wilson (born 1957), former NFL linebacker
- Terry Winters (born 1949), artist
- Max Zaslofsky (1925-1985), professional basketball player and coach
- Howard Zinn (1922-2010), historian
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