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Carroll Gardens is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Taking up around 40 city blocks, it is bounded by Degraw and Warren Streets (north), Hoyt and Smith Streets (east), Ninth Street or the Gowanus Expressway (south), and Interstate 278, the Gowanus and Brooklyn–Queens Expressways (west). The neighborhoods that surround it are Cobble Hill to the northwest, Boerum Hill to the northeast, Gowanus to the east, Red Hook to the south and southwest, and the Columbia Street Waterfront District to the west.
Originally considered to be part of the area once known as South Brooklyn (or, more specifically, Red Hook), the area started to have its own identity in the 1960s. The neighborhood was named after Charles Carroll, the only Roman Catholic signer of the Declaration of Independence, and whose name was already attached to Carroll Street and Carroll Park. The name also reflects the large front gardens of brownstones in the Carroll Gardens Historic District and elsewhere in the neighborhood. Despite having an Irish surname, in recent times it has been known as an Italian American neighborhood.
Notable residents listed at Wikipedia:
- Nicole Beland, former Men's Health Girl Next Door
- Mike Birbiglia, (born 1978), comedian, actor, director, producer and writer
- Stanley Bosworth (1927–2011), founding headmaster of Saint Ann's School in Brooklyn, which he led from 1965 to 2004
- Salvatore Cassano (born 1945), 32nd New York City Fire Commissioner
- Stanley Crouch (1945–2020), poet, music and cultural critic, syndicated columnist, novelist, and biographer
- Brendan J. Dugan (1947–2016), 18th President of St. Francis College
- Eileen C. Dugan (1945–1996), politician who served eight terms in the New York State Assembly
- Michelle Goldberg (born 1975), journalist and author
- Jemima Kirke (born 1985), English-American artist and actress best known for her role as Jessa Johansson on the television series Girls
- Solange Knowles (born 1986), singer, songwriter
- Stacy London (born 1969), fashion stylist and media personality
- Ari Melber (born 1980), MSNBC host of The Beat with Ari Melber
- Jim Neu (1943–2010), playwright
- Oz Pearlman (born 1982), mentalist and magician
- Joe Sarno (1921–2010), sexploitation film pioneer
- Jenny Slate (born 1982), comedian, actress, voice actress and author
- Daniel Squadron (born 1979), former member of the New York Senate for the 26th district
- George Weber (1961–2009), radio personality
In popular culture
- In the 1987 film Moonstruck, the characters played by Cher and Nicolas Cage met at the now closed Cammareri Brothers Bakery on Henry Street in Carroll Gardens