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Canarsie (/ k ə ˈ n ɑːr s i / kə-NAR-see) is a mostly residential neighborhood in the southeastern portion of Brooklyn, New York City.Canarsie is bordered on the east by Fresh Creek Basin, East 108th Street, and Louisiana Avenue; on the north by Linden Boulevard; on the west by Ralph Avenue; on the southwest by Paerdegat Basin; and on the south by Jamaica Bay.
Alvin Klein (c. 1938 in Brownsville, Brooklyn – February 28, 2009) was an American theater critic who wrote for The New York Times for more than 15 years, publishing nearly 3,500 reviews and other articles.
The New York City teachers' strike of 1968 was a months-long confrontation between the new community-controlled school board in the largely black Ocean Hill–Brownsville neighborhoods of Brooklyn and New York City's United Federation of Teachers.
The demographics of Brooklyn reveal a very diverse borough of New York City and a melting pot for many cultures, like the city itself. Since 2010, the population of Brooklyn was estimated by the Census Bureau to have increased 3.5% to 2,592,149 as of 2013, representing 30.8% of New York City's population, 33.5% of Long Island's population, and 13.2% of New York State's population.
It has the second-highest concentration of public housing in the United States, behind Brownsville, Brooklyn. [11] East Harlem is undergoing some gentrification, and in 2016 the city considered rezoning the area. East Harlem is part of Manhattan Community District 11, and its primary ZIP Codes are 10029 and 10035. [1]
Ralph Bakshi (born 1938) – film director (Haifa, Israel–born and Brownsville-reared) Folarin Balogun (born 2001) – soccer player; Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988) – artist; Noah Baumbach (born 1969) – film director and writer ; Gary Becker (1930–2014) – economist; Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1992)
Brownsville, Brooklyn [83] PS 155: South Ozone Park, Queens [84] PS 156: Waverly School: Brownsville, Brooklyn [85] PS 158: Warwick School: East New York, Brooklyn [86] PS 159: Isaac Pitkin School: East New York, Brooklyn [87] PS 165: Ida Posner School: Brownsville, Brooklyn [88] PS 174: Dumont School: East New York, Brooklyn [89] PS 183: Dr ...
Morris L. Kessler (January 6, 1912 – September 30, 1935) was an American mobster and member of Joseph Amberg's gang in Brooklyn during the early 1930s. As Amberg's personal chauffeur and bodyguard, Kessler was a close associate in his organization until he was killed alongside his boss at a Brownsville auto garage by members of Murder, Inc. in 1935.