Downtown Brooklyn, which i've given extensive coverage of below, is one of the uglier neighborhoods in the older part of Brooklyn. Mostly commercial, a number of parking lots, and lots of horrendous city and state back office buildings and social service buildings.
And yet...it has a number of landmarks and has one street that just doesn't fit with all the rest:
State Street. It really belongs with Boerum Hill or Cobble Hill, and it runs into Brooklyn Heights. Yet, it's north of Atlantic Avenue, so it is generally considered part of Downtown (although not by real estate brokers). It's mostly residential and filled with buildings like this:
And yet...it has a number of landmarks and has one street that just doesn't fit with all the rest:
State Street. It really belongs with Boerum Hill or Cobble Hill, and it runs into Brooklyn Heights. Yet, it's north of Atlantic Avenue, so it is generally considered part of Downtown (although not by real estate brokers). It's mostly residential and filled with buildings like this:
State Street, Aug. 2009,
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This house wouldn't look out of place in New Orleans --with the wrought iron work and the general style.
If only the shutters were functional then even more so.
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