Map of Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Fort Greene and Red Hook

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This map shows streets, shops, restaurants, and sightseeings in Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Fort Greene and Red Hook (Brooklyn, New York City).

About Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Fort Greene and Red Hook

Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens are adjacent residential neighborhoods in northwestern Brooklyn, sometimes collectively called "BoCoCa". Boerum Hill takes its name from the colonial-era Boerum family farm. Cobble Hill is named after a Revolutionary War fortification, and the Cobble Hill Historic District was designated in 1969. Carroll Gardens is named after Charles Carroll of Carrollton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and is known for its unusually deep front gardens. It was historically an Italian American neighborhood.

Fort Greene is named after a fort built in 1776 under the direction of General Nathanael Greene. Fort Greene Park, redesigned by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in 1867, contains the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument (1908). The monument honors more than 11,500 American prisoners who died aboard British prison ships during the Revolutionary War. The neighborhood is also home to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, one of the oldest performing arts centers in the United States.

Red Hook is a waterfront neighborhood on a peninsula in western Brooklyn. Its name comes from the Dutch "Roode Hoek", a reference to the area's red clay soil. It was historically a busy shipping port. The neighborhood contains the Red Hook Houses, the largest public housing development in Brooklyn, and the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. Red Hook suffered severe flooding during Hurricane Sandy in 2012.