Brooklyn Heights Furnished Apartments
Suitability
Elegantly furnished, floor through, one bedroom apartments in an owner occupied Brooklyn Heights townhouse. Suitable for travelers seeking comfortable accomodations for 30 days or more.
Previous residents have included visiting scholars, film industry professionals working on projects in the area, executives on assignment, persons undergoing renovations in their own home nearby and persons in need of temporary accomodations for other reasons.
The Neighborhood
Brooklyn Heights, ZIP code 11201, has a walkability score of 98. According to the WalkScore website this rating qualifies the neighborhood as a “walker’s paradise”. Daily errands do not require a car in 11201.
There are several grocery shopping options within a 5 minute walk including; Trader Joe’s, Sahadi ( a neighborhood institution), Key Food Supermarket, and several more. Within easy walking distance there are too many restaurants to list, or even count accurately.
Similarly it’s an easy walk to dry cleaners, laundries with same day drop off/pick up service, drug stores, butchers, bakers, fish mongers, etc.
Nearly every subway line passes under Brooklyn Heights. From the Boro Hall station (5 minutes on foot) one can reach Wall Street in 5 minutes and Grand Central Terminal in 18 minutes.
JFK Airport is about 50 minutes from the Jay Street Station (9 minute walk).
LaGuardia Airport is reached easiest via taxi or ride-share at a cost of about $45. The trip takes 20 minutes without traffic and as long as a hours when the Brooklyn Queens Expressway is crowded.
History
Brooklyn Heights was first settled in the earliest days of the Dutch colony in New Netherlands. The original village of Brooklyn was centered near where Borough Hall sits today.
Following the invention of the steam powered ferry in the 1830’s Brooklyn Heights streets were laid out for townhouse development as commuting from the commercial center of lower Manhattan became practical and reliable.
Nearly all of the townhouses in Brooklyn Heights were built in the 19th century. In the 1960s the neighborhood was threatened by new planned development which would have disrupted the historic charm of the area. This threat was countered by local citizens banding together to create a protected historic zone that would ensure that the historic character was preserved. This movement led to the creation of other historic preservation areas in the city.