Walkable 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.
Groceries
There are many grocery shopping options within a 5 minute walk including;
- Trader Joe’s – corner of Atlantic Avenue and Court Street
- Sahadi – a neighborhood institution 187 Atlantic Avenue
- Key Food Supermarket – corner of Atlantic Avenue and Clinton Street
- Foodtown – Clinton and Jorolemon Streets
- Foodtown – Clinton and Jorolemon Streets
- Damascus Bread and Pastry – 195 Atlantic Avenue
- Dellapietras Butcher – 193 Atlantic
- many more if you walk a bit further down Court Street and Smith Street
Restaurants
- Mikado Sushi – 177 Atlantic Avenue
- Boutros Middle Eastern – 185 Atlantic Avenue
- Yemen Cafe – 176 Atlantic
- French Louis – 320 Atlantic
- Rucola – 190 Dean Street
- Bacchus – 409 Atlantic Avenue
- Table 87 Pizza – 87 Atlantic Avenue
- Sweetgreen – 127 Court Street
- Many fast food places from Boro Hall to Atlantic Avenue
- dozens more down Court Street past Atlantic Avenue and along Smith Street
Transportation
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.
Newark Airport is best reached via 2 or 3 train from Boro Hall to Penn Station and then via NJ Transit train.
One need only a few minutes for a ride sharing car to arrive via the apps.
Brooklyn Heights 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.