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  Sunset Park, Brooklyn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sunset Park is a neighborhood in the southern Brooklyn section of Brooklyn, New York, USA.
The hilly terrain of the park affords visitors magnificent views of Downtown Brooklyn and the Brooklyn Bridge, Lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty, Staten Island, and New Jersey beyond.
The 2000 Census [1] for Sunset Park, Brooklyn approximately shows that there were 120,441 people living in the neighborhood; 50.5% male and 49.5% were female; The median age was 30.8; 17.8% of residents were children, 73.2% were adults (18 years and over), and 9% were senior citizens (65 or over).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sunset_Park,_Brooklyn   (1335 words)

  
 lucepaper5
Sunset Park is a multi-ethnic and multi-racial neighborhood with prominent immigrant economies.
A factor in Sunset Park’s decline was the construction of the Gowanus Expressway in 1941.
In conclusion, the revitalization of Sunset Park’s neighborhood economy was embedded in the economic restructuring of New York City and is instructive on the position of immigrant neighborhoods in the sociospatial organization of advanced urban economies.
www.newschool.edu /icmec/lucepaper5.html   (8926 words)

  
 Brooklyn Real Estate, Brooklyn Broker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Developed after the completion of Brooklyn's Prospect Park in the 1870s, Park Slope is primarily residential eal estate, with countless row houses and apartment buildings - the neighborhood is divided into three smaller communities - North Slope, Center Slope and South Slope.
Sunset Park is located in the borough of Brooklyn, New York City.
The neighborhood is named after Sunset Park, located on one of the highest points in Brooklyn.
www.maximus-realty.com /brooklynrealestate.htm   (577 words)

  
 New York City Chinatown > Brooklyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Brooklyn Chinatown maps featuring banks, transportation, schools, firehouses, houses of worship, zoning, and land use.
Sunset Park is a diverse working class community composed primarily of Hispanics, Orthodox Jews, and Chinese.
The neighborhood is located south of Greenwood Cemetery separating it from its more affluent Park Slope neighbors to the north, with the Gowanus Expressway separating Sunset Park from quiet Bay Ridge to the south.
www.nychinatown.org /brooklyn/brooklyn.html   (185 words)

  
 Sunset Park Brooklyn NY - Jeff Grandis - Assoc Real Estate Broker
Sunset Park is a wonderful place to live.
Sunset Park Brooklyn New York residents are of many different nationalities and ethnicities.
Sunset Park Brooklyn New York homes make up the largest historic district in the North East and is renowned for its many owner occupied brownstone row houses, limestone row houses, as well as brick and wood row houses.
www.jeffgrandis.com /n-sunset_park.php   (196 words)

  
 Sunset Park - AM New York
Felix Soto, a longtime Sunset Park resident, was flying his kite in Sunset Park, the neighborhood's crown jewel and namesake.
Sunset Park was once a booming waterfront community of Norwegians, Finnish, Danish, German and Irish immigrants, with Third Avenue serving as the heart of the neighborhood.
Sunset Park is bordered by Park Slope to the north, Bay Ridge to the south, Borough Park to the east and the New York Harbor to the west.
www.amny.com /news/local/am-city1130,0,5497913.story   (624 words)

  
 Sunset Park , Brooklyn , New York City, Located north of Bay Ridge and next to Borough Park in Brooklyn, East of ...
Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York City, Located north of Bay Ridge and next to Borough Park in Brooklyn, East of Manhattan, a guide for tourists and visitors about, tourism, hotels, restaurants, art, museums, theater, culture, chinatown and other goings on in Brooklyn.
Brooklyn is known as the borough of churches and Sunset Park boasts the largest church
The largest Cemetery in the borough is a large part of Sunset Park and the highest point in Brooklyn.
www.sunset-park.com /main/index2.html   (487 words)

  
 Jeff's Streetlights & Highways Site: Sunset Park, Brooklyn
Sunset Park is a working class neighborhood in Brooklyn, sandwiched between Park Slope to the north, Bay Ridge to the south, Boro Park to the east and New York Harbor to the west.
Rent apart in the 1940s by the building of the Gowanus Expressway, which plowed through its then heart, 3rd Avenue, Sunset Park struggled for years, hamstrung by the general perception that it was and is a slum.
The jewel of Sunset Park's assets is the spacious hilltop park between 5th and 7th Avenues and 41st and 44th Streets, which affords spectacular views of Manhattan and the harbor.
streetlights.tripod.com /bklyn/sunset/sunset.html   (286 words)

  
 Sunset park classified listings from edgeio.
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www.edgeio.com /tt/sunset+park   (1103 words)

  
 Sunset Park, Brooklyn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Sunset Park Neighborhood, south of Fifth Avenue and Thirty-sixth Street, is inhabited by a large number of Scandinavians and Finns.
Within the locality are several Finnish steam baths; the restaurants feature Finnish dishes: keittokirja (cabbage soup), liha pullia (meat balls), silli perunat (herring and potatoes); the homeland's culture is kept alive by Finnish societies; and folk dances are held occasionally at which the women wear the gay peasant costumes of their native land.
The bluff of Sunset Park, Fifth Avenue and Forty-second Street, affords a thrilling view of the harbor.
www.brooklyn.net /neighborhoods/sunset_park.html   (150 words)

  
 Sunset Park - Brooklyn, NY, 11220-1935 - Citysearch
Built atop Brooklyn's highest point, this charming little park offers a stunning view of the neighborhood's old stone co-ops and church spires, Manhattan's downtown skyline, the Statue of Liberty, New Jersey and Staten Island.
Not only does Sunset Park boast a commanding view, the village green is also home to one of the city's best public swimming pools--an Olympic-sized outdoor model able to handle the summer crowds.
The park's recreational facilities also include two outdoor basketball courts, handball courts, a playground for young children, a gym, a dance room and a game room.
www.citysearch.com /profile/11350638   (265 words)

  
 sunset parker: Sunset Park Haunting?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
On certain nights there's a window on the left side where you can see the shadow of a nun and the window beneath her you can see the shadow of her son.
This building is actually closer to borough park on 53rd street and Ft. Hamilton Parkway next to the small park.
Sunset Park photographer arrested at rally for slain activist
sunsetparker.blogspot.com /2006/11/sunset-park-haunting.html   (323 words)

  
 THE BROOKLYN RAIL - LOCAL
According to a New York State Department of Labor’s 1998 study, of the 40% jobs in Sunset Park that qualify as general manufacturing, half are in the garment industry.
Although Sunset Park has continued to experience general industrial development, the number of garment factories has actually shrunken to approximately 150.
According to the Brooklyn Bureau of Commerce’s Randy Peers, who is also a member of Sunset Park’s Community Board, "the reality is that our garment industry is in decline." The higher cost of labor here, as compared to overseas, makes it more expensive to produce locally.
www.thebrooklynrail.org /local/feb04/sunsetpark.html   (1914 words)

  
 My Brooklyn (343)
I, too, have a close fondness for Brooklyn, although I've not been there since I was five.
Brooklyn is a place full with happiness and joyful things.
For me Sunset Park is a wonderful place to meet new people.
www.brooklyn.net /my_bklyn/my_bklyn_343.html   (310 words)

  
 Sunset Park Apartments for rent Sunset Park apartment rentals, Sunset Park furnished apartments to rent.
Sunset Park Apartments for rent Sunset Park apartment rentals, Sunset Park furnished apartments to rent.
About Us Sublet.com is a Sunset Park apartment rental website that advertises Sunset Park apartments, Sunset Park roommates, Sunset Park houses for rent Sunset Park sublets and subleases.
Sunset Park housing rentals, apartments, roommates, houses, tenants and landlords have not been verified or evaluated.
www.sublet.com /area_rentals/NewYork/SunsetPark_Rentals.asp   (89 words)

  
 sunset parker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Over at Heartbeat News, dedicated to serving the Caribean diaspora, Felicia Persaud decries the substandard service she's faced with in one Brooklyn Caribean restaurant and then goes on to blame the service industry back in the islands; which she characterizes as riddled with corruption, rudeness and a distinct lack of pride or responsability.
The latest is on the corner of 4th Ave and 19th Street (definitely on the Sunset Park side of the border...)
Strange Maps is running a nice short origin and history of the odd mythical creature known as the Gerrymander, which made its first appearance in a Boston Political cartoon in 1812 (and was originally pronounced with a hard "g").
www.sunsetparker.blogspot.com   (1225 words)

  
 A Brooklyn Family Tale. About the Film | PBS
Twenty years later, Weisberg returned to Sunset Park with Murray Nossel, an academic, who was conducting ethnographic research into the Center for Family Life.
Weisberg and Nossel's film, A BROOKLYN FAMILY TALE, follows the next generation of the Santiago family for three years, chronicling their aspirations, daily struggles, and continuing relationship with Sister Geraldine and the Center for Family Life.
The Center for Family Life is still thriving and continues to serve the people of Sunset Park in Brooklyn.
www.pbs.org /wnet/familytale/about.html   (816 words)

  
 village voice > nyclife > Neighborhoods by Krista Garcia
Straddling southwest Brooklyn's Gowanus Expressway, Sunset Park serves as a working-class bridge between old-school Bay Ridge and white-collar Park Slope.
The park from which the neighborhood takes its name—bounded by Fifth and Seventh avenues and 44th and 41st streets—is located on Brooklyn's highest point, affording memorable Manhattan views.
While modest row houses are typical, Sunset Park contains what is arguably the largest registered historic district in the state, between 17th and 64th streets, showcasing prime brownstones and limestones.
www.villagevoice.com /nyclife/0225,garcia,35739,15.html   (764 words)

  
 The Brooklyn Greens - Welcome!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Brooklyn Greens were one of the first Green locals to form in New York State.
The Brooklyn Greens meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.
The next two general meetings of the Brooklyn Greens, open to all, will be held at 7 p.m., Tuesday, August 6, and Tuesday, September 3.
geocities.com /brooklyngreens   (225 words)

  
 Curbed: Sunset Park: The New Hotness?
With Park Slope-deprived lesbians moving in, Sunset Park in Brooklyn is coming up in the world.
Then last weekend, I overheard a store clerk in Park Slope talking to a landlord on the phone about looking at an apartment in Sunset Park, my best friend went to a housewarming in Sunset Park, and I met a guy at a party who'd just moved to, yes, Sunset Park.
John's Condos in the neighborhood are priced as high as $1 million, though most are in the $500,000 range.
www.curbed.com /archives/2005/01/20/sunset_park_the_new_hotness.php   (275 words)

  
 village voice > nyclife > Neighborhoods by Jessie Pascoe
These two Asian and Latino arteries define Sunset Park: The cement between them is a virtual Pacific Ocean.
Boundaries: Although opinions vary among residences, most place Sunset Park between Prospect Expressway to the north, 65th Street to the south, Upper New York Bay to the west, and Ninth Avenue to the east.
A large waterfront park by the nearby Bush Terminal is planned for later this year.
www.villagevoice.com /nyclife/0609,pascoe,72291,15.html   (929 words)

  
 Southwest Brooklyn IDC | Neighborhood - Sunset Park
For Rent: Brooklyn Army Terminal, Very inexpensive city-owned space for lease, 13,000 to 100,000 of contiguous space.
Enjoy the benefits of accessible parking for cars and trucks, multiple freight elevators, maintenance on call and many more.
If you are looking for space in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, please call Luis Rivera at 718-965-3100, ext 105 or lrivera@swbidc.org
www.swbidc.org /sunsetparkrealestate.htm   (458 words)

  
 Trinity Lutheran Church - Brooklyn, NY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Norwegian immigrants, who had been profoundly influenced by this spiritual awakening, settled in Brooklyn and met informally for fellowship and Christian nurture.
The need for the formation of a congregation was apparent, and Trinity Lutheran Church in Brooklyn's Sunset Park/Bay Ridge area was organized on July 29, 1890.The following year the new congregation became part of the United Norgwegian Lutheran Church in America.
From its beginnings Trinity has placed strong emphasis on personal spiritual life, missions, and lay persons activities as it seeks to be faithful to the Gospel serving the people of Sunset Park and Bay Ridge.
www.trinitybrooklyn.org /about.htm   (286 words)

  
 Welcome to the Center for Family Life
The mission of Center for Family Life is to promote positive outcomes for youth, adults and families in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, through the provision of a comprehensive range of neighborhood-based family and social services.
We partner with the community to provide opportunities for personal growth, life-long learning and the development of mutually enriching interpersonal relationships that sustain and nurture families, support youth to develop into confident, capable adults and enrich the quality of life for neighborhood residents.
Our dual focus on work at the level of the individual child, adult or family and on community-building is fundamental to the mission of the Center.
www.cflsp.org   (122 words)

  
 A Brooklyn Family Tale. Educational Materials. Discussion Questions | PBS
Throughout A BROOKLYN FAMILY TALE, the Santiago-Castro-Cruz family members articulate their perceptions of the dilemmas confronting them.
The Center for Family Life in Sunset Park has been a resource for youth and a diversion from youth criminal behavior for over two decades.
The major goal of the Center is to help each individual person be everything they can possibly become, not to label people, to look for people's strengths, not just their pathology.
www.pbs.org /wnet/familytale/educational_questions.html   (2667 words)

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