Step into this beautiful and grand Roman Catholic church and you might think you've been teleported to Italy. This Roman Catholic basilica is bigger and more ornate than Brooklyn's cathedral near downtown. If you like your churches large and impressive, OLPH is not to be missed. See Monument to the victims of the Brooklyn Theater fire of Decemin Green-Wood Cemetery Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help I-278 (Gowanus Expressway to Brooklyn-Queens Expressway) and the Belt Parkway can get you here from other parts of Brooklyn, as well as Queens and Manhattan (via the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg Bridges, as well as other bridges and tunnels). The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge takes you to Bay Ridge from Staten Island. The X27/X37 and X28/X38 express buses also serve this area. The D serves the center of the district, including Borough Park and Bensonhurst before continuing to Coney Island, while the N serves Dyker Heights after splitting off from the R in Sunset Park. Besides the Hispanic part of the neighborhood filled with families of Puerto Rican, Dominican, Mexican and other backgrounds, the Chinese also put Sunset Park on the map with its countless Chinese restaurants found on 8th Avenue between 60th and 40th Streets.Ĥ0☃7′32″N 74☀′21″WMap of Brooklyn/Southwest Brooklynįor Green-Wood Cemetery itself, the best trains to take are either the D to 9th Avenue or the F to Fort Hamilton Parkway. Its hilly terrain gives magnificent views of Downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan, Staten Island, Jersey City and the nearby Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Sunset Park is a place for all families to come and shop, and locals can be seen running errands in the heart of the neighborhood along 5th Avenue between 60th and 44th Streets.
It is just less than 20 minutes away from Downtown Brooklyn. Sunset Park is often called New York City's little Puerto Rico and Brooklyn's Chinatown and is one of the most diverse neighborhoods in New York City.It is served by the F and G trains at Church Avenue, and the Q train at Beverly Road and Cortelyou Road. Many new trendy restaurants and boutiques have opened, making this neighborhood a hotspot. It is one of the "up and coming" neighborhoods in Brooklyn. It is the most diverse neighborhood in Brooklyn and is one of the most diverse in the United States. If these things are unfamiliar to you, a trip to Borough Park may be worthwhile. You will see lots of kosher foods on sale, and shops that are closed every Friday night and Saturday but open on Sunday, due to religious rules. Borough Park has the biggest Chasidic Jewish community in the city.Get there by taking the D train to 18th or 20th Avenues or Bay Parkway. Many of the best "unknown" restaurants in Brooklyn (known locally but often ignored by the Manhattan-based establishment) can be found in Bensonhurst. The train runs above ground and it is a lively place with an Old New York feel. Nonetheless, it is still the center of Brooklyn's Italian community and is one of the best-known Italian-American neighborhoods in the United States. Bensonhurst used to be Italian as far as the eye could see, but it now is home to Albanian, Pakistani, Korean, Chinese, Mexican, and many Eastern European immigrants.The neighborhood is also one of the top bar areas in the non-downtown area of Brooklyn. There is a great variety of good values in food to be had in this neighborhood, especially on 3rd Avenue. The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge connects to here from Staten Island, and Fort Hamilton, a United States Army Base, is here as well. Bay Ridge has traditionally been a residential Irish-Italian-Norwegian neighborhood, but has had an influx of Arab, Asian and Russian families.Southwest Brooklyn is a part of Brooklyn, New York City that encompasses the neighborhoods of Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Dyker Heights, Fort Hamilton, Kensington, Parkville, and Sunset Park.
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