neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Bedford–Stuyvesant is bordered by Flushing Avenue to the north (bordering Williamsburg)...
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19th century and the early 20th century, the neighborhood of Bedford–Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, New York, was home to middle class German, Dutch, Italian,...
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Ocean Hill is a subsection of Bedford–Stuyvesant in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 16 and was...
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neighborhood Stuyvesant Heights, Brooklyn Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Stuyvesant Town–Peter Cooper Village Stuyvesant Apartments Stuyvesant High School...
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town of Bedford Bedford Hills, New York, a hamlet Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, a neighborhood Bedford, a neighborhood within Bedford–Stuyvesant This disambiguation...
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Everybody Hates Chris (category Television shows set in Brooklyn)
loosely on Rock's personal experiences as a teenager living in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City from 1982 to 1987. However, Rock's real-life adolescence...
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(separated from Bushwick in 1840, annexed to Brooklyn in 1854) Bedford-Stuyvesant Boerum Hill Brooklyn Heights Brownsville Carroll Gardens City Line...
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Williamsburg, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Flatbush, Midwood, Marine Park, and Sheepshead Bay. Bedford Road, passing through Bedford Pass, was an...
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William Forsythe (actor) (category People from Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn)
Forsythe was born in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, and grew up in its Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood. He is of partial Italian descent. Forsythe...
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school building in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, United States. It is regarded as "one of Brooklyn's finest buildings". The...
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Mike Tyson (category People from Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn)
children on her own. Kirkpatrick died in 1992. The family lived in Bedford-Stuyvesant until their financial burdens necessitated a move to Brownsville when...
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Bed-Stuy Aquarium (category Brooklyn)
Aquarium) is a makeshift goldfish pond located on a sidewalk in the Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn neighborhood of New York City. The pond, formed by a puddle from...
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Fulton Park is a park in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City. It is named after Robert Fulton, who is best known for launching the first commercially...
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Downtown Brooklyn, Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. At Franklin Avenue, Fulton Street then becomes the signature street of Bedford–Stuyvesant. At Broadway...
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at Lafayette Avenue between Bedford and Nostrand Avenues in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, it is served by the G train at all times. This station opened...
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Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps (BSVAC) is America's first minority volunteer ambulance corps, founded in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn,...
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Tony Rock (category People from Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn)
born in Brooklyn, New York. The son of Rosalie (née Tingman) and Julius Rock (d. 1988), he grew up on Decatur Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood...
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Marcy Houses (category Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn)
operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and located in Bedford–Stuyvesant and is bordered by Flushing, Marcy, Nostrand and Myrtle avenues. The...
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Helen Palmer (writer) (category People from Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn)
born in New York City in 1898 and spent her childhood in Bedford–Stuyvesant, a prosperous Brooklyn neighborhood. As a child, she contracted polio, but recovered...
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Lola Brooke (category People from Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn)
Records in 2023. Shyniece Thomas was born on February 1, 1994 in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, where she was also raised. She is an only child and was raised...
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Lesra Martin (category People from Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn)
Lesra Martin (born April 11, 1963) is an American-Canadian lawyer, motivational speaker and writer. He is perhaps best known for helping to bring about...
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neighborhoods of Bushwick, which lies above Broadway to the northeast, and Bedford–Stuyvesant, which is to the southwest. When Williamsburg was an independent city...
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Ali Shaheed Muhammad (category People from Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn)
producer Adrian Younge. Muhammad was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and was raised in the Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood. He began to DJ at age eight...
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Jay-Z (category People from Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn)
December 4, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York City. He was raised in Marcy Houses, a public housing project in Brooklyn's Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood. His...
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Junior M.A.F.I.A. (category Musical groups from Brooklyn)
Junior M.A.F.I.A. was an American hip hop group from Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City. The backronym M.A.F.I.A. stands for Masters At Finding...
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and meeting place formed in 1969 by teens and young adults in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Through first-hand interviews with founding members and people...
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Myrtle Avenue (redirect from Myrtle Avenue (Brooklyn))
thoroughfare through the neighborhoods of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick, Ridgewood, and Glendale. In the neighborhoods of Fort Greene...
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Franklin Avenue station (Fulton Street) (category Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn)
City Subway, located at Franklin Avenue and Fulton Street in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. It is served by the: Franklin Avenue Shuttle at all times C...
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the formation of The Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant History (now the Weeksville Heritage Center). Joan Maynard was a founding...
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Kadeem Hardison (category People from Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn)
Netflix series Teenage Bounty Hunters. Hardison was born in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, the only child of Donald McFadden, an antique and...
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