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Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

Clinton Hill is a neighborhood in north-central Brooklyn, a borough of New York City. It is bordered by the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Flushing Avenue to the north, Williamsburg to the northeast, Nostrand Avenue and Bedford–Stuyvesant to the east, St Marks Avenue and Prospect Heights to the south and southwest and Carlton Avenue and Fort Greene to the west.[2][3]

Clinton Hill
Underwood Park was the site of the mansion of typewriter manufacturer John Thomas Underwood.
Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°41′N 73°58′W / 40.69°N 73.96°W / 40.69; -73.96
Country United States
State New York
City New York City
Borough Brooklyn
Community DistrictBrooklyn 2[1]
Population
 • Total34,791
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
11205, 11238
Area codes718, 347, 929, and 917

"The Hill", as the general area was known – with a maximum elevation of 95 feet (29 m), the highest in the area[2] – was believed to have health benefits because many people believed that disease was more prevalent in low-lying areas. The area is named after Clinton Avenue, which in turn was named in honor of New York Governor DeWitt Clinton (1769–1828).[4] The main thoroughfare is DeKalb Avenue.[2] The affluent[2] neighborhood's mixture of apartment buildings, mansions, brownstone and brick rowhouses, and the Pratt Institute and St. Joseph's College, built at various times in a number of different styles, is a great part of its charm.[5]

Clinton Hill is part of Brooklyn Community District 2, and its primary ZIP Codes are 11205 and 11238.[1] It is patrolled by the 88th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.

History edit

 
Charles Millard Pratt House, 241 Clinton Avenue

The area’s European history began in the 1640s, when Dutch colonists laid tobacco plantations near Wallabout Bay. Bedford Corners, situated just southeast of Clinton Hill, was incorporated in 1663, and the settlers (both Dutch and French Huguenot) purchased surrounding lands from the native Lenape in 1670.[4]

On August 27, 1776, the "Road to Jamaica" (approximately Atlantic Avenue, the southern edge of today’s neighborhood) was used by the British army in a surprise overnight march to outflank the American army, which was forced to retreat toward Gowanus Creek, and two nights later, to Manhattan. After the war, the Dutch continued to build on the land, which sloped toward the East River and offered great views of the water and of Manhattan.[4]

The tree-lined Clinton Avenue was laid out as a boulevard along the crest of the hill in 1832,[2] and by the 1840s, Clinton Hill and neighboring Fort Greene had become fashionable neighborhoods for the wealthy of Brooklyn, who could commute to Manhattan by way of stagecoach to the Fulton Ferry. The area was originally devised as a rural get-away for those "determined to escape from the closeness of city life", as Walt Whitman, editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, put it in 1846. George Washington Pine had bought up the land in the area and broke it into lots, selling them to those who wanted to lead a quiet life not too far from the conveniences of the Navy Yard.[4] Whitman, a 28-year resident of Brooklyn, had lived for less than a year in the area in 1855, where he completed his masterpiece Leaves of Grass. The 1995 New Yorker article "Walt Whitman’s Ghost”[6] identified the address as 99 Ryerson Street, which still stands.[4]

In the 1860s, after the Civil War, Clinton Hill was developed with row houses,[7] which dominated the street scene by the 1880s.[2] These attracted affluent professionals.[2]

The area's development continued after Charles Pratt, an oil executive, built a mansion at 232 Clinton Avenue, which is now part of the Brooklyn campus of St. Joseph's College's. Pratt also built houses there for his sons, which he gave to them as wedding gifts; other mansions followed,[2] part of the general migration of merchants from New York City (Manhattan) to Brooklyn,[8] and the area became known as Brooklyn's "Gold Coast".[5] Pratt founded the Pratt Institute in 1887, and its campus remains a focus of the neighborhood.[2]

After the late 1870s, Clinton Hill was one of the stops on the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway (BF&CI, now part of the Brighton subway line), an excursion line which would bring families from the neighborhood to Brighton Beach for a day of recreation, and allow them to be home "at a reasonable hour". Entire families would use the BF&CI to relocate to the newly built Brighton Beach Hotel – owned by the same men who built the railroad – for the summer months, while the paterfamilias commuted to New York via ferry to work.[9]

By 1900, apartment buildings were being built on Clinton Avenue, which replaced the mansions there and on Washington Avenue by the 1920s and 40s. In addition some of the remaining mansions were converted into rooming houses in the following decades, and urban renewal, part of Robert Moses' relentless rebuilding of the city, cleared five blocks south of the Pratt Institute, destroying the brownstones there. This was followed in the 1970s by the brownstone revival, in which many of the remaining brownstones were restored.[2] In the 2000s, the neighborhood became somewhat gentrified, with generally wealthier people moving into the area.[10] New construction included an apartment building of passive house design at 283 Greene Avenue.[11]

Demographics edit

Based on data from the 2020 United States census, the population of Clinton Hill was 28,647, an increase of 19.3% from 24,014 for the same area in 2010.[12]

The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 44.8% White, 26.4% Black, 9.5% Asian, 5.7% from two or more races, and 1.5% from other races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.1% of the population.[12]

Residents include many "artists, architects, photographers, and craftspeople". In the 21st century, the neighborhood has experienced a significant increase in population, with increased gentrification and a growing upper-middle-class population.[2]

As according to the 2020 census data from New York City Department of City Planning, there were between 10,000 to 19,999 White residents and 5,000 to 9,999 Black residents, meanwhile each the Hispanic and Asian populations were each less than 5,000 residents.[13][14]

Landmarks edit

The Clinton Hill Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The district includes the mansions of Clinton Avenue, built in the 1870s and 1880s. The most prominent of these are linked to Charles Pratt, who built a mansion for himself at 232 Clinton Avenue in 1874, the year his Charles Pratt & Company was acquired by Standard Oil,[4] and one each as wedding presents for three of his four sons. These four mansions can be seen on Clinton Avenue between DeKalb and Willoughby. The rest of the historic district is noted for its prominent Italianate and Beaux-Arts rowhouses.[15] The Clinton Hill South Historic District was listed in 1986.[15] James William Elwell built the wood-framed Italianate villa at 70 Lefferts Place that is in the Clinton Hill district. The house is one of the two oldest houses on Lefferts Place and became designated a landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on December 12, 2006.[16]

St. Mary's Episcopal Church at 220 Classon Avenue in Clinton Hill, built c. 1859, and the Mechanics Temple, which was built at 67 Putnam Avenue as the Lincoln Club in 1889, are both part of the historic district.[2][17] Other buildings in the Historic District include a Gothic Revival wooden house at 284 Clinton Avenue, built c.1854; an Italianate brick and stone villa dating from c. 1850 at 447 Clinton Avenue, intact runs of mid-19th century rowhouses on Grand Avenue, St. James Place and Cambridge Place as well as on DeKalb Avenue and Waverly Avenue; mansions from the "Gold Coast" era in the 200 to 400 blocks of Clinton Avenue;[note 1] and at 367 Washington Avenue; and apartment houses on Clinton Avenue.[5][17]

On Lafayette Avenue are both the Emmanuel Baptist Church, completed in 1887, and the Joseph Steele or Steele-Skinner House of 1812. Clinton Avenue contains the Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew, completed in 1891, and the Royal Castle Apartments, completed in 1912. All are individually landmarked.[2][5][17]

Many of the buildings of the Pratt Institute are landmarked, or of architectural interest, and St. Joseph's College utilizes several of the former Pratt family mansions on Clinton Avenue.[17]

The brick building at 275 Park Avenue was built in the 1890s as a chocolate factory that produced and distributed Tootsie Rolls throughout the United States. In 2002, the building was converted into loft apartments.[18]

Education edit

Institutions edit

Pratt Institute, founded by Charles Pratt in 1887, is in Clinton Hill. Pratt began as an engineering school, designed to train immigrants in then-novel sciences.[4] Today the school has programs in architecture, graphic design, interior design, and industrial design.[19]

The Brooklyn campus of St. Joseph's College is in Clinton Hill.[20]

By 2021 the interim location of the German School of Brooklyn (GSB) was the former Coop School in the Bedford Stuyvesant and Clinton Hill area. In 2021 the school moved all levels to its permanent site at 9 Hanover Place in Downtown Brooklyn.[21]

Library edit

The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL)'s Clinton Hill branch is located at 380 Washington Avenue near Lafayette Avenue. It opened in 1973.[22]

Transportation edit

 
The Clinton–Washington Avenues station on the IND Crosstown Line

Clinton Hill is served by the New York City Subway's IND Fulton Street Line (A and ​C trains), with a stop at Clinton–Washington Avenues station, as well as the IND Crosstown Line (G train), with stops at Classon Avenue and Clinton–Washington Avenues. Several New York City Transit local bus routes provide service to the neighborhood, including the B25, B26, B38, B45, B48, B52, B54, B57, B62, B69. Starting in the 1880s, the Myrtle Avenue and Lexington Avenue elevated lines served the area. The Lexington Avenue line followed Grand Avenue south from Myrtle. The last train on the Lexington Avenue line ran on October 13, 1950; dismantling of the elevated tracks began on November 1.[4]

Clinton Hill is served by NYC Ferry's Astoria route, which stops at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.[23] The Brooklyn Navy Yard stop opened on May 20, 2019.[24][25]

Notable residents edit

Notable residents over the years have included:

 
Walt Whitman

Gallery edit

References edit

Informational notes

  1. ^ At 229, 232, 241, 245, 278, 284, 300, 315, 321, 356, 380, 384, 404 & 406, 405, 410, 415, 443, 447, 457, 463 and 487 Clinton Avenue

Citations

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  3. ^ Jackson, Kenneth T.; Manbeck, John B., eds. (2004). The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn (2nd ed.). New Haven, Connecticut: Citizens for NYC and Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-10310-7., p.xxxi
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  5. ^ a b c d New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission; Dolkart, Andrew S.; Postal, Matthew A. (2009). Postal, Matthew A. (ed.). Guide to New York City Landmarks (4th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 242–245. ISBN 978-0-470-28963-1.
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  8. ^ Burrows, Edwin G. and Wallace, Mike (1999). Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-195-11634-8., p.972
  9. ^ Burrows, Edwin G. and Wallace, Mike (1999). Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-195-11634-8., p.1135
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  20. ^ Clinton Hill Campus June 30, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, St. Joseph's College (New York). Accessed May 21, 2016. "St. Joseph’s Brooklyn Campus is in the heart of the historic Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, one of the trendiest fusion neighborhoods outside of Manhattan."
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  26. ^ Cohen, Susannah. "From prep-school kid to millionaire porn star" December 25, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, New York Post, April 26, 2014. Accessed May 21, 2016. "Akira was 13 when her family moved back stateside to Downtown Brooklyn and later Clinton Hill."
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  28. ^ Pierre, Alphonse. "Jay Critch is the new New York; The Brooklyn rapper has become the sound of the city without even dropping a project." October 29, 2021, at the Wayback Machine, The Fader, March 2, 2018. Accessed September 22, 2019. "In the last year, the Clinton Hill native has graduated from a local phenomenon into a rapper that has graced the MSG stage at Yams Day, had a casual name drop on SportsCenter, and had a song featured in the first episode of Atlanta: Robbin' Season. We recently chatted with Jay Critch about the missing New York feeling, Brooklyn birthing his love for music, and how he became the hottest rapper in rap’s most historic city."
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  30. ^ Blint-Welsh, Tyler. "KOTA the Friend Loves ‘Ramy,’ Jay Z and Hanging in the Park", The Wall Street Journal, June 29, 2020. Accessed January 16, 2023. "His do-it-yourself mindset, KOTA said, stems in large part from his childhood as a Jehovah’s Witness in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn."
  31. ^ Schuster, Dana. "Wanna be in my gang?" February 9, 2019, at the Wayback Machine, New York Post, January 27, 2013. Accessed August 16, 2015. "Before you enter Entourage star Adrian Grenier’s Clinton Hill Victorian townhouse, toss your junk food to the curb."
  32. ^ Hartocollis, Anemona. "An Enclave of Artists, Reluctant to Leave", The New York Times, November 21, 2011. Accessed December 6, 2022. "Asked if he had apartment envy, one visiting writer, Lev Grossman, said, 'I’m trying to keep it under control.' His neighborhood in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, is filled with artists, but, he said, 'we hide in our houses, so it’s not like this.'"
  33. ^ Tempey, Nathan. "Smoke this book" May 14, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, The Brooklyn Paper, November 11, 2013. Accessed May 21, 2016. "Clinton Hill rapper Heems of the defunct group Das Racist will also perform."
  34. ^ Sontag, Deborah. "A Caged Man Breaks Out at Last " February 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, February 25, 2009. Accessed August 16, 2015. "Afterward he sold his Williamsburg building, bought and renovated the loft in Clinton Hill, traveled with more frequency to China, married Ms. Li and eventually worked with the curators interested in shaping his legacy."
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  47. ^ Underwood Park June 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed May 21, 2016. "This park, located in the Clinton Hill Historic District, was the site of the mansion of typewriter manufacturer John Thomas Underwood (1857-1937)."
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  49. ^ Mooney, Kate. "Jessica Williams on dating: 'There's no wrong way to eat a Reese's'; The 27-year-old comedian talks her starring role in the film "The Incredible Jessica James," out this Friday on Netflix." January 4, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, Metro, July 25, 2017. Accessed September 22, 2019. "The Clinton Hill resident talks joking with Robinson about dating white baes, that time she got to kick it with J. K. Rowling, and how there’s always room for another Brooklyn story."
  50. ^ Dowd, Maureen. "Bowen Yang of S.N.L. Is a Smash. And a Mensch.", The New York Times, January 25, 2020. Accessed December 6, 2022. "I asked Matt Rogers, a comedian who is Mr. Yang’s co-host on their podcast, Las Culturistas, if success has spoiled his friend, who has moved into a one-bedroom apartment in a doorman building in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn."

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Clinton Hill is a neighborhood in north central Brooklyn a borough of New York City It is bordered by the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Flushing Avenue to the north Williamsburg to the northeast Nostrand Avenue and Bedford Stuyvesant to the east St Marks Avenue and Prospect Heights to the south and southwest and Carlton Avenue and Fort Greene to the west 2 3 Clinton HillNeighborhood in BrooklynUnderwood Park was the site of the mansion of typewriter manufacturer John Thomas Underwood Location in New York CityCoordinates 40 41 N 73 58 W 40 69 N 73 96 W 40 69 73 96Country United StatesState New YorkCityNew York CityBoroughBrooklynCommunity DistrictBrooklyn 2 1 Population 2010 United States Census Total34 791Time zoneUTC 5 Eastern Summer DST UTC 4 EDT ZIP Codes11205 11238Area codes718 347 929 and 917 The Hill as the general area was known with a maximum elevation of 95 feet 29 m the highest in the area 2 was believed to have health benefits because many people believed that disease was more prevalent in low lying areas The area is named after Clinton Avenue which in turn was named in honor of New York Governor DeWitt Clinton 1769 1828 4 The main thoroughfare is DeKalb Avenue 2 The affluent 2 neighborhood s mixture of apartment buildings mansions brownstone and brick rowhouses and the Pratt Institute and St Joseph s College built at various times in a number of different styles is a great part of its charm 5 Clinton Hill is part of Brooklyn Community District 2 and its primary ZIP Codes are 11205 and 11238 1 It is patrolled by the 88th Precinct of the New York City Police Department Contents 1 History 2 Demographics 3 Landmarks 4 Education 4 1 Institutions 4 2 Library 5 Transportation 6 Notable residents 7 Gallery 8 References 9 External linksHistory edit nbsp Charles Millard Pratt House 241 Clinton AvenueThe area s European history began in the 1640s when Dutch colonists laid tobacco plantations near Wallabout Bay Bedford Corners situated just southeast of Clinton Hill was incorporated in 1663 and the settlers both Dutch and French Huguenot purchased surrounding lands from the native Lenape in 1670 4 On August 27 1776 the Road to Jamaica approximately Atlantic Avenue the southern edge of today s neighborhood was used by the British army in a surprise overnight march to outflank the American army which was forced to retreat toward Gowanus Creek and two nights later to Manhattan After the war the Dutch continued to build on the land which sloped toward the East River and offered great views of the water and of Manhattan 4 The tree lined Clinton Avenue was laid out as a boulevard along the crest of the hill in 1832 2 and by the 1840s Clinton Hill and neighboring Fort Greene had become fashionable neighborhoods for the wealthy of Brooklyn who could commute to Manhattan by way of stagecoach to the Fulton Ferry The area was originally devised as a rural get away for those determined to escape from the closeness of city life as Walt Whitman editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle put it in 1846 George Washington Pine had bought up the land in the area and broke it into lots selling them to those who wanted to lead a quiet life not too far from the conveniences of the Navy Yard 4 Whitman a 28 year resident of Brooklyn had lived for less than a year in the area in 1855 where he completed his masterpiece Leaves of Grass The 1995 New Yorker article Walt Whitman s Ghost 6 identified the address as 99 Ryerson Street which still stands 4 In the 1860s after the Civil War Clinton Hill was developed with row houses 7 which dominated the street scene by the 1880s 2 These attracted affluent professionals 2 The area s development continued after Charles Pratt an oil executive built a mansion at 232 Clinton Avenue which is now part of the Brooklyn campus of St Joseph s College s Pratt also built houses there for his sons which he gave to them as wedding gifts other mansions followed 2 part of the general migration of merchants from New York City Manhattan to Brooklyn 8 and the area became known as Brooklyn s Gold Coast 5 Pratt founded the Pratt Institute in 1887 and its campus remains a focus of the neighborhood 2 After the late 1870s Clinton Hill was one of the stops on the Brooklyn Flatbush and Coney Island Railway BF amp CI now part of the Brighton subway line an excursion line which would bring families from the neighborhood to Brighton Beach for a day of recreation and allow them to be home at a reasonable hour Entire families would use the BF amp CI to relocate to the newly built Brighton Beach Hotel owned by the same men who built the railroad for the summer months while the paterfamilias commuted to New York via ferry to work 9 By 1900 apartment buildings were being built on Clinton Avenue which replaced the mansions there and on Washington Avenue by the 1920s and 40s In addition some of the remaining mansions were converted into rooming houses in the following decades and urban renewal part of Robert Moses relentless rebuilding of the city cleared five blocks south of the Pratt Institute destroying the brownstones there This was followed in the 1970s by the brownstone revival in which many of the remaining brownstones were restored 2 In the 2000s the neighborhood became somewhat gentrified with generally wealthier people moving into the area 10 New construction included an apartment building of passive house design at 283 Greene Avenue 11 Demographics editBased on data from the 2020 United States census the population of Clinton Hill was 28 647 an increase of 19 3 from 24 014 for the same area in 2010 12 The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 44 8 White 26 4 Black 9 5 Asian 5 7 from two or more races and 1 5 from other races Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12 1 of the population 12 Residents include many artists architects photographers and craftspeople In the 21st century the neighborhood has experienced a significant increase in population with increased gentrification and a growing upper middle class population 2 As according to the 2020 census data from New York City Department of City Planning there were between 10 000 to 19 999 White residents and 5 000 to 9 999 Black residents meanwhile each the Hispanic and Asian populations were each less than 5 000 residents 13 14 Landmarks editThe Clinton Hill Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985 The district includes the mansions of Clinton Avenue built in the 1870s and 1880s The most prominent of these are linked to Charles Pratt who built a mansion for himself at 232 Clinton Avenue in 1874 the year his Charles Pratt amp Company was acquired by Standard Oil 4 and one each as wedding presents for three of his four sons These four mansions can be seen on Clinton Avenue between DeKalb and Willoughby The rest of the historic district is noted for its prominent Italianate and Beaux Arts rowhouses 15 The Clinton Hill South Historic District was listed in 1986 15 James William Elwell built the wood framed Italianate villa at 70 Lefferts Place that is in the Clinton Hill district The house is one of the two oldest houses on Lefferts Place and became designated a landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on December 12 2006 16 St Mary s Episcopal Church at 220 Classon Avenue in Clinton Hill built c 1859 and the Mechanics Temple which was built at 67 Putnam Avenue as the Lincoln Club in 1889 are both part of the historic district 2 17 Other buildings in the Historic District include a Gothic Revival wooden house at 284 Clinton Avenue built c 1854 an Italianate brick and stone villa dating from c 1850 at 447 Clinton Avenue intact runs of mid 19th century rowhouses on Grand Avenue St James Place and Cambridge Place as well as on DeKalb Avenue and Waverly Avenue mansions from the Gold Coast era in the 200 to 400 blocks of Clinton Avenue note 1 and at 367 Washington Avenue and apartment houses on Clinton Avenue 5 17 On Lafayette Avenue are both the Emmanuel Baptist Church completed in 1887 and the Joseph Steele or Steele Skinner House of 1812 Clinton Avenue contains the Church of St Luke and St Matthew completed in 1891 and the Royal Castle Apartments completed in 1912 All are individually landmarked 2 5 17 Many of the buildings of the Pratt Institute are landmarked or of architectural interest and St Joseph s College utilizes several of the former Pratt family mansions on Clinton Avenue 17 The brick building at 275 Park Avenue was built in the 1890s as a chocolate factory that produced and distributed Tootsie Rolls throughout the United States In 2002 the building was converted into loft apartments 18 Education editInstitutions edit Pratt Institute founded by Charles Pratt in 1887 is in Clinton Hill Pratt began as an engineering school designed to train immigrants in then novel sciences 4 Today the school has programs in architecture graphic design interior design and industrial design 19 The Brooklyn campus of St Joseph s College is in Clinton Hill 20 By 2021 the interim location of the German School of Brooklyn GSB was the former Coop School in the Bedford Stuyvesant and Clinton Hill area In 2021 the school moved all levels to its permanent site at 9 Hanover Place in Downtown Brooklyn 21 Library edit The Brooklyn Public Library BPL s Clinton Hill branch is located at 380 Washington Avenue near Lafayette Avenue It opened in 1973 22 Transportation edit nbsp The Clinton Washington Avenues station on the IND Crosstown LineClinton Hill is served by the New York City Subway s IND Fulton Street Line A and C trains with a stop at Clinton Washington Avenues station as well as the IND Crosstown Line G train with stops at Classon Avenue and Clinton Washington Avenues Several New York City Transit local bus routes provide service to the neighborhood including the B25 B26 B38 B45 B48 B52 B54 B57 B62 B69 Starting in the 1880s the Myrtle Avenue and Lexington Avenue elevated lines served the area The Lexington Avenue line followed Grand Avenue south from Myrtle The last train on the Lexington Avenue line ran on October 13 1950 dismantling of the elevated tracks began on November 1 4 Clinton Hill is served by NYC Ferry s Astoria route which stops at the Brooklyn Navy Yard 23 The Brooklyn Navy Yard stop opened on May 20 2019 24 25 Notable residents editNotable residents over the years have included nbsp Walt WhitmanAsa Akira born 1986 pornographic actress and adult film director 26 Ted Allen born 1965 writer and television personality 27 Lester Bowie 1941 1999 avant garde jazz trumpet musician owned Victorian style home at 207 Washington Avenue for 20 years until his death in 1999 citation needed Jay Critch born 1997 rapper 28 Charles F Erhart 1821 1891 businessman who co founded Chas Pfizer amp Co Inc 29 James William Elwell 1820 1899 shipping merchant and philanthropist who founded James W Elwell amp Co and built the historic house at 70 Lefferts Place 16 KOTA the Friend born 1992 hip hop artist and producer who mentions Clinton Hill in some of his songs 30 Adrian Grenier born 1976 actor 31 Lev Grossman born 1969 novelist and journalist 32 Heems stage name of Himanshu Suri rapper 33 Tehching Hsieh born 1950 performance artist 34 Talib Kweli born 1975 rapper 35 Mos Def born 1973 rapper actor 36 The Notorious B I G 1972 1997 rapper grew up on 226 St James Place near the Bedford Stuyvesant border 36 the address was then regarded as part of Bedford Stuyvesant 37 David Paterson born 1954 former New York Governor 38 Rosie Perez born 1964 actress 36 Mary Pinkett c 1931 2003 first black New York City councilwoman she served 28 years from 1974 until 2001 when she was term limited out of office 39 Letitia James born 1958 incumbent Attorney General of New York Antoni Porowski born 1984 chef actor and television personality lived in a studio with former partner Joey Krietemeyer that has been featured in interior design magazines 40 41 Susan Sarandon born 1946 actress lives in a home described as aesthetically ironic 42 Danny Simmons artist 43 Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe shared an apartment on Hall Street in 1967 after they first met 44 Barbara Stanwyck 1907 1990 actress model and dancer was born at 246 Classon Avenue 45 Jason Sudeikis born 1975 actor and comedian 46 Conrad Tillard born 1964 politician Baptist minister radio host author and civil rights activist John Thomas Underwood 1857 1937 entrepreneur and inventor who founded the Underwood Typewriter Company 47 Walt Whitman 1819 1892 poet and editor of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle from 1846 to 1848 formerly lived at 99 Ryerson Street while working on Leaves of Grass 48 Olivia Wilde born 1984 actress 46 Lived in Clinton Hill from 2014 to 2019 Jessica Williams born 1989 actress and comedian 49 Jeffrey Wright born 1965 actor 35 Bowen Yang born 1990 comedian on Saturday Night Live 50 Malik Yoba born 1967 actor 35 Gallery edit nbsp 200 Lafayette Avenue Joseph Steel or Steele Skinner House 1812 nbsp 447 Clinton Avenue originally the David Burdette House later the Galilee Baptist Church c 1850 nbsp William W Crane House 284 Clinton Avenue Field amp Correja c 1854 nbsp St Mary s Episcopal Church Richard T Auchmuty c 1859 nbsp Emmanuel Baptist Church 1887 nbsp Mechanics Temple originally the Lincoln Club at 67 Putnam Avenue Rudolph L Daus 1889 nbsp Church of St Luke and St Matthew John Welch 1891 nbsp Royal Castle Apartments 20 Gates Avenue Wortmann amp Braun 1912 References editInformational notes At 229 232 241 245 278 284 300 315 321 356 380 384 404 amp 406 405 410 415 443 447 457 463 and 487 Clinton Avenue Citations a b NYC Planning Community Profiles communityprofiles planning nyc gov New York City Department of City Planning Retrieved March 18 2019 a b c d e f g h i j k l m Rawson Elizabeth Reich Clinton Hill in Jackson Kenneth T ed 2010 The Encyclopedia of New York City 2nd ed New Haven Yale University Press ISBN 978 0 300 11465 2 p 272 Jackson Kenneth T Manbeck John B eds 2004 The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn 2nd ed New Haven Connecticut Citizens for NYC and Yale University Press ISBN 0 300 10310 7 p xxxi a b c d e f g h Williams Keith Clinton Hill suburban retreat The Weekly Nabe Retrieved March 22 2012 a b c d New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission Dolkart Andrew S Postal Matthew A 2009 Postal Matthew A ed Guide to New York City Landmarks 4th ed New York John Wiley amp Sons pp 242 245 ISBN 978 0 470 28963 1 Berman Paul Walt Whitman s Ghost Archived March 29 2013 at the Wayback Machine The New Yorker June 12 1995 Clinton Hill History Honored The New York Times United Press International August 15 1985 Retrieved August 22 2009 Burrows Edwin G and Wallace Mike 1999 Gotham A History of New York City to 1898 New York Oxford University Press ISBN 0 195 11634 8 p 972 Burrows Edwin G and Wallace Mike 1999 Gotham A History of New York City to 1898 New York Oxford University Press ISBN 0 195 11634 8 p 1135 Besonen Julie December 2 2015 Clinton Hill Brooklyn a Neighborhood in Transition The New York Times Retrieved December 3 2015 Features Frame Home Retrieved March 25 2020 a b New York City Decennial Census Data 2020 Archived from the original on February 26 2023 Key Population amp Housing Characteristics 2020 Census Results for New York City PDF New York City Department of City Planning August 2021 pp 21 25 29 33 Retrieved November 7 2021 Map Race and ethnicity across the US CNN August 14 2021 Retrieved November 7 2021 a b National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service March 13 2009 a b James W and Lucy S Elwell House PDF Landmarks Preservation Commission Brooklyn New York December 12 2006 Retrieved May 20 2021 a b c d White Norval Willensky Elliot Leadon Fran 2010 AIA Guide to New York City 5th ed New York Oxford University Press pp 644 652 ISBN 978 0 19538 386 7 Maurer Mark Clinton Hill chocolate factory turned rentals sells for 68M HK Organization closes on 184K sf site which was converted in 2002 Archived June 18 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Real Deal magazine September 12 2014 Accessed May 21 2016 The 123 unit seven story brick property at 255 275 Park Avenue was constructed as a Tootsie Roll factory in 1890s and later converted into lofts in 2002 Academics www pratt edu Pratt Institute Retrieved February 2 2021 Clinton Hill Campus Archived June 30 2016 at the Wayback Machine St Joseph s College New York Accessed May 21 2016 St Joseph s Brooklyn Campus is in the heart of the historic Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn one of the trendiest fusion neighborhoods outside of Manhattan Home German School Brooklyn Retrieved July 30 2021 Clinton Hill Library Brooklyn Public Library August 19 2011 Retrieved February 21 2019 Routes and Schedules Astoria NYC Ferry Plitt Amy May 20 2019 NYC Ferry s Brooklyn Navy Yard stop debuts today Curbed NY Retrieved May 20 2019 NYC Ferry adds Brooklyn Navy Yard stop to route News 12 Brooklyn May 20 2019 Retrieved May 20 2019 Cohen Susannah From prep school kid to millionaire porn star Archived December 25 2018 at the Wayback Machine New York Post April 26 2014 Accessed May 21 2016 Akira was 13 when her family moved back stateside to Downtown Brooklyn and later Clinton Hill Staff Queer Eye s Ted Allen Buys Clinton Hill Brownstone Archived October 6 2011 at the Wayback Machine McBrooklyn April 11 2007 Accessed August 16 2015 Pierre Alphonse Jay Critch is the new New York The Brooklyn rapper has become the sound of the city without even dropping a project Archived October 29 2021 at the Wayback Machine The Fader March 2 2018 Accessed September 22 2019 In the last year the Clinton Hill native has graduated from a local phenomenon into a rapper that has graced the MSG stage at Yams Day had a casual name drop on SportsCenter and had a song featured in the first episode of Atlanta Robbin Season We recently chatted with Jay Critch about the missing New York feeling Brooklyn birthing his love for music and how he became the hottest rapper in rap s most historic city Lasky Julie June 8 2018 Clinton Hill Mansion With a Rock n Roll History The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved December 15 2020 Blint Welsh Tyler KOTA the Friend Loves Ramy Jay Z and Hanging in the Park The Wall Street Journal June 29 2020 Accessed January 16 2023 His do it yourself mindset KOTA said stems in large part from his childhood as a Jehovah s Witness in Clinton Hill Brooklyn Schuster Dana Wanna be in my gang Archived February 9 2019 at the Wayback Machine New York Post January 27 2013 Accessed August 16 2015 Before you enter Entourage star Adrian Grenier s Clinton Hill Victorian townhouse toss your junk food to the curb Hartocollis Anemona An Enclave of Artists Reluctant to Leave The New York Times November 21 2011 Accessed December 6 2022 Asked if he had apartment envy one visiting writer Lev Grossman said I m trying to keep it under control His neighborhood in Clinton Hill Brooklyn is filled with artists but he said we hide in our houses so it s not like this Tempey Nathan Smoke this book Archived May 14 2016 at the Wayback Machine The Brooklyn Paper November 11 2013 Accessed May 21 2016 Clinton Hill rapper Heems of the defunct group Das Racist will also perform Sontag Deborah A Caged Man Breaks Out at Last Archived February 17 2015 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times February 25 2009 Accessed August 16 2015 Afterward he sold his Williamsburg building bought and renovated the loft in Clinton Hill traveled with more frequency to China married Ms Li and eventually worked with the curators interested in shaping his legacy a b c Franklin Marcus via Associated Press Much change in Biggie Smalls neighborhood Archived October 18 2015 at the Wayback Machine mlive com January 17 2009 Accessed August 16 2015 Current residents include actor Jeffrey Wright and his wife actress Carmen Ejogo actor Malik Yoba actress Rosie Perez rapper actor Mos Def and rapper Talib Kweli a b c Franklin Marcus January 18 2009 Much change in Biggie Smalls neighborhood The Times Herald Associated Press Archived from the original on March 5 2012 Retrieved August 22 2009 Morris C Zawadi Biggie s One Room Shack in Bed Stuy Now up for Sale in Bed Stuy Patch April 3 2013 12 26 p m Archived December 3 2013 at the Wayback Machine as accessed December 10 2013 Back in the U S S Yards Curbed com March 11 2010 Retrieved March 16 2010 Tavernise Sabrina Mary Pinkett First Black Councilwoman 72 Archived December 26 2017 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times December 5 2003 Accessed October 25 2017 Mrs Pinkett whose maiden name was Glover lived her entire life in Brooklyn She spent her childhood in Crown Heights attended Brooklyn College and later moved to Clinton Hill Hayles Newton Liana December 13 2015 Joey and Antoni s Brooklyn Charmer Apartment Therapy Retrieved March 7 2018 Musiwa Elaine May 21 2015 Rich Timber and Warm Metals Transform a Brooklyn Apartment Houzz Retrieved March 7 2018 Hogarty Dave Third Home s a Hideous Charm for Susan Sarandon in Brooklyn Archived June 13 2012 at the Wayback Machine Curbed January 31 2012 Accessed August 16 2015 Try not to let the exterior fool you Susan Sarandon s third and most recent real estate purchase in the last seven months does not mean she has lost her mind in a buying binge The rather hideous front of 334 Grand Avenue in Clinton Hill conceals a considerably nicer interior Rush Arts Corridor Gallery Archived from the original on February 8 2012 Retrieved March 16 2012 Patti Smith Remembers Life With Mapplethorpe NPR org Retrieved July 11 2010 Callahan Dan February 3 2012 Barbara Stanwyck The Miracle Woman Univ Press of Mississippi p 5 ISBN 9781617031847 barbara stanwyck 246 classon a b Chen Joyce Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis s Former Home Is Now Up for Rent at 13 500 per Month Architectural Digest March 22 2018 Accessed July 23 2023 Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis who got engaged in January 2013 and share two young children together upgraded in early 2016 to a more spacious 6 300 square foot mansion in Brooklyn s Clinton Hill neighborhood with plenty of room for their little ones to play and explore Underwood Park Archived June 3 2016 at the Wayback Machine New York City Department of Parks and Recreation Accessed May 21 2016 This park located in the Clinton Hill Historic District was the site of the mansion of typewriter manufacturer John Thomas Underwood 1857 1937 Rubinstein Dana March 10 2007 Putting Walt in a time vault The Brooklyn Paper Retrieved August 22 2009 Mooney Kate Jessica Williams on dating There s no wrong way to eat a Reese s The 27 year old comedian talks her starring role in the film The Incredible Jessica James out this Friday on Netflix Archived January 4 2018 at the Wayback Machine Metro July 25 2017 Accessed September 22 2019 The Clinton Hill resident talks joking with Robinson about dating white baes that time she got to kick it with J K Rowling and how there s always room for another Brooklyn story Dowd Maureen Bowen Yang of S N L Is a Smash And a Mensch The New York Times January 25 2020 Accessed December 6 2022 I asked Matt Rogers a comedian who is Mr Yang s co host on their podcast Las Culturistas if success has spoiled his friend who has moved into a one bedroom apartment in a doorman building in the Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn External links editListen to this article 12 minutes source source nbsp This audio file was created from a revision of this article dated 20 June 2019 2019 06 20 and does not reflect subsequent edits Audio help More spoken articles nbsp Media related to Clinton Hill Brooklyn at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Clinton Hill Brooklyn amp oldid 1174694372, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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