22 Facts About Park Slope

Park Slope is a neighborhood in northwestern Brooklyn, New York City, within the area once known as South Brooklyn.

Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect Park and Prospect Park West to the east, Fourth Avenue to the west, Flatbush Avenue to the north, and Prospect Expressway to the south.

Park Slope was settled by the Lenape before Europeans arrived in the 17th century.

Park Slope faced social and infrastructural decline in the mid-20th century, but the building stock was renovated after the area became gentrified starting in the 1960s.

Park Slope is generally ranked as one of New York City's most desirable neighborhoods.

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Park Slope is part of Brooklyn Community District 6, and its primary ZIP Codes are 11215 and 11217.

Just north of modern-day Park Slope was the Jamaica Road, running east to Jamaica, Queens, on what is the path of Fulton Street.

The Battle Pass site is preserved in Prospect Park Slope, while on Fifth Avenue, there is a reconstruction of the Old Stone House, a farmhouse where a countercharge covered the American retreat.

Park Slope was originally located in the northern section of the Eighth Ward, which at the time was the city's least populous ward.

Many of the large Victorian mansions on Prospect Park Slope West, known as the Gold Coast, were built in the 1880s and 1890s to take advantage of the park views.

In 1898, the "New" Washington Park Slope was built between Third and Fourth Avenues and between First and Third Streets near the Gowanus Canal.

Accordingly, Park Slope gradually became a more working class neighborhood amid the subdivision of the expansive Victorian-era housing stock into apartment buildings and rooming houses.

Some of those that remained reacted violently to the ethnic changes to the neighborhood; for example, white residents of Park Slope attempted to bar African-Americans from participating in after-school programs at William Alexander Middle School in 1966.

Park Slope contains a variety of zoning districts, including manufacturing, commercial, residential, and mixed-use.

The westernmost portion of Park Slope near the Gowanus Canal is a light industrial district.

Much of Park Slope is located within the Park Slope Historic District, which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

The Fourth Avenue station and 15th Street–Prospect Park Slope station are NRHP landmarks that are part of the New York City Subway System Multiple Property Submission .

Park Slope is patrolled by the 78th Precinct of the NYPD, located at 65 6th Avenue.

Park Slope is covered by two ZIP Codes: 11217 north of Union Street and 11215 south of Union Street.

Park Slope is considered one of New York City's most desirable neighborhoods.

Park Slope is home to a wide variety of religious institutions, or houses of worship, including many churches and synagogues; most are historic buildings, and date back many decades.

Park Slope is in two different community school districts – district 13 to the north and district 15 to the south.