Everything about Dumbo Brooklyn totally explained
DUMBO, an acronym for
Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass, is a neighborhood in the
New York City,
New York borough of
Brooklyn. It encompasses two sections; one located between the
Manhattan and
Brooklyn Bridges, which connect Brooklyn to
Manhattan across the
East River, and another which continues east from the Manhattan Bridge to the
Vinegar Hill area. The neighborhood is part of
Brooklyn Community Board 2.
History
Until the 1890s, the western portion of neighborhood was known as
Fulton Landing, after the water-
ferry stop that connected it to Manhattan before the
Brooklyn Bridge opened. Then primarily a manufacturing district housing factories that made machinery, paper boxes and
Brillo soap pads, it began becoming primarily residential when artists and other young homesteaders, seeking relatively large and inexpensive
loft apartment spaces for studios and homes, began moving there in the late 1970s.
Points of interest
Chef
Jacques Torres opened a
chocolate factory in December 2000. Other culinary business in the area include the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, the River Café, and, in the One Old Fulton Street building, Pete's Downtown Restaurant. Public spaces include
Fulton Ferry,
Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, and
Brooklyn Bridge Park, which was opened in 2006.
Transportation
The
New York Water Taxi company runs a water
ferry from the Fulton Slip at Fulton Landing.
New York City Subway stations are located at
York Street on the
IND Sixth Avenue Line, and
High Street-Brooklyn Bridge on the
IND Eighth Avenue Line.
Bus service is provided by the
B25,
B67,
B69, and
B75.
Footnotes
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