Boerum Hill

Bordered by Schermerhorn Street to the north and Warren Street to the south, Boerum Hill shares Court Street with Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights; as well as 4th Avenue with Park Slope. By the turn of the century this simple plot of Dutch farmland had become the theater center of Brooklyn, the nearby Brooklyn Academy of Music surrounded by playhouses of all description. Boerum Hill was now considered home by traveling vaudeville actors and by the 1920's, the area's afordable rooming houses began to attract the legendary Mohawk Indian steelworkers as well. Oral history has it that even the famed gangster, Willy Sutton, rented a room - the banks all within easy walking distance.

Since the 1970's, Boerum Hill 's beautiful brownstones have attracted wave upon wave of young urban homeowners. Decorators and renovators alike will have to look no further than Boerum Hill's Atlantic Avenue, now the antiques capitol of Brooklyn. And after a heavy day's shopping at the Nearby Fulton and Atlantic Malls, the neighborhood's Mideastern food and gourmet coffee shops will more soothe the weary soul.