City Line (Brooklyn)

City Line (Brooklyn)
Estación de la avenida Liberty.
Edificios de apartamentos en Cypress Hills.

City Line es una subsección del barrio de East New York en el distrito de Brooklyn en Nueva York, bordeando los barrios de Cypress Hills al norte y Ozone Park en Queens al este, y Shore Parkway al sur. El barrio es nombrado "City Line" por su ubicación en la antigua ciudad de Brooklyn, cerca de la frontera del condado de Queens.[1]

City Line es uno de los barrios con mayor diversidad étnica en Brooklyn. Muchos italianos e irlandeses vivían originalmente en la zona, que hoy es el hogar de inmigrantes de Bangladesh, República Dominicana, Guyana y Puerto Rico.[2]

City Line cuenta con las líneas de metro A y C of de la IND. El principal distrito comercial se encuentra a lo largo de la avenida de la Libertad. El barrio es parte del Brooklyn Community Board 5.

Viviendas subvencionadas

Las Cypress Hills Houses contienen 15 edficios de siete plantas con 1.442 apartamentos, ubicados entre Linden Boulevard y la avenidas Sutter, Euclid y Fountain. El complejo de viviendas fue terminado en 1955 y pertenece a la New York City Housing Authority.[3]

El desarollo residencial de East New York City Line está también en manos de la New York City Housing Authority y contiene 33 apartamentos de tres plantas con 63 viviendas. Los apartamentos están situados justo al oeste de las Cypress Hills Houses y fueron completados en 1976.[4]

Referencias

  1. Liff, Bob. «Where City Drew the Line Double Lives the Norm in Border Nabe», 27-04-1999. Consultado el 22-08-2009.
  2. Hays, Elizabeth. «Thriving City Line Draws Hard Workers», 09-03-2003. Consultado el 22-08-2009.
  3. «Cypress Hills Houses». New York City Housing Authority. Consultado el 22-08-2009.
  4. «East New York City Line». New York City Housing Authority. Consultado el 22-08-2009.

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