Bushwick, Brooklyn

Bushwick
Neighborhood of Brooklyn
Knickerbocker Avenue in 2006. It is a main shopping street south of Maria Hernandez Park.
Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°41′49″N 73°55′01″W / 40.697°N 73.917°W / 40.697; -73.917
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Brooklyn
Community District	Brooklyn 4[1]
Area [2]
• Total	6.1 km2 (2.34 sq mi)
Population  (2010)[2]
• Total	129,239
• Density	21,000/km2 (55,000/sq mi)
Ethnicity [2]
• Hispanic	67.0%
• Black	18.5%
• White	9.4%
• Asian	3.9%
• Others	1.1%
Economics
• Median income	$33,162
Time zone	UTC– 05:00 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC– 04:00 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	11206, 11207, 11221, 11237
Area code	718, 347, 929, and 917

Bushwick is a neighborhood in the northern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by the neighborhood of Ridgewood, Queens, to the northeast; Williamsburg to the northwest; East New York and the cemeteries of Highland Park to the southeast; Brownsville to the south; and Bedford–Stuyvesant to the southwest.^[3]

The town was first founded by the Dutch as Boswijck during the Dutch colonization of the Americas in the 17th century. In the 19th century, the neighborhood became a community of German immigrants and their descendants. The 20th century saw an influx of Italian immigrants and Italian-Americans up to the 1980s. By the late 20th century, the neighborhood became predominantly Hispanic as another wave of immigrants arrived. Formerly Brooklyn's 18th Ward, the neighborhood was once an independent town and has undergone various territorial changes throughout its history.

Bushwick is part of Brooklyn Community District 4, and its primary ZIP Codes are 11206, 11207, 11221, and 11237.^[1] It is patrolled by the 83rd Precinct of the New York City Police Department.^[4] Politically it is represented by the New York City Council's 34th and 37th Districts.^[5]