Gravesend, Brooklyn

Gravesend
Neighborhood of Brooklyn
Looking at Lower New York Bay from Gravesend (2012)
Etymology: see below
Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°35′53″N 73°58′16″W / 40.598°N 73.971°W / 40.598; -73.971
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Brooklyn
Area
• Total	1.144 sq mi (2.962 km2)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	29,436
• Density	26,000/sq mi (9,900/km2)
Ethnicity [2]
• White	52.8%
• Asian	21.2
• Hispanic	16.0
• Black	8.4
• Other	1.5
ZIP Code	11223[3]
Area code(s)	718, 347, 929, and 917

Gravesend is a neighborhood in the south-central section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, on the southwestern edge of Long Island in the U.S. state of New York. It is bounded by the Belt Parkway to the south, Bay Parkway to the west, Avenue P to the north, and Ocean Parkway to the east.

Gravesend was one of the original towns in the Dutch colony of New Netherland. After the English took over, it was one of the six original towns of Kings County in colonial New York. Gravesend was the only English chartered town in what became Kings County, and is notable as being one of the first towns founded by a woman, Lady Deborah Moody. The Town of Gravesend encompassed 7,000 acres (2,800 ha) in southern Kings County, including the entire island of Coney Island, and was annexed by the City of Brooklyn in 1894.

The modern-day neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 11. As of 2010, Gravesend had a population of 29,436.^[1]