Sunset Park, Brooklyn

Sunset Park
Neighborhood of Brooklyn
Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°38′36″N 74°00′52″W / 40.64333°N 74.01444°W / 40.64333; -74.01444
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Brooklyn
Community District	Brooklyn 7[1]
Population  (2010)[2]
• Total	126,000
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	11220, 11232
Area code	718, 347, 929, and 917
Sunset Park Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
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Location	Roughly bounded by the Upper New York Bay, Thirty-sixth St., Ninth Ave. and Sixty-fifth St., Brooklyn, New York
Area	280 acres (110 ha)
Architect	Pohlman & Patrick; et al.
Architectural style	Renaissance Revival, Romanesque Revival, Neo-Grec; Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	88001464[3]
Added to NRHP	September 15, 1988

Sunset Park is a neighborhood in the western part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bounded by Park Slope and Green-Wood Cemetery to the north, Borough Park to the east, Bay Ridge to the south, and New York Harbor to the west.^[1][4][a] The neighborhood is named for a public park of the same name that covers 24.5 acres (9.9 ha) between Fifth and Seventh Avenues from 41st to 44th Street.^[5] The area north of 36th Street is alternatively known as Greenwood Heights, while the section north of 24th Street is also called South Slope.

The area was initially occupied by the Canarsee band of Munsee-speaking Lenape until the first European settlement occurred in 1636. Through the late 19th century, Sunset Park was sparsely developed and was considered part of Bay Ridge or South Brooklyn. The arrival of elevated railways and the subway led to Sunset Park's development, with middle-class row houses and industrial buildings being erected in the 1890s through the 1920s. After the decline of the industrial hubs in the 1940s and 1950s, the name "Sunset Park" was given to the region north of 65th Street as part of an urban renewal initiative. Immigrant groups started moving to the neighborhood in the late 20th century due to its relative affordability. By the 21st century, the neighborhood's population is primarily composed of Hispanics and Chinese immigrants along with swaths of predominantly white young urban professionals and the remaining vestiges of Scandinavian, Irish and Italian communities.

Sunset Park is part of Brooklyn Community District 7. It is patrolled by the 72nd Precinct of the New York City Police Department. Fire services are provided by the New York City Fire Department's Engine Company 201 and Engine Company 228/Ladder Company 114. Politically, Sunset Park is represented by the New York City Council's 38th and 39th Districts.

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