Midwood, Brooklyn

Midwood
Midwood
Neighborhood of Brooklyn
	Kings Highway and East 16th Street in Midwood
	Location in New York City
	Coordinates: 40°37′23″N 73°57′43″W / 40.623°N 73.962°W
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Brooklyn
Community District	Brooklyn 14
Area
• Total	3.33 km2 (1.29 sq mi)
Population (2020)
• Total	54,637
• Density	16,000/km2 (42,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes	11210, 11230
Area code	718, 347, 929, and 917

Midwood is a neighborhood in the south-central part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded on the north by the Bay Ridge Branch tracks just above Avenue I and by the Brooklyn College campus of the City University of New York, and on the south by Avenue P and Kings Highway. The eastern border consists of parts of Nostrand Avenue, Flatbush Avenue, and Coney Island Avenue; parts of McDonald Avenue and Ocean Parkway mark the western boundary.^[2]

Midwood is part of Brooklyn Community District 14, and its primary ZIP Codes are 11210 and 11230.^[1] It is patrolled by the 70th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.^[3] Politically, Midwood is represented by the New York City Council's 44th, 45th, and 48th districts.^[4]

^ ^a ^b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Archived from the original on October 16, 2018. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
^ Leimbach, Dulcie. "If You're Thinking of Living In/Midwood; Bustling Area With a Touch of Country" Archived December 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, The New York Times, June 29, 2003. Accessed October 30, 2007.
^ Cite error: The named reference NYPD 70th Precinct was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Current City Council Districts for Kings County Archived January 31, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New York City. Accessed May 5, 2017.