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Boerum Hill is a small neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bounded by Schermerhorn Street to the north and Fourth Avenue to the east.〔(Boerum Hill Association )〕 The western border is variously given as either Smith or Court Streets, and Warren or Wyckoff Streets as the southern edge. Smith Street and Atlantic Avenue are the neighborhood's main commercial districts. The Brooklyn High School of the Arts is located in the neighborhood on Dean Street and Third Avenue. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community District 2 and is served by the NYPD's 84th Precinct.〔(84th Precinct ).〕 ==History== Boerum Hill is named for the colonial farm of the Boerum family, which occupied most of the area during early Dutch settlement. Most of the housing consists of three-story row houses built between 1840 and 1870. Despite the "hill" in the name, the neighborhood is flat, parts sit atop former marshes that bordered Gowanus Creek. In the 1950s, all the neighborhoods south of Atlantic Avenue and west of Prospect Park were known generically as South Brooklyn. Boerum Hill in particular was sometimes called "North Gowanus." The name "Boerum Hill" was coined in early 1964 by Helen Buckler, referencing name of the colonial farmers.〔"Reporter at Large: The Making of Boerum Hill," ''The New Yorker'', November 14, 1977. pgs 105-106〕 In the early twentieth century, many of the buildings were run as boarding houses. Nearby was the union hall for ironworkers, who came to the city to work on bridges and skyscrapers.〔 The population today is upper-middle class and upper-class.〔 The north end of Smith Street was the center of New York City's Mohawk community, who came mostly from ''Akwesasne'' and ''Kahnawake'', Mohawk reserves in Quebec, Canada. (Akewesasne extends across national boundaries into New York state.) Many of the Mohawk men were ironworkers. Their wives worked at a variety of jobs and created the community for their families. For 50 years, the Mohawk families called their neighborhood "Little Caughnawaga," after the homeland of ''Kahnawake''. Many families would travel back to Kahnawake in the summer.〔(Article about Reaghan Tarbell and her documentary, ''To Brooklyn and Back: A Mohawk Journey'' ), PBS, 2 November 2009, accessed June 2010〕 The Boerum Hill Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Many of its buildings are land marked. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Boerum Hill」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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