This neighborhood is quickly transitioning from bland to interesting.
Downtown Brooklyn has an average violent crime rate and an average property crime rate for New York City.
Downtown Brooklyn is the business and government hub of the Brooklyn Borough, home to many office buildings, the regal borough hall, and the county supreme court. Tucked among the skyscrapers are large apartment and condo buildings. To the north of Downtown Brooklyn's core is a quieter residential area with government subsidized housing blocks, midrise apartment buildings, and older individual homes.
For much of its recent history, this was not an area that was very appealing to live in – there wasn't much around besides fast food joints and cheap clothing stores. But it's been on an upward trends for the past several years. Hot new restaurants, cool hotels, and unique bars have been making inroads and this is becoming a much more vibrant neighborhood.
Downtown Brooklyn is bordered on the north by DUMBO and Vinegar Hill, on the east by Fort Greene, on the south by Boerum Hill, and on the west by Brooklyn Heights.
Commute:
Wall Street: 2.2 miles / 10-15 minutes by car / 20 minutes by transit
Rockefeller Center: 7 miles / 20-50 minutes by car / 35 minutes by transit
Jersey City: 8.4 miles / 25-45 minutes by car / 40 minutes by transit
Downtown Brooklyn LOCAL schools
Downtown Brooklyn Local Flavor 
Established in 1950, Junior's is a Brooklyn institution. Besides their famous cheesecake, they've also got a full deli menu.
This isn't the best venue (it's in a basement), but if you want great Middle Eastern food it's a worthwhile stop.
Brooklyn’s only three Michelin-starred restaurant seats 18 people a night for a fifteen course tasting menu. You'll need to book weeks in advance.
This popular restaurant creates classic Tokyo-style sushi and sashimi with top seafood from Japan and the USA
Sample from 425 varieties of tequila while you enjoy authentic Mexican food at this popular, casual restaurant.
Learn about the mass transportation systems that move millions of New Yorkers around daily at this interesting museum established in 1976.
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