Everything about Vinegar Hill Brooklyn totally explained
Vinegar Hill is a
neighborhood in the
borough of
Brooklyn in
New York City on the
East River waterfront between
DUMBO and the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. The neighborhood is part of
Brooklyn Community Board 2.
Vinegar Hill gets its name from the
Battle of Vinegar Hill, an engagement near
Enniscorthy during the
Irish Rebellion of 1798. Originally settled by the
Irish, this community has maintained its 19th Century look while facing modernization and development from all sides.
Vinegar Hill stretches from the
East River waterfront to Front St and from the
Brooklyn Navy Yard to Bridge St, roughly comprising a six block area, although, before the construction of the
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in the 1950's, Vinegar Hill's area was significantly larger, extending to Tillary street and including the area now known as
RAMBO, which has similar architecture.
The Vinegar Hill area includes the Vinegar Hill Historic District and is home to the
Con Edison Hudson Ave Substation.
Most of Vinegar Hill is comprised of 19th Century style homes mixed with industrial buildings.
Cobblestones line the streets on Hudson Ave, Plymouth, Water and Front Streets.
On the corner of Evans and Little Sts, is
Quarters A, the Commandant's house, a
Federal Style Mansion,designed by
Charles Bulfinch, which was home to
Commodore Matthew C. Perry.
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