Wingate, Brooklyn

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Wingate, Brooklyn
Wingate, Brooklyn
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Coordinates: 40°39.6′0″N73°56.5′0″W / 40.66000°N 73.94167°W / 40.66000; -73.94167
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
StateFlag of New York.svg New York
City New York City
Borough Brooklyn
Founded byFarrel Meltzer
Named after George Wood Wingate
Time zone UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC−04:00 (Eastern (EDT))
Area codes 718/347/929 and 917

Wingate is a neighborhood in the north central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The area is bordered by Prospect Lefferts Gardens to the west, Crown Heights to the north and east, and East Flatbush to the south. Wingate is bounded by Empire Boulevard to the north, Troy Avenue to the east, Winthrop Street to the south, and New York Avenue to the west. [1] The area is part of Brooklyn Community District 9. [2] It is sometimes considered part of Crown Heights, East Flatbush, and/or Prospect Lefferts Gardens. [3]

The neighborhood was originally named Pigtown because it was the location of several major pig farms that supplied Brooklyn. [3] Pigtown was at the southern periphery of the City of Brooklyn where it bordered the Town of Flatbush. On modern maps it is bounded on the north by Empire Boulevard (formerly Malbone Street), on the south by Midwood Street, on the east by Albany Avenue and on the west by Nostrand Avenue. Future drag racer Frederick DiNome and his criminal brother Richard DiNome were born and raised in Pigtown. [3] as was Rudy Giuliani, who spent his first seven years there.

The neighborhood was renamed to Wingate in the 2000s by real estate developers, named for the park and the now-defunct George W. Wingate High School, locally called "The Banjo School" because of its shape. [1] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (1995). The Encyclopedia of New York City . New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 1267. ISBN   0300055366.
  2. ↑ Brooklyn Community Boards Archived 2007-12-21 at the Wayback Machine , New York City. Accessed December 31, 2007.
  3. 1 2 3 Holland, Joy. "Pigtown". Brooklynology. Brooklyn Public Library. Archived from the original on January 18, 2015. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  4. ↑ Wingate Park, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed December 11, 2025. "The former hospital buildings were demolished to make way for the construction of George W. Wingate High School in 1954. This area was called Pigtown after its numerous small animal farms well into the 20th century. Eventually, the neighborhood adopted the name of Wingate after the school and adjoining park."


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