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Sunset Park

Park near Brooklyn Terminal Market, NY

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Sunset Park is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bounded by Park Slope, Greenwood Heights and Green-Wood Cemetery to the north, Borough Park to the east, Bay Ridge to the south, and Upper New York Bay to the west. Because it was once close to the southern boundary of the City of Brooklyn, Sunset Park is considered to be part of South Brooklyn. However, until the 1960s, the northern part of Sunset Park was considered to be part of Gowanus, and the southern part was included in Bay Ridge. The neighborhood received its own name in that decade. The neighborhood is named after a 24.5-acre (9.9 ha) public park of the same name, which was founded in the 1890s and is located between 41st and 44th Streets and 5th and 7th Avenues. The park's…

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