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Brooklyn Heights, New York City — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Brooklyn Heights is a residential neighborhood above the East River, running from the Brooklyn Bridge south to Atlantic Avenue.
About Brooklyn Heights
Where to stay in Brooklyn Heights
Where you base yourself shapes the visit — here's the character of each area.
Beds sit at the edges. Rooms concentrate on the Cadman Plaza West side and in Downtown Brooklyn just beyond it, where the walk to the Brooklyn Bridge and the East River takes minutes and the Brooklyn Tabernacle is around the corner. Atlantic Avenue marks the southern seam, with Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill directly beyond.
Dumbo lies north, under the bridge.
About Brooklyn Heights
What are the main landmarks in Brooklyn Heights?
Churches mark the corners. Plymouth Church, Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral, St. Ann's and the Holy Trinity Church, and Cuyler Presbyterian Church all stand within a few blocks of one another between Cadman Plaza West and Atlantic Avenue. The Center for Brooklyn History keeps the borough's records close by, and the New York Transit Museum sits inland toward Downtown Brooklyn.
Jane's Carousel turns beside the Brooklyn Bridge in Dumbo.
What is the history of Brooklyn Heights?
History here sits in institutions. Plymouth Church and Abolitionist Place carry the abolitionist record east toward Downtown Brooklyn, while the Center for Brooklyn History gathers the borough's papers a short walk from Cadman Plaza West. St. Ann's and the Holy Trinity Church and Our Lady of Lebanon Maronite Cathedral still hold services near the Atlantic Avenue end.
The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway later took the western edge, running between the streets and the East River.
Where is Brooklyn Heights?
The neighborhood holds the western corner of Brooklyn, edged by Old Fulton Street, Cadman Plaza West, Atlantic Avenue and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
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Updated August 2026