1967 Map of Brooklyn

About this map

Prospect Park and the sprawling grid of central Brooklyn anchor this late-1960s survey, capturing the borough during a period of dense urban maturity. The map details the transition from the industrial waterfronts at Wallabout Bay and the New York Naval Shipyard to the residential character of neighborhoods like Bedford, Stuyvesant, and Flatbush. A significant portion of the eastern landscape is dedicated to a massive corridor of memorial grounds, including the Cypress Hills Cemetery and St. Johns Cemetery, which separate the residential blocks of Ridgewood from East New York. Industrial and maritime activity is concentrated along Newtown Creek and the East River shoreline, where the Williamsburg Bridge and Brooklyn Bridge connect the borough to Manhattan. Institutional footprints are prominent throughout, from the Pratt Institute to the extensive medical complex at Kings County Hospital.