page_title: Williamsburg, Brooklyn
section_title: Incorporation of Williamsburgh
hierarchical_section_title: Williamsburg, Brooklyn / History / Incorporation of Williamsburgh
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of the Village of Williamsburgh, Kings County; As laid out by the Commissioners, appointed by the Legislature in 1827. Reduced from the large Map in the possession of the Trustees of the Village. Surveyed by D. Ewin. New York, Engraved &amp; Published by H. McDowell, 1833. The Bushwick Creek, which originally separated Williamsburg from Greenpoint, has since been filled in. Today, much of the filled in land along Bushwick Creek makes up McCarren Park. Bushwick Inlet still exists near N 13th and N 14th Streets. Streets names on the map and their modern day names: Turnpike Road to Jamaica =&gt; Metropolitan Ave Water Street =&gt; River Street First Street =&gt; Kent Ave Second Street =&gt; Wythe Ave Third Street =&gt; Berry Street Fourth Street =&gt; Bedford Ave Fifth Street =&gt; Driggs Ave Sixth Street =&gt; Roebling Street Seventh Street =&gt; Havemeyer Street Eighth Street =&gt; Marcy Ave Ninth Street =&gt; Rodney Street Tenth Street =&gt; Keap Street
context_page_description: Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordered by Greenpoint to the north; Bedford–Stuyvesant to the south; Bushwick and East Williamsburg to the east; and the East River to the west. As of the 2010 United States Census, the neighborhood's population is 78,700.
  Since the late 1990s, Williamsburg has undergone gentrification characterized by a contemporary art scene, hipster culture, and vibrant nightlife that has projected its image internationally as a "Little Berlin". During the early 2000s, the neighborhood became a center for indie rock and electroclash. Numerous ethnic groups inhabit enclaves within the neighborhood, including Italians, Jews, Hispanics, Poles, Puerto Ricans, and Dominicans.
  Williamsburg is part of Brooklyn Community District 1, and its primary ZIP Codes are 11211 and 11206. It is patrolled by the 90th and 94th Precincts of the New York City Police Department. Politically, it is represented by the New York City Council's 33rd District, which represents the western and southern parts of the neighborhood, and the 34th District, which represents the eastern part.
context_section_description: Williamsburg was incorporated as the Village of Williamsburgh within the Town of Bushwick in 1827. In two years it had a fire company, a post office and a population of over 1,000. The deep drafts along the East River encouraged industrialists, many from Germany, to build shipyards around Williamsburg. Raw material was shipped in, and finished products were sent out of factories straight to the docks. Several sugar barons built processing refineries. Now all are gone except the now-defunct Domino Sugar (formerly Havemeyer & Elder). Other important industries included shipbuilding and brewing.
  On April 18, 1835, the Village of Williamsburg annexed a portion of the Town of Bushwick. The Village then consisted of three districts. The first district was commonly called the "South Side"; the second district was called the "North Side", and the third district was called the "New Village". The names "North Side" and "South Side" remain in common usage today, but the name for the Third District has changed often. The New Village became populated by Germans and for a time was known by the sobriquet of "Dutchtown". In 1845, the population of Williamsburgh was 11,500.
  Reflecting its increasing urbanization, Williamsburg separated from Bushwick as the Town of Williamsburg in 1840. It became the City of Williamsburg (discarding the "h") in 1852, which was organized into three wards. The old First Ward roughly coincides with the South Side and the Second Ward with the North Side, with the modern boundary at Grand Street. The Third Ward was to the east of these, stretching from Union Avenue east to Bushwick Avenue beyond which is Bushwick (some of which is now called East Williamsburg).
caption: Map of the Village of Williamsburgh (1827)
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