Marine Park (neighborhood), Brooklyn

Marine Park
Marine Park
Neighborhood of Brooklyn
	Gerritsen Avenue, a major traffic corridor in the neighborhood
	Location in New York City
	Coordinates: 40°35′53″N 73°55′12″W / 40.598°N 73.920°W
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Brooklyn
Community District	Brooklyn 18
Population (2010)
• Total	45,231
	Neighborhood tabulation area; includes Mill Basin, Bergen Beach, Marine Park, and Flatlands
Ethnicity
• White	73.8%
• Black	10.9
• Hispanic	7.9
• Asian	5.6
• Other	1.8
ZIP Code	11229, 11234
Area codes	718, 347, 929, and 917

Marine Park is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood lies between Flatlands and Mill Basin to the east, and Gerritsen Beach, Midwood, and Sheepshead Bay to the south and west. It is mostly squared off in area by Gerritsen Avenue, Flatbush Avenue, Avenue U and Kings Highway. The neighborhood's eponymous park is the largest public park in Brooklyn.^[3] Charles Downing Lay won a silver medal in town planning at the 1936 Olympics for the planning of Marine Park.^[4]

Marine Park is largely inhabited by people of ethnic groups such as Italian Americans, Irish Americans, Greek Americans, and Jewish Americans. The area is part of Brooklyn Community Board 18.^[5]

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^ Marine Park, New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. Accessed September 24, 2016. "As Brooklyn's largest park, Marine Park has plenty of room to serve a lot of needs. Environmentally, it consists of 530 acres (210 ha) of grassland and precious salt marsh, protected as a Forever Wild preserve."
^ "And the Medal Goes to..." Brooklyn Public Library. Retrieved August 12, 2016.
^ "Brooklyn Community Boards". City of New York. Archived from the original on July 19, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2014.