An Extensive Tour Of Brooklyn on Bicycle Williamsburg Part 31

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Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick and the East River. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 1. The neighborhood is served by the NYPD's 90th Precinct. In the City Council the western and southern part of the neighborhood is represented by the 33rd District; and the eastern part of the neighborhood is represented by the 34th District.

Many ethnic groups have enclaves within Williamsburg, including Germans, Hasidic Jews, Italians, Puerto Ricans, and Dominicans. The neighborhood is also a magnet for young people[who?] moving to the city, and is an influential hub for indie rock and hipster culture. Williamsburg is home to a thriving art community, which is largely associated with one of its main thoroughfares, Bedford Avenue. The sometimes-clashing definitions have been highlighted by a growing population and rapid development of housing and retail that is changing the look and feel of the neighborhood.
Early history

In 1638 the Dutch West India Company first purchased the area's land from the local Native Americans. In 1661, the company chartered the Town of Boswijck, including land that would later become Williamsburg. After the English takeover of New Netherland in 1664, the town's name was anglicized to Bushwick. During colonial times, villagers called the area "Bushwick Shore." This name lasted for about 140 years. Bushwick Shore was cut off from the other villages in Bushwick by Bushwick Creek to the north and by Cripplebush, a region of thick, boggy shrub land which extended from Wallabout Creek to Newtown Creek, to the south and east. Bushwick residents called Bushwick Shore "the Strand." Farmers and gardeners from the other Bushwick villages sent their goods to Bushwick Shore to be ferried across the East River to New York City for sale via a market at present day Grand Street. Bushwick Shore's favorable location close to New York City led to the creation of several farming developments. In 1802, real estate speculator Richard M. Woodhull acquired 13 acres (53,000 m²) near what would become Metropolitan Avenue, then North 2nd Street. He had Colonel Jonathan Williams, a U.S. Engineer, survey the property, and named it Williamsburgh (with an h at the end) in his honor. Originally a 13-acre (53,000 m2) development within Bushwick Shore, Williamsburgh rapidly expanded during the first half of the nineteenth century and eventually seceded from Bushwick and formed its own independent city.

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[BKAlternativeRock]

is your cam attached to your bike or head?

[sgrroiii]

Need Dramamine to watch this.

[TEXAZHAZE]

@Shadefrank i would be lmfao if i ever seen any1 doing that

[D21UpstateNY]

@D21UpstateNY though im sure many people enjoy seeing the "big apple"

[D21UpstateNY]

hmmm, i think my part of ny would be nicer to film :-p

[ihateslideshows]

@Shadefrank it would look kind of weird tho, seeing a random guy with a camera on his head

[Shadefrank]

What if you tried to fix your camera to your helmet, we would se much better and stable recording...