Argh, ok where am I?

You're in Brooklyn. Case closed.

Greenwood Flats!

But really, it depends who you're talking to. Saying 'between Park Slope and Sunset Park' works, but South Brooklyn seems fine for people who ask for sake of propriety without really caring one way or the other.

Call it whatever you want. Nobody with a life really cares.

Not that it really matters, but here's the best I figure.

Since you previously mentioned that you're across from the Clean Rite Center, that'd put you on the west side of 4th Ave.

The folks at wikipedia put you just a block south of where Gowanus ends at 17th between Hamilton and 4th.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowanus,_Brooklyn

However, *ding* :idea: ...

Wikipedia puts you squarely just inside the borders of Greenwood Heights.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwood_Heights,_Brooklyn

wikipedia wrote: Greenwood Heights is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn that takes part of its name from the neighborhood proximity to the Green-Wood Cemetery. The much-debated borders are, roughly, the Prospect Expressway to the north, Third Avenue to the west, Eighth Avenue to the east and 36th Street to the south (southern boundary of The Green-Wood Cemetery).

But they do note above that the borders are much-debated, and I see other references saying it stops at 4th Avenue.

So you could be one block safely inside Greenwood Heights.

Or merely across the street from it.

And apparently 1 block south of Gowanus.

Gee. I don't think I'm helping.

Meh, if you say Greenwood Heights it's close enough to be at least debatable.

Good luck.

Just say you are X number of blocks from whatever subway station and let people draw their own conclusions. If they ask, you can always explain you are on the border of several cool neighborhoods.

@ Jamzer -??? Seems like the roommate she's trying to find would care where the apartment is located, so I don't think its fair to imply anyone needs to "get a life" for discussing this in this case.

tyburg, isn't South Brooklyn everything south of the Navy Yard? (I think?)

Classic old skool term that goes way beyond when I got here in '99.

I seem to recall specific discussions somewhere that folks in Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Gowanus etc. going way back before the main Brooklyn real estate boom started (in the 90s or whatever) would sometimes refer to the whole area as just South Brooklyn.

Maybe even Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, too..kinda just guessing that the Navy Yard inlet divides North Brooklyn and South Brooklyn.

Anyone else hear that?

***edited to add:

Hm...I'm quite a bit off.

It appears to be just the area south of Atlantic Ave ending just before Sunset Park, and perhaps not as far east as Park Slope.

I live an avenue up from you and, trying to be accurate, put "Greenwood Heights" on a bunch of recent Craigslist postings, and got back several "Where is Greenwood Heights?" questions. So - I went back to what I did before which was "South Slope/Greenwood Heights."

Not that I care one way or the other, but I feel comfortable calling the area "south slope" or "south park slope" because that is what the city's own planners call it in their area redevelopment plans. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/southparkslope/index.shtml

Also - I used to live at 6th & 13th too... ;o

Hah, totally.

Trailer Park Slope

The City, Community Board 7, Google, etc. consider the boarders outlined in the wiki and the appropriate boundaries of GWH. But if yer nervous about location, just say "Greenwood Heights/South park Slope...7 blocks from historic Green-Wood Cemetery"

And leave it at that. At least no one said Sunset Park!

it's a Craigslist ad for an apartment... everyone knows that Craigslist only recognizes three neighborhoods in Brooklyn: Park Slope, Willamsburg, and Dumbo... then you add a compass direction to explain the actual location.

So you're in South Park Slope, or Far South Dumbo.... or South South Williamsburg.

Just like the Upper East Side extends from the 60th street all the way to the Bronx in Manhattan...

In Sunday's NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/realestate/13hunt.html

"That finally happened, at the new price point, earlier this year when Mrs. Papadopoulos spotted an open house listing in a newer building, circa 1989, in Greenwood Heights, north of Sunset Park. Oddly, Mr. Papadopoulos realized he had once met the seller, a jazz musician, through mutual acquaintances. "

lostingreenwoodhts wrote: In Sunday's NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/realestate/13hunt.html

"That finally happened, at the new price point, earlier this year when Mrs. Papadopoulos spotted an open house listing in a newer building, circa 1989, in Greenwood Heights, north of Sunset Park. Oddly, Mr. Papadopoulos realized he had once met the seller, a jazz musician, through mutual acquaintances. "

I should have added, this place is on 23rd St, btwn 4th/5th Aves. Dead center (N/S) in GWH.

"san borondón of brooklyn" fantastic!