Boerum Hill, NY Real Estate — Homes For Sale in Boerum Hill, NY

Boerum Hill is one of the borough's most picturesque areas for strolling past redbrick row houses and brownstone town houses and churches. Greek Revival and Italianate styles predominate among the 19th-century structures, but many other influences can be detected as well. Boerum Hill (south of Downtown Brooklyn) is a classic working-class neighborhood with hints of its largely Italian-American roots. The area has become more upscale, though, and is now better known for housing many of New York's intelligentsia--and the restaurants and cafés they love. A family farm back in colonial times provided Boerum Hill its moniker. Smith and Court streets, the two main commercial arteries, run parallel to each other through the neighborhood and offer excellent dining and shopping. less