Cypress Hills

Cypress Hills is a sub-section of the East New York neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, lying north of City Line and south of Cypress Hills Cemetery, in the far northeastern corner of Brooklyn. It is abutted on the west by Bushwick and on the east, across the Brooklyn–Queens border, by Woodhaven and Ozone Park. It lies within the 37th City Council District of New York City. The southern border of the neighborhood is Atlantic Avenue. The northern part, north of Atlantic Avenue, is mixed, with Hispanic-Americans, South Asian-Americans, Caribbean Americans, Italian-Americans, Irish-Americans and other white ethnics. The southern part is composed of African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans, and a scattered presence of South...