More from Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)
Brooklyn, New York, USA (Flatlands) (Flatbush) (Coney Island)
View from Gowanus Heights, Brooklyn American Scenery, by N.P. Willis, Illustrated by William Henry Bartlett, 1840
Gowanus (/ ɡəˈwɑːnəs/ gə-WAH-nəs) is a neighborhood in the northwestern portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, within the area once known as South Brooklyn.