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Map

Click the layers above at top-left to view an interactive menu of sites.

 

Click to download (PDF) a printable version of our map to take with you.

 

Xenobia Bailey

Weeksville Heritage Center
158 Buffalo Avenue

between Bergen Street and St. Marks Avenue

 

Bradford Young

Former Site of Bethel Tabernacle AME Church
1630 Dean Street

near Schenectady Avenue

 

Otabenga Jones & Associates

Intersection of Fulton Street and Malcolm X Boulevard

near A/C Utica Avenue main entrance

 

Simone Leigh

Stuyvesant Mansion
375 Stuyvesant Avenue

near Decatur Street

 

Weeksville Audio Guide

Dial (718) 362-9569 to hear a short description about each historical site and artwork.

 

1
Boys & Girls High School
1700 Fulton Street


 

 

2
Former Site of James Weeks’ House
Intersection of Pacific Street and Schenectady Avenue


 

 

3
1968/1969 Archaeological Dig, Weeksville Garden Houses
Troy Avenue between Dean and Pacific Streets


 

 

4
Former Site of Howard Colored Orphan Asylum
Intersection of Dean Street and Troy Avenue


 

 

5
Former Site of Zion Home for the Colored Aged
Intersection of Dean Street and Troy Avenue


 

 

6
Former Site of the African Civilization Society
Intersection of Dean Street and Troy Avenue


 

 

7
The Weeksville School, PS 243; Former Site of Colored School #2, PS 68
Intersection of Dean Street and Troy Avenue


 

 

8
PS 83 (Site of Bradford Young’s Bynum Cutler)
Intersection of Schenectady Avenue and Dean Street


 

 

9
Bethel Tabernacle AME Church
90 Schenectady Avenue


 

 

10
Berean Baptist Church
1635 Bergen Street


 

 

11
Richmond Barthé Frieze at Kingsborough Houses
1880 Pacific Street between Kingsborough 1st and 2nd Walks


 

 

12
Xenobia Bailey
158 Buffalo Avenue, between Bergen Street and St. Marks Avenue


 

 

13
Bradford Young
1630 Dean Street, near Schenectady Avenue


 

 

14
Otabenga Jones & Associates
Intersection of Fulton Street and Malcolm X Boulevard


 

 

15
Simone Leigh
375 Stuyvesant Avenue, near Decatur Street


 

 

Local Businesses

Below is a list of nearby sites of interest. This list is by no means comprehensive. We encourage you to visit these and others in the neighborhood.

 

Galleries

Brooklynite Gallery
334 Malcolm X Boulevard

House of Art Gallery
408 Marcus Garvey Boulevard

 

Food & Drink

Beso
370 Lewis Avenue

Bread Love
158 Buffalo Avenue

Brooklyn Swirl
445 Marcus Garvey Boulevard

Doc D’s Southern Desserts
214 Bainbridge Street

Emeline’s
373 Lewis Avenue

Essence Bar & Restaurant
1662 Atlantic Avenue

Ma-N-Pop Soul Food
349 Lewis Avenue

New Heights Bar & Lounge
137 Schenectady Avenue

Peaches
393 Lewis Avenue

Rusty Fields
158 Buffalo Avenue

Therapy Wine Bar
364 Lewis Avenue

Clothing

Bedstuy Fly
287 Ralph Avenue

Butterfly 7
336 Malcolm X Boulevard

Little Red Boutique
374 Lewis Avenue

Shirley & Alice
435 Marcus Garvey Boulevard

 

Miscellaneous

Akwaaba Mansion Bed & Breakfast
347 MacDonough Street

Atell Hardware
307 Malcolm X Boulevard

Hibiscus Day Spa
556 Halsey Street

Imani Garden
Schenectady Avenue and Dean Street

Locks of Nu Natural Hair Spa
5 Rochester Avenue

Seasons
358 Stuyvesant Avenue