Map of Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn The neighborhood name is an extension of the name of the Village of Bedford, expanded to include the area of Stuyvesant Heights. The name Stuyvesant comes from Peter Stuyvesant, the last governor of the colony of New Netherlands. In pre-revolutionary Kings County, Bedford, which now forms the heart of the community, was the first major settlement east of what was then the Village of Brooklyn.
Our primary source for neighborhood names and locations is the
New York City Department of City Planning. Additional information is from Kenneth Jackson and John B.
Manbeck's book The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Brooklyn by Name by Leonard Benardo and Jennifer Weiss.
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