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'''Clinton Hill''' is a neighborhood located in the north-central portion of the [[New York City]] [[Boroughs of New York City|borough]] of [[Brooklyn]]. It is bordered by the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]] and Flushing Avenue to the north,  [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]] to the northeast, Classon Avenue and [[Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn|Bedford–Stuyvesant]] to the east, Atlantic Avenue and [[Prospect Heights, Brooklyn|Prospect Heights]] to the south and southwest and Vanderbilt Avenue and [[Fort Greene, Brooklyn|Fort Greene]] to the west.<ref name=encnyc /><ref>{{cite brookneighb}}, p.xxxi</ref>

"The Hill", as the general area was known &ndash; with a maximum elevation of {{convert|95|ft|m}}, the highest in the area<ref name=encnyc /> &ndash; was believed to have health benefits because many people believed that disease was more prevalent in low-lying areas. The area is named after Clinton Avenue, which in turn was named in honor of New York Governor [[DeWitt Clinton]] (1769–1828).<ref name="twnchsr">{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Keith|title=Clinton Hill: suburban retreat|url=http://theweeklynabe.wordpress.com/2012/03/22/clinton-hill-brooklyn-suburban-retreat/|work=The Weekly Nabe|access-date=March 22, 2012}}</ref>  The main thoroughfare is [[DeKalb Avenue]].<ref name=encnyc /> The affluent<ref name=encnyc>Rawson, Elizabeth Reich. "Clinton Hill" in {{cite enc-nyc2}}, p.272</ref> neighborhood's mixture of apartment buildings, mansions, brownstone and brick rowhouses, and the Pratt Institute and St. Joseph's College, built at various times in a number of different styles, is a great part of its charm.<ref name=nycland />

Clinton Hill is part of [[Brooklyn Community Board 2|Brooklyn Community District 2]], and its primary [[ZIP Code]]s are 11205 and 11238.<ref name="NYCPlanning"/> It is patrolled by the 88th Precinct of the [[New York City Police Department]].

==History==
[[File:ClintonHill PrattHouse byNathanHart.jpg|thumb|275px|left|[[Charles Millard Pratt]] House, 241 Clinton Avenue]]

The area’s European history began in the 1640s, when [[Dutch people|Dutch]] colonists laid tobacco plantations near Wallabout Bay. Bedford Corners, situated just southeast of Clinton Hill, was incorporated in 1663, and the settlers (both Dutch and French Huguenot) purchased surrounding lands from the native Lenape in 1670.<ref name="twnchsr"/>

On August 27, 1776, the "Road to Jamaica" (approximately Atlantic Avenue, the southern edge of today’s neighborhood) was used by the British army in a surprise overnight march to outflank the American army, which was forced to retreat toward Gowanus Creek, and [[Battle of Long Island#Retreat to Manhattan|two nights later]], to Manhattan. After [[American Revolutionary War|the war]], the Dutch continued to build on the land, which sloped toward the [[East River]] and offered great views of the water and of [[Manhattan]].<ref name="twnchsr"/>

The tree-lined Clinton Avenue was laid out as a boulevard along the crest of the hill in 1832,<ref name=encnyc /> and by the 1840s, Clinton Hill and neighboring [[Fort Greene]] had become fashionable neighborhoods for the wealthy of Brooklyn, who could commute to Manhattan by way of stagecoach to the [[Fulton Ferry (ferry)|Fulton Ferry]]. The area was originally devised as a rural get-away for those "determined to escape from the closeness of city life", as [[Walt Whitman]], editor of the [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]], put it in 1846. George Washington Pine had bought up the land in the area and broke it into lots, selling them to those who wanted to lead a quiet life not too far from the conveniences of the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard|Navy Yard]].<ref name="twnchsr"/> Whitman, a 28-year resident of Brooklyn, had lived for less than a year in the area in 1855, where he completed his masterpiece ''[[Leaves of Grass]]''. The 1995 ''[[The New Yorker|New Yorker]]'' article "Walt Whitman’s Ghost"<ref>[[Paul Berman|Berman, Paul]]. [http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1995-06-12#folio=098 "Walt Whitman's Ghost"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329115438/http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1995-06-12#folio=098 |date=March 29, 2013 }} ''[[The New Yorker]]'' (June 12, 1995)</ref> identified the address as 99 Ryerson Street, which still stands.<ref name="twnchsr"/>

In the 1860s, after the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Clinton Hill was developed with row houses,<ref>{{cite news|title=Clinton Hill History Honored|agency=United Press International|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 15, 1985|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/08/15/nyregion/clinton-hill-history-honored.html|access-date=August 22, 2009}}</ref> which dominated the street scene by the 1880s.<ref name=encnyc />  These attracted affluent professionals.<ref name=encnyc />

The area's development continued after [[Charles Pratt]], an oil executive, built a mansion at 232 Clinton Avenue, which is now part of the Brooklyn campus of [[St. Joseph's College (New York)|St. Joseph's College]]'s.  Pratt also built houses there for his sons, which he gave to them as wedding gifts; other mansions followed,<ref name=encnyc /> part of the general migration of merchants from New York City (Manhattan) to Brooklyn,<ref>{{cite gotham}}, p.972</ref> and the area became known as Brooklyn's "Gold Coast".<ref name=nycland /> Pratt founded the [[Pratt Institute]] in 1887, and its campus remains a focus of the neighborhood.<ref name=encnyc />

After the late 1870s, Clinton Hill was one of the stops on the [[Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway]] (BF&CI, now part of the [[BMT Brighton Line|Brighton subway line]]), an excursion line which would bring families from the neighborhood to [[Brighton Beach]] for a day of recreation, and allow them to be home "at a reasonable hour".  Entire families would use the BF&CI to relocate to the newly built Brighton Beach Hotel &ndash; owned by the same men who built the railroad &ndash; for the summer months, while the ''[[paterfamilias]]'' commuted to New York via ferry to work.<ref>{{cite gotham}}, p.1135</ref>

By 1900, apartment buildings were being built on Clinton Avenue, which replaced the mansions there and on Washington Avenue by the 1920s and 40s. In addition some of the remaining mansions were converted into rooming houses in the following decades, and [[urban renewal]], part of [[Robert Moses]]' relentless rebuilding of the city, cleared five blocks south of the Pratt Institute, destroying the brownstones there.  This was followed in the 1970s by the brownstone revival, in which many of the remaining brownstones were restored.<ref name=encnyc /> In the 2000s, the neighborhood became somewhat gentrified, with generally wealthier people moving into the area.<ref>{{cite news|last=Besonen|first=Julie|title=Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, a Neighborhood in Transition|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=December 2, 2015|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/realestate/clinton-hill-brooklyn-a-neighborhood-in-transition.html|access-date=December 3, 2015}}</ref> New construction included an apartment building of [[passive house]] design at 283 Greene Avenue.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://framehome.com/features/|title=Features|website=Frame Home|language=en-US|access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref>

==Demographics==
Based on data from the [[2020 United States census]], the population of Clinton Hill was 28,647, an increase of 19.3% from 24,014 for the same area in 2010.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=New York City Decennial Census Data 2020 |url=https://www.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/office/planning-level/nyc-population/census2020/nyc_decennialcensusdata_2010_2020_change.xlsx?r=3 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226235033/https://www.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/office/planning-level/nyc-population/census2020/nyc_decennialcensusdata_2010_2020_change.xlsx?r=3 |archive-date=February 26, 2023}}</ref>

The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 44.8% [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|White]], 26.4% [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Black]], 9.5% [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Asian]], 5.7% from two or more races, and 1.5% from [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|other races]]. [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Hispanic]] or [[Race and ethnicity in the United States census|Latino]] of any race were 12.1% of the population.<ref name=":0" />

Residents include many "artists, architects, photographers, and craftspeople".  In the 21st century, the neighborhood has experienced a notable increase in population, with increased gentrification and a growing upper-middle-class population.<ref name="encnyc" />

As according to the 2020 census data from [[New York City Department of City Planning]], there were between 10,000 to 19,999 White residents and 5,000 to 9,999 Black residents, meanwhile each the Hispanic and Asian populations were each less than 5,000 residents.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/planning-level/nyc-population/census2020/dcp_2020-census-briefing-booklet-1.pdf|title=Key Population & Housing Characteristics; 2020 Census Results for New York City|publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]]|date=August 2021|access-date=November 7, 2021|pages=21, 25, 29, 33}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Map: Race and ethnicity across the US | website=CNN | date=August 14, 2021 | url=https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2021/us/census-race-ethnicity-map/ | access-date=November 7, 2021}}</ref>

==Landmarks==
The [[Clinton Hill Historic District]] was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1985. The district includes the mansions of Clinton Avenue, built in the 1870s and 1880s. The most prominent of these are linked to [[Charles Pratt]], who built a mansion for himself at 232 Clinton Avenue in 1874, the year his Charles Pratt & Company was acquired by [[Standard Oil]],<ref name="twnchsr"/> and one each as wedding presents for three of his four sons. These four mansions can be seen on Clinton Avenue between DeKalb and Willoughby. The rest of the historic district is noted for its prominent [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]] and [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] rowhouses.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref> The [[Clinton Hill South Historic District]] was listed in 1986.<ref name="nris"/> [[James William Elwell]] built the wood-framed [[Italianate architecture|Italianate]] villa at 70 Lefferts Place that is in the Clinton Hill district. The house is one of the two oldest houses on Lefferts Place and became designated a landmark by the Landmarks Preservation Commission on December 12, 2006.<ref name="Elwell">{{cite web|url=http://s-media.nyc.gov/agencies/lpc/lp/2215.pdf |title=James W. and Lucy S. Elwell House |work= Landmarks Preservation Commission|place=Brooklyn, New York |date= 2006-12-12|access-date=2021-05-20}}</ref>

[[St. Mary's Episcopal Church (New York, New York)|St. Mary's Episcopal Church]] at 220 Classon Avenue in Clinton Hill, built {{circa|1859}}, and the Mechanics Temple, which was built at 67 Putnam Avenue as the [[Lincoln Club]] in 1889, are both part of the historic district.<ref name=encnyc /><ref name=aia /> Other buildings in the Historic District include a [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]] wooden house at 284 Clinton Avenue, built c.1854; an Italianate brick and stone villa dating from {{circa|1850}} at 447 Clinton Avenue, intact runs of mid-19th century rowhouses on Grand Avenue, St. James Place and Cambridge Place as well as on DeKalb Avenue and Waverly Avenue; mansions from the "Gold Coast" era in the 200 to 400 blocks of Clinton Avenue;<ref group=note>At 229, 232, 241, 245, 278, 284, 300, 315, 321, 356, 380, 384, 404 & 406, 405, 410, 415, 443, 447, 457, 463 and 487 Clinton Avenue</ref> and at 367 Washington Avenue; and apartment houses on Clinton Avenue.<ref name=nycland /><ref name=aia>{{cite aia5|pages=644-652}}</ref>

On Lafayette Avenue are both the [[Emmanuel Baptist Church (Brooklyn)|Emmanuel Baptist Church]], completed in 1887, and the Joseph Steele or Steele-Skinner House of 1812. Clinton Avenue contains the [[Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew (Brooklyn, New York)|Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew]], completed in 1891, and the Royal Castle Apartments, completed in 1912.  All are individually landmarked.<ref name=encnyc /><ref name=nycland>{{cite nycland|pages=242-245}}</ref><ref name=aia />

Many of Pratt Institute's buildings are landmarked, or of architectural interest, and St. Joseph's College utilizes several of the former Pratt family mansions on Clinton Avenue.<ref name=aia />

The brick building at 275 Park Avenue was built in the 1890s as a chocolate factory which produced and distributed [[Tootsie Roll]]s throughout the United States. In 2002, the building was converted into loft apartments.<ref>Maurer, Mark. [http://therealdeal.com/2014/09/12/clinton-hill-chocolate-factory-turned-rentals-sells-for-68m/ "Clinton Hill chocolate factory-turned-rentals sells for $68M; HK Organization closes on 184K sf site, which was converted in 2002"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618213110/http://therealdeal.com/2014/09/12/clinton-hill-chocolate-factory-turned-rentals-sells-for-68m/ |date=June 18, 2016 }}, ''[[The Real Deal (magazine)]]'', September 12, 2014. Accessed May 21, 2016. "The 123-unit, seven-story brick property at 255-275 Park Avenue was constructed as a Tootsie Roll factory in 1890s and later converted into lofts in 2002."</ref>

==Education==

=== Institutions ===
[[Pratt Institute]], founded by [[Charles Pratt]] in 1887, is in Clinton Hill. Pratt began as an [[engineering]] school, designed to train immigrants in then-novel sciences.<ref name="twnchsr"/> Today the school has programs in architecture, graphic design, interior design, and industrial design.<ref>{{Cite web|publisher=Pratt Institute|title=Academics|url=https://www.pratt.edu/academics/|access-date=February 2, 2021|website=www.pratt.edu}}</ref>

The Brooklyn campus of [[St. Joseph's College (New York)|St. Joseph's College]] is in Clinton Hill.<ref>[http://www.sjcny.edu/brooklyn/student-life/clinton-hill Clinton Hill Campus] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630112717/http://www.sjcny.edu/brooklyn/student-life/clinton-hill |date=June 30, 2016 }}, [[St. Joseph's College (New York)]]. Accessed May 21, 2016. "St. Joseph’s Brooklyn Campus is in the heart of the historic Clinton Hill section of Brooklyn, one of the trendiest fusion neighborhoods outside of Manhattan."</ref>

By 2021 the interim location of the [[German School of Brooklyn]] (GSB) was the former Coop School in the [[Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn|Bedford Stuyvesant]] and Clinton Hill area.<!--From the COVID-19 popup before the main page--> In 2021 the school moved all levels to its permanent site at 9 Hanover Place in [[Downtown Brooklyn]].<!--From the permanent campus announcement--><ref>{{cite web|url=http://germanschoolbrooklyn.org/|title=Home|publisher=German School Brooklyn|accessdate=2021-07-30}}</ref>

=== Library ===
The [[Brooklyn Public Library]] (BPL)'s Clinton Hill branch is located at 380 Washington Avenue near Lafayette Avenue. It opened in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bklynlibrary.org/locations/clinton-hill|title=Clinton Hill Library|date=August 19, 2011|website=Brooklyn Public Library|access-date=February 21, 2019}}</ref>

== Transportation ==
[[File:Clinton Washington Crosstown 3 vc.jpg|thumb|The [[Clinton–Washington Avenues station (IND Crosstown Line)|Clinton–Washington Avenues station]] on the [[IND Crosstown Line]]]]
Clinton Hill is served by the [[New York City Subway]]'s [[IND Fulton Street Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Fulton}}), with a stop at [[Clinton–Washington Avenues (IND Fulton Street Line)|Clinton–Washington Avenues]] station, as well as the [[IND Crosstown Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Crosstown}}), with stops at [[Classon Avenue (IND Crosstown Line)|Classon Avenue]] and [[Clinton–Washington Avenues (IND Crosstown Line)|Clinton–Washington Avenues]]. Several [[New York City Transit buses|New York City Transit]] local bus routes provide service to the neighborhood, including the {{NYC bus link|B25|B26|B38|B45|B48|B52|B54|B57|B62|B69}}. Starting in the 1880s, the [[BMT Myrtle Avenue Line|Myrtle Avenue]] and [[BMT Lexington Avenue Line|Lexington Avenue]] elevated lines served the area. The Lexington Avenue line followed Grand Avenue south from Myrtle. The last train on the Lexington Avenue line ran on October 13, 1950; dismantling of the elevated tracks began on November 1.<ref name="twnchsr"/>

Clinton Hill is served by [[NYC Ferry]]'s Astoria route, which stops at the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]].<ref name="astoria">{{Cite web|url=https://www.ferry.nyc/routes-and-schedules/route/astoria/|title=Routes and Schedules: Astoria|publisher=NYC Ferry}}</ref> The Brooklyn Navy Yard stop opened on May 20, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|last=Plitt|first=Amy|title=NYC Ferry's Brooklyn Navy Yard stop debuts today|website=Curbed NY|date=May 20, 2019|url=https://ny.curbed.com/2019/5/20/18632358/nyc-ferry-brooklyn-navy-yard-new-stop|access-date=May 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=NYC Ferry adds Brooklyn Navy Yard stop to route|website=News 12 Brooklyn|date=May 20, 2019|url=http://brooklyn.news12.com/story/40501333/nyc-ferry-adds-brooklyn-navy-yard-stop-to-route|access-date=May 20, 2019}}</ref>

== Notable residents ==
Notable residents over the years have included:
[[File:Walt Whitman - George Collins Cox.jpg|thumb|180px|[[Walt Whitman]]]]
* [[Asa Akira]] (born 1985), pornographic actress and adult film director<ref>Cohen, Susannah. [https://nypost.com/2014/04/26/how-a-manhattan-prep-school-kid-became-a-millionaire-porn-star/ "From prep-school kid to millionaire porn star"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225231327/https://nypost.com/2014/04/26/how-a-manhattan-prep-school-kid-became-a-millionaire-porn-star/ |date=December 25, 2018 }}, ''[[New York Post]]'', April 26, 2014. Accessed May 21, 2016. "Akira was 13 when her family moved back stateside to Downtown Brooklyn and later Clinton Hill."</ref>
* [[Ted Allen]] (born 1965), writer and television personality<ref>{{cite web |author=<!--not stated--> |title=Queer Eye's Ted Allen Buys Clinton Hill Brownstone |website=mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com |date=2007-04-11 |url=https://mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2007/04/queer-eyes-ted-allen-buys-clinton-hill.html |access-date=2015-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006031422/http://mcbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2007/04/queer-eyes-ted-allen-buys-clinton-hill.html |archive-date=2011-10-06 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Lester Bowie]] (1941–1999), avant-garde jazz (trumpet) musician owned Victorian-style home at 207 Washington Avenue for 20 years until his death in 1999{{citation needed|date=May 2016}}
* [[Jay Critch]] (born 1997), rapper<ref>{{cite web |first=Alphonse |last=Pierre |title=Jay Critch is the new New York |work=[[The Fader]] |date=2018-03-02 |url=https://www.thefader.com/2018/03/02/jay-crtich-did-it-again-fashion-interview |access-date=2019-09-22 |quote=In the last year, the Clinton Hill native has... |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029174804/https://www.thefader.com/2018/03/02/jay-crtich-did-it-again-fashion-interview |archive-date=2021-10-29 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Carmen Ejogo]] (born 1973), actress and singer<ref name="mlive">{{cite news |first=Marcus |last=Franklin |title=Much change in Biggie Smalls' neighborhood |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=[[mlive.com]] |date=2009-01-17 |url=http://www.mlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2009/01/much_change_in_biggie_smalls_n.html |access-date=2015-08-16 |quote=Current residents include actor Jeffrey Wright and his wife, actress Carmen Ejogo; actor Malik Yoba; actress Rosie Perez; rapper-actor Mos Def; and rapper Talib Kweli. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018205643/http://www.mlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2009/01/much_change_in_biggie_smalls_n.html |archive-date=2015-10-18 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Charles F. Erhart]] (1821–1891), businessman who co-founded [[Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc.]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lasky|first=Julie|date=June 8, 2018|title=Clinton Hill Mansion With a Rock 'n' Roll History|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/08/realestate/clinton-hill-pfizer-mansion.html|access-date=December 15, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
* [[James William Elwell]] (1820–1899), shipping merchant and philanthropist who founded [[James William Elwell#James W. Elwell and Co.| James W. Elwell & Co.]], and built the historic house at 70 Lefferts Place.<ref name="Elwell"/>
<!-- Alphabetized in his article as "Friend, Kota the" -->* [[Kota the Friend|KOTA the Friend]] (born 1992), hip hop artist and producer who mentions Clinton Hill in some of his songs<ref>Blint-Welsh, Tyler. [https://www.wsj.com/articles/take-a-break-with-kota-the-friend-11593443712 "KOTA the Friend Loves ‘Ramy,’ Jay Z and Hanging in the Park"], ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', June 29, 2020. Accessed January 16, 2023. "...stems in large part from his childhood ... in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn."</ref>
* [[Adrian Grenier]] (born 1976), actor<ref>Schuster, Dana. [https://nypost.com/2013/01/27/wanna-be-in-my-gang/ "Wanna be in my gang?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124001/https://nypost.com/2013/01/27/wanna-be-in-my-gang/ |date=February 9, 2019 }}, ''[[New York Post]]'', January 27, 2013. Accessed August 16, 2015. "Before you enter ''Entourage'' star Adrian Grenier’s Clinton Hill Victorian townhouse..."</ref>
* [[Lev Grossman]] (born 1969), novelist and journalist<ref>Hartocollis, Anemona. [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/nyregion/at-westbeth-artist-tenants-are-reluctant-to-leave.html "An Enclave of Artists, Reluctant to Leave"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', November 21, 2011. Accessed December 6, 2022. "Lev Grossman... His neighborhood in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, is filled with artists"</ref>
* [[Heems]] (stage name of Himanshu Suri), rapper<ref>Tempey, Nathan. [http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/36/45/24-drug-dealing-book-2013-11-15-bk_36_45.html "Smoke this book"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160514151608/http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/36/45/24-drug-dealing-book-2013-11-15-bk_36_45.html |date=May 14, 2016 }}, ''[[The Brooklyn Paper]]'', November 11, 2013. Accessed May 21, 2016. "Clinton Hill rapper Heems..."</ref>
* [[Tehching Hsieh]] (born 1950), performance artist<ref>Sontag, Deborah. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/arts/design/01sont.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 "A Caged Man Breaks Out at Last "] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150217221458/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/arts/design/01sont.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 |date=February 17, 2015 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', February 25, 2009. Accessed August 16, 2015. "... bought and renovated the loft in Clinton Hill..."</ref>
* [[Letitia James]] (born 1958), incumbent [[Attorney General of New York]]
* [[Talib Kweli]] (born 1975), rapper<ref name=mlive/>
* [[Mos Def]] (born 1973), rapper/actor<ref name="BiggieSmalls"/>
* [[The Notorious B.I.G.]] (1972–1997), rapper, grew up on 226 St. James Place, near the [[Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn|Bedford–Stuyvesant]] border;<ref name="BiggieSmalls"/> the address was then regarded as part of Bedford–Stuyvesant<ref>[http://bed-stuy.patch.com/groups/real-estate/p/biggie-s-one-room-shack-in-bed-stuy-now-up-for-sale Morris, C. Zawadi, ''Biggie's 'One-Room Shack' in Bed-Stuy Now up for Sale'', in ''Bed-Stuy Patch'', April 3, 2013, 12:26 p.m.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203032027/http://bed-stuy.patch.com/groups/real-estate/p/biggie-s-one-room-shack-in-bed-stuy-now-up-for-sale |date=December 3, 2013 }}, as accessed December 10, 2013.</ref>
* [[David Paterson]] (born 1954), former New York Governor<ref>{{cite web|title=Back in the U-S-S-Yards|url=http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2010/03/11/liveblogging_the_barclays_center_groundbreaking.php|date=March 11, 2010|work=Curbed.com|access-date=March 16, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Rosie Perez]] (born 1964), actress<ref name="BiggieSmalls">{{cite news |last=Franklin |first=Marcus |title=Much change in Biggie Smalls'neighborhood |agency=[[Associated Press]] |work=The Times Herald |date=January 18, 2009 |url=http://www.timesherald.com/articles/2009/01/18/entertainment/doc49736c2856c3f532097714.txt |access-date=August 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305122106/http://www.timesherald.com/articles/2009/01/18/entertainment/doc49736c2856c3f532097714.txt |archive-date=March 5, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Mary Pinkett]] ({{circa|1931}}–2003), first black New York City councilwoman, she served 28 years from 1974 until 2001 when she was term-limited out of office<ref>Tavernise, Sabrina. [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/05/business/mary-pinkett-first-black-councilwoman-72.html "Mary Pinkett, First Black Councilwoman, 72"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171226152734/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/05/business/mary-pinkett-first-black-councilwoman-72.html |date=December 26, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 5, 2003. Accessed October 25, 2017. "Mrs. Pinkett, whose maiden name was Glover, lived her entire life in Brooklyn. She spent her childhood in Crown Heights, attended Brooklyn College and later moved to Clinton Hill."</ref>
* [[Antoni Porowski]] (born 1984), chef, actor, and television personality, lived in a studio with former partner, Joey Krietemeyer, that has been featured in interior design magazines<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/joey-house-tour-192227|title=Joey and Antoni's Brooklyn Charmer|first=Liana|last=Hayles Newton|publisher=Apartment Therapy|date=December 13, 2015|access-date=March 7, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.houzz.co.uk/ideabooks/48788889/list/my-houzz-rich-timber-and-warm-metals-transform-a-brooklyn-apartment|title=Rich Timber and Warm Metals Transform a Brooklyn Apartment|first=Elaine|last=Musiwa|publisher=Houzz|date=May 21, 2015|access-date=March 7, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Susan Sarandon]] (born 1946), actress, lives in a home described as "aesthetically ironic"<ref>Hogarty, Dave. [http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/01/31/third_homes_a_hideous_charm_for_susan_sarandon_in_brooklyn.php "Third Home's a Hideous Charm for Susan Sarandon in Brooklyn"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120613013506/http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2012/01/31/third_homes_a_hideous_charm_for_susan_sarandon_in_brooklyn.php |date=June 13, 2012 }}, Curbed, January 31, 2012. Accessed August 16, 2015. "Susan Sarandon's... most recent real estate purchase ... 334 Grand Avenue in Clinton Hill"</ref>
* [[Danny Simmons]], artist<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.corridorgallerybrooklyn.org/ |title=Rush Arts Corridor Gallery |access-date=March 16, 2012 |archive-date=February 8, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208050536/http://www.corridorgallerybrooklyn.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Patti Smith]] and [[Robert Mapplethorpe]] shared an apartment on Hall Street in 1967, after they first met<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122582840|title=Patti Smith Remembers Life With Mapplethorpe|website=NPR.org |access-date=July 11, 2010}}</ref>
* [[Barbara Stanwyck]] (1907–1990), actress, model and dancer, was born at 246 Classon Avenue<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/barbarastanwyckm00call|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/barbarastanwyckm00call/page/5 5]|quote=barbara stanwyck 246 classon.|title=Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=9781617031847|last1=Callahan|first1=Dan|date=February 3, 2012}}</ref>
* [[Jason Sudeikis]] (born 1975), actor and comedian<ref name=AD2018>Chen, Joyce. [https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/olivia-wilde-and-jason-sudeikiss-former-home-is-now-up-for-rent-at-dollar13500-a-month "Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis’s Former Home Is Now Up for Rent at $13,500 per Month"], ''[[Architectural Digest]]'', March 22, 2018. Accessed July 23, 2023. "Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis... upgraded in early 2016 to a more spacious 6,300-square-foot mansion in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill neighborhood..."</ref>
*[[Conrad Tillard]] (born 1964), politician, Baptist minister, radio host, author, and civil rights activist
* [[John Thomas Underwood]] (1857–1937), entrepreneur and inventor who founded the [[Underwood Typewriter Company]]<ref>[https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/underwood-park Underwood Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160603195548/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/underwood-park |date=June 3, 2016 }}, [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]. Accessed May 21, 2016. "This park, located in the Clinton Hill Historic District, was the site of the mansion of typewriter manufacturer John Thomas Underwood (1857–1937)."</ref>
* [[Walt Whitman]] (1819–1892), poet and editor of the ''[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]'' from 1846 to 1848, who lived at 99 Ryerson Street while working on ''[[Leaves of Grass]]''<ref>{{cite news |last=Rubinstein |first=Dana |title=Putting Walt in a time vault |work=[[The Brooklyn Paper]] |date=March 10, 2007|url=http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/10/30_10waltwhitman.html |access-date=August 22, 2009}}</ref>
* [[Olivia Wilde]] (born 1984), actress.<ref name=AD2018/> Lived in Clinton Hill from 2014 to 2019.
* [[Jessica Williams (actress)|Jessica Williams]] (born 1989), actress and comedian<ref>Mooney, Kate. [https://www.metro.us/entertainment/movies/jessica-williams-incredible-jessica-james "Jessica Williams on dating: 'There's no wrong way to eat a Reese's'; The 27-year-old comedian talks her starring role in the film "The Incredible Jessica James," out this Friday on Netflix."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104162207/https://www.metro.us/entertainment/movies/jessica-williams-incredible-jessica-james |date=January 4, 2018 }}, ''[[Metro (U.S. newspaper)|Metro]]'', July 25, 2017. Accessed September 22, 2019. "The Clinton Hill resident talks joking with Robinson about dating white baes, that time she got to kick it with J. K. Rowling, and how there’s always room for another Brooklyn story."</ref>
* [[Jeffrey Wright]] (born 1965), actor<ref name="mlive"/>
* [[Bowen Yang]] (born 1990), comedian on ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''<ref>[[Maureen Dowd|Dowd, Maureen]]. [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/25/style/bowen-yang-snl.html "Bowen Yang of ''S.N.L.'' Is a Smash. And a Mensch."], ''[[The New York Times]]'', January 25, 2020. Accessed December 6, 2022. "Mr. Yang... has moved into a one-bedroom apartment in a doorman building in the Clinton Hill neighborhood..."</ref>
* [[Malik Yoba]] (born 1967), actor<ref name=mlive/>

== Gallery ==
<gallery class="center" widths="225px" heights="235px">
File:200 Lafayette Avenue Joseph Steele House from front.jpg|200 Lafayette Avenue, Joseph Steel or Steele-Skinner House<br>(1812)
File:447 Clinton Avenue.jpg|447 Clinton Avenue, originally the David Burdette House, later the Galilee Baptist Church<br>({{circa|1850}})
File:284 Clinton Avenue William W. Crane House.jpg|William W. Crane House, 284 Clinton Avenue<br>(Field & Correja, {{circa|1854}})
File:Mary CoE Classon Av fr Willoughby Noon jeh.jpg|[[St. Mary's Episcopal Church (Brooklyn)|St. Mary's Episcopal Church]]<br>(Richard T. Auchmuty, {{circa|1859}})
File:Emmanuel Baptist SE sun jeh.jpg|[[Emmanuel Baptist Church (Brooklyn)|Emmanuel Baptist Church]]<br>(1887)
File:Lincoln Club Mechanics Temple jeh.jpg|[[Lincoln Club|Mechanics Temple]], originally the Lincoln Club, at 67 Putnam Avenue<br>([[Rudolph L. Daus]], 1889)
File:Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew from north.jpg|[[Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew (Brooklyn, New York)|Church of St. Luke and St. Matthew]]<br>(John Welch, 1891)
File:Royal Castle Apartments 26 Gates Avenue from east.jpg|Royal Castle Apartments, 20 Gates Avenue<br>(Wortmann & Braun, 1912)
</gallery>

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