Williamsburg (Broadway)

The Broadway area of Williamsburg is a mix of young artists and entrepreneurs, as well as older residents, each with different cultural heritages and lifestyles. No longer up and coming, this vibrant section of Brooklyn has arrived and flourishes today.  Brooklyn's Broadway, formerly the main drag in Williamsburg, is surrounded by a neighborhood of mixed-use housing, boutique retail businesses, and newly relocated commercial businesses. Williamsburg, which originally had an "h" at the end - dropped in 1855 - was originally a part of neighboring Bushwick, but became incorporated as a village in 1827, graduated to city status by the 1850s, and then became part of Brooklyn.