Cobble Hill, New York
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the borough of Brooklyn. It lies in ZIP code area 11201. The Survey maps it on the Brooklyn quadrangle.
Then and now
1889 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 106 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Cobble Hill
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 12 of 23 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Brooklyn Historical SocietyNational Historic Landmark · listed 1991 · 0.6 miles away
Brooklyn Heights Historic DistrictNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.6 miles away
Cobble Hill Historic Districtlisted 1976 · 0.3 miles away
Atlantic Avenue Tunnellisted 1989 · 0.3 miles away
South Congregational Churchlisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
John Rankin Houselisted 1978 · 0.4 miles away
Friends Meetinghouse and Schoollisted 1982 · 0.5 miles away
Borough Hall Subway Station (IRT)listed 2004 · 0.5 miles away
Brooklyn Borough Halllisted 1980 · 0.6 miles away
State Street Houseslisted 1980 · 0.6 miles away
Holy Trinity Church (Protestant Episcopal)listed 1987 · 0.6 miles away
Gage and Tollner Restaurantlisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 37 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1889 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500
- 1891 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1898 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1947 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Brooklyn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1,335 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,335 fires within 5 miles of Cobble Hill between 2002 and 2020, burning about 370 acres in total. 80 started naturally. 114 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 875 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 114 |
| Natural | 80 |
| Smoking | 79 |
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 47 |
| Fireworks | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2014 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cobble Hill: 5 unknowns, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Graphite, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49th St & 1st Ave Beryl Deposit | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| Dixon Crucible/ Jersey City, N.J. | Graphite | Unknown | ||
| General Metallic Oxides/Jersey City | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Manhattan Island Occurrence | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| 2nd St & 4th Ave Siderite Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| D Smith Steel/ Brooklyn, N.Y. | Iron | Unknown | ||
| N L Industries/ Brooklyn. N.Y. | Lead | Unknown | ||
| Roosevelt Metal/ Brooklyn, N.Y. | Lead | Unknown |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Brooklyn | 0.3 miles | 37 | |
| Brooklyn Heights | 0.6 miles | 37 | |
| Wyckoff Gardens | 0.8 miles | 37 | |
| Red Hook | 1.1 miles | 40 | |
| Vinegar Hill | 1.3 miles | 37 | |
| Park Slope | 1.4 miles | 37 | |
| Fort Greene | 1.7 miles | 37 | |
| Clinton Hill | 1.7 miles | 37 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2081406. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.















