Wyckoff Gardens, 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 11217. It lies near Sullivan Hill. 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 Wyckoff Gardens
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 40 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 · 1.0 miles away
Boerum Hill Historic Districtlisted 1983 · 0.3 miles away
Carroll Gardens Historic Districtlisted 1983 · 0.3 miles away
Cuyler Presbyterian Churchlisted 2001 · 0.3 miles away
Atlantic Avenue Control Houselisted 1980 · 0.3 miles away
Baptist Templelisted 1995 · 0.3 miles away
Atlantic Avenue Subway Station (IRT and BMT)listed 2004 · 0.3 miles away
Public Bath No. 7listed 1985 · 0.4 miles away
Brooklyn Academy of Musiclisted 2006 · 0.4 miles away
State Street Houseslisted 1980 · 0.5 miles away
Old Stone House of Brooklyn, Thelisted 2012 · 0.5 miles away
Hanson Place Seventh Day Adventist Churchlisted 1980 · 0.5 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
1,566 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,566 fires within 5 miles of Wyckoff Gardens between 2002 and 2020, burning about 416 acres in total. 100 started naturally. 129 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 | 1049 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 129 |
| Natural | 100 |
| Smoking | 89 |
| Debris and open burning | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 52 |
| Fireworks | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 31 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| 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
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Wyckoff Gardens: 3 unknowns, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Lead, Molybdenum, Beryllium. 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 | ||
| 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 | 0.6 miles | 37 | |
| Cobble Hill | 0.8 miles | 37 | |
| Park Slope | 0.9 miles | 37 | |
| Adelphi | 1.0 miles | 37 | |
| Brooklyn Heights | 1.0 miles | 37 | |
| Clinton Hill | 1.1 miles | 37 | |
| Fort Greene | 1.2 miles | 37 | |
| Vinegar Hill | 1.4 miles | 37 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122594539 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2081508. 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.















