South Brooklyn is an "obsolete and imprecise" historic term for a section of the former
City of Brooklyn – now the
New York City borough of
Brooklyn – encompassing what are now the
Boerum Hill,
Carroll Gardens,
Cobble Hill,
Gowanus,
Park Slope and
Red Hook neighborhoods. It was named for its location, south of the original
Village of Brooklyn. It should not be confused with the geographic southern region of the modern borough of Brooklyn, which includes the neighborhoods of
Gravesend,
Sheepshead Bay,
Gerritsen Beach,
Seagate,
Coney Island,
Brighton Beach, and
Manhattan Beach.