Cypress Hills

Understanding Cypress Hills

The 2024 City Planning review describes Fulton Street’s mixed residential and commercial character and a local development organization formed in 1983. It identifies the parks and cemeteries as neighboring cultural draws. The commercial district’s legal limits do not define all Cypress Hills.

Arlington Library began as the East Branch in a rented Pennsylvania Avenue room in 1899. Its 1906 Carnegie building gave the institution a much larger classical home on a residential street. The branch’s institutional name and its operator’s East New York description coexist with this mapped Cypress Hills location.

Places to explore

• Fulton Street corridor

  Van Siclen Avenue to Eldert Lane area

  The mixed-use blocks put homes above neighborhood commerce. Choose a particular business from current operator information; the assessment’s old business inventory is not a current recommendation list.

• Arlington Library

  203 Arlington Avenue at Warwick Street

  The classical Carnegie building gives Arlington Avenue a civic landmark distinct from Fulton Street’s mixed-use blocks.

• Nearby Highland Park

  Separate park map area north of the residential streets

  City Planning identifies Highland Park as a nearby draw. Select its own park map area and current Parks entrance information; a Cypress Hills neighborhood pin does not establish a park entrance or open facility.

Planning a visit

The Fulton Street planning review identifies J/Z stations at Van Siclen, Norwood and Crescent. Arlington Library lists the J and Q24/Q56 buses. Confirm current service for the chosen address.

Arlington’s operator lists the building as fully accessible. That rating does not establish access during the separately stated closure. No checked park entrance or general cemetery opening is established.