![boerum hill - living room with fireplace, ceiling medallion and wood floor](https://www.brownstoner.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/boerum-hill-262-bergen-street-2f-compass-2024-living.png)
Boerum Hill
With the bustling Atlantic Avenue and quirky Smith Street as commercial districts and a swath of historic rowhouses — many brownstones — for residential stock, Boerum Hill is a culmination of well-known Brooklyn elements. Indie shops are peppered in with international corporations on low-lying, landmarked streets that young families and longtime residents peruse on foot or pedal. The area has housed a variety of celebrities, from Jean-Michel Basquiat and Heath Ledger to Jonathan Lethem, who set his novel Motherless Brooklyn in the neighborhood.
![people walking by a brick fires station](https://www.brownstoner.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/boerum-hill-neighborhood-page-brownstoner-2023-sdevries-2-1.jpg)
Find Homes
Boerum Hill