Mapleton, Brooklyn
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Mapleton is a neighborhood in Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...

, New York City
New York City
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. Mapleton is sometimes mixed up with Bensonhurst or Borough Park  According to the website of Public School 48, The Mapleton School, the area was originally part of Borough Park
Borough Park, Brooklyn
Borough Park , is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City in the United States....

 and developed around 1913-1919. It is located between the neighborhoods of Borough Park, Bensonhurst and Dyker Heights
Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
Dyker Heights is a residential neighborhood in the southwest corner of the Borough of Brooklyn in New York City, USA. It is sandwiched among Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, and Gravesend Bay. According to the Post Office, Dyker Heights is bounded to the west by Interstate 278, to the north by Bay Ridge...

 and is bounded by 16th Avenue on the West, Dahill Road on the East, 57th Street on the North and 65th Street on the South. The Mapleton School is located at 18th Avenue and 60th Street, and the Brooklyn Public Library has a Mapleton Branch at 17th Avenue and 60th Street.

Mapelton Oval at Mapleton Park was an early baseball field and home to early neighborhood league play. The neighborhood of Mapleton was sometimes known as Mapleton Park.

Washington Cemetery

Mapleton contains Washington Cemetery, the largest inhabited Jewish cemetery in New York. Many Orthodox Jews are buried there, as are many prominent people. The cemetery is located on Bay Parkway and stretches from 59th Street to East 3rd Street
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