Gowanus, Brooklyn
（重定向自Gowanus）
![The former Power House (locally nicknamed](/Images/godic/202501/16/Old_Gowanus_Power_House3028.jpg")
![View of the house of Simon Aertsen De Hart, still standing on Gowanus Bay in 1867](/Images/godic/202501/16/Simon_De_Hart_House_Gowanus3028.jpeg")
![Carroll Street Bridge](/Images/godic/202501/16/Carroll_St_Bridge_jeh3028.JPG")
Gowanus (/ɡəˈwɑːnəs/ gə-WAH-nəs) is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, within the South Brooklyn area. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 6. Gowanus is bounded by Wyckoff Street on the north, Fourth Avenue on the east, the Gowanus Expressway to the south, and Smith and Hoyt Streets to the west.