Gerritsen Creek

Gerritsen Creek is a short watercourse in Brooklyn, New York City, that empties into Jamaica Bay.

[4] The creek currently starts near Avenue U, but its original headwaters lay eight streets farther north,[5] in what is now Midwood.

The creek had been truncated to the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Kings Highway by the early 20th century, flowing southeast through the neighborhood of Marine Park.

[7] In recent decades, efforts have been made to restore parts of the creek, particularly the salt marsh near its mouth, to a state closer to its natural one before modern settlement.

Archeological investigation has determined that Native American people started to settle permanently in the creek's watershed as early as 5,000 BCE.