Windsor Terrace is a small residential neighborhood in the central part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

[10]: 2–3 Even into the 1960s, Windsor Terrace was an isolated neighborhood with a quiet small-town feel to it, although the construction of the Prospect Expressway brought more through-traffic past the area.

[9][18] During this time, the old square block-sized Pilgrim Laundry, site of an ancient Victorian-era brick edifice at the corner of Prospect Avenue and Terrace Place, was razed and replaced with 17 two-family houses constructed in 1983.

A new, smaller Key Food-owned store called Windsor Farms Market was opened and is currently operating in a portion of the old location.

To become a member, residents must pay a one-time fee and commit to a work requirement, although memberships from other Brooklyn food co-ops are honored.

10th Avenue is also co-named "John P. Devaney Boulevard" in this area[31] after a firefighter who died while trying to rescue residents of a burning Red Hook building in 1989.

[3] Windsor Terrace is home to mainly Irish-, German-, Polish-, and Italian-American families,[38] many having settled in its brick row and wood-frame houses when the neighborhood was first developed.

[10]: 2  The overwhelming majority of residents – many of whom can trace their family histories in Windsor Terrace back multiple generations – are Irish-American.

[20] Windsor Terrace is becoming more ethnically diverse and culturally active, owing to a demographic change since the 1990s, when the area had a more elderly population and not as many families with young children.

A real estate broker who grew up in the area said that in Windsor Terrace, "everybody says hello" to each other,[20] and a real-estate feature in The New York Times stated that "residents look out for one another at all hours of the day.

[20] The commercial streets are also lined with new "coffee shops, yoga studios and vegetarian restaurants" that have popped up since the area's gentrification.

[19] Brooklyn Fire Department Engine 40 was created with that number on January 20, 1896,[19] moving into a firehouse at 1307-1309 Prospect Avenue (which is now a city landmark).

[65] There is also another public school nearby, PS 295 on 18th Street in Park Slope, to accommodate extra students from Windsor Terrace.

[73] The Brooklyn Public Library's Windsor Terrace branch is located at East 5th Street at Fort Hamilton Parkway.

It began as a "deposit station" with a small collection in 1922, but after 1940, service was intermittent after the library moved to a makeshift structure created out of two old streetcars.

[77] Windsor Terrace is served by the New York City Subway's 15th Street–Prospect Park and Fort Hamilton Parkway stations on the IND Culver Line (now carrying the F and ​G trains).

[83] As elsewhere in Brooklyn, trolley service, operated by the BMT's rapid transit arm, ran in the neighborhood well into the 1950s and early '60s.

Its name commemorates local residents, Emil Bartel and William Pritchard, who died during World War I while in combat.

[90] A black granite monument in the center of the circle—installed in 1965 as a result of a donation by the Patrick J. Devaney Post #964, VFW of the U.S.—memorializes all of the locals who have died in war.

[31][91] One side has the inscription "In memory of the men / of this community who / have given their lives / In wartime service/ to their country / Erected by / Patrick J. Devaney Post #964 / V.F.W.

The pillars, which are based on an acanthus column in Delphi with sculptures on top, were unveiled in 1906, shortly after White had died.

[89] Since at least 1908, Windsor Terrace has had its own movie theater since the Marathon Theatre opened at present-day 188 Prospect Park W in 1908.

[98] Farrell's Bar & Grill, at 16th Street and Prospect Park W, is a noted community institution that has been continuously run by three owners since 1933.

[9][99] Famous among the fire and police officers who live in the community,[99] it is said to be one of the first bars in New York City to get its liquor license at the end of Prohibition.

[11] Farrell's, which known for being open every day from 10 a.m. to 3 a.m., was closed for a nine-day renovation in 2006, marking the bar's longest duration of closure since Prohibition ended.

[29] The 143.7-foot (43.8 m) bridge[101] was built by 1903 at a cost of $22,000,[102] and is supported by underpinning since the IND subway runs under Prospect Avenue at this point.

[29] Several notable Windsor Terrace residents are in the field of entertainment and media, including the actress Debi Mazar and her chef husband, Gabriele Corcos.

[107] Actress, comedian, writer, and producer Mindy Kaling lived in Windsor Terrace when she wrote her award-winning play Matt & Ben with then-roommate Brenda Withers.

[108] George Motz, described as "America's hamburger expert" and the host of the television series Burger Land, lives in Windsor Terrace.

It is believed Asimov wrote his famous short story Nightfall in his bedroom in the family home across the street.