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22: 133:, consisting of the four blocks bounded by Lafayette, Prince George, Boundary, and Nassau Streets. The city's police and fire stations, public library, community building, and Stryker Center for the government all border the neighborhood. 344: 205: 310: 505: 152:, who lived briefly in a cinder-block house owned by her father on Scotland Street, near the top of Peacock Hill. For a time, Peacock Hill housed the 527: 264: 359: 300: 538: 198: 295: 178: 233: 105: 287: 161: 560: 191: 173: 43: 86: 39: 58: 500: 243: 157: 153: 323: 65: 141:
The name "Peacock Hill" can be traced to the 1800s, when a resident of the small hill near Williamsburg's central
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