Dąbrówka, Warsaw

Dąbrówka is a municipal neighbourhood, and a City Information System area, in Warsaw, Poland, within the district of Ursynów. It is a residencial area, consisting of single-family housing.

The oldest known records of Dąbrówka come from 1422, when it was a small farming community. In 1898, in there were opened the Warszawa Dąbrówka Wąskotorowa narrow-gauge railway station operated by the Grójec Commuter Railway, and Stanisław Rostkowski's brick factory In the 1910s, in the area Rostkowski also founded a small settlement for his employees. Dąbrówka was incorporated into Warsaw in 1951.

History
The oldest known records of Dąbrówka come from 1422, when it was a farming community, and a village inhabited by the petty nobility.

In 1898, there was opened the Warszawa Dąbrówka Wąskotorowa narrow-gauge railway station operated by the Grójec Commuter Railway. It was part of the railway line between stations of Warszawa Mokotów and Nowe Miasto nad Pilicą. The station operated until 31 July 1971. It was located at Puławska Street, near current crossing with Jagielska Street.

On 24 June 1898, businessperson Stanisław Rostkowski opened a brick factory in Dąbrówka, which used nearby railway to export its products. In the 1910s, in the area Rostkowski also founded a small settlement for his employees, and a small primary school. The brickworks industry left behind numerous clay pits in the area, where were flooded, forming ponds, including: Głęboki Staw, Krzewiny, Glinianki pod Lasem, and Lipków Pond.

On 14 May 1951, Dąbrówka was incorporated into the city of Warsaw.

In 1996 was established the municipal neighbourhood of Dąbrówka, as a subdivision of the municipality of Warsaw-Ursynów, which was replaced by the city district of Ursynów in 2002. The neighbourhood status was reconfirmed in 2013. It is governed by an elected neighbourhood council. In 1998, the district of Ursynów was subdivided into the areas of the City Information System, with Dąbrówka being one of them, with the same boundaries as the municipal neighbourhood.

Characteristics
Dąbrówka is a municipal neighbourhood, and an area of the City Information System, located in the central south portion of the district of Ursynów. It has total area of 1.74 km2 (0.672 sq mi), and is governed by a neighbourhood council, consisting of 9 elected officials. It is a residencial area consisting of single-family housing.

In Dąbrówka are located several manmade lakes, those being: Głęboki Staw, Glinianki pod Lasem, Krzewiny, and Lipków Pond.

Location and administrative boundaries
Pyry is a municipal neighbourhood, and a City Information System area in Warsaw, located within the south-central portion of the district of Ursynów. To the north, its boundary is determined by the Baletowa Street, Puławska Street, Puławskska Street, and the parcels adjusted to the southern part of Tukana Street; to the north-east, by Kabaty Woods Nature Reserve; to the south by Kuropatwy Street, and the district border; and to the west, by Puławska Street, Karczunkowska Street, Sarabandy Street, Klarnecistów Street, and Farbiarska Street.

The City Information System area borders Jeziorki Północne to the northwest, Pyry to the north, the Kabaty Woods Nature Reserve to the east, municipalities of Lesznowola, Piaseczno, and Konstancin-Jeziorna in Piaseczno County to the south, and Jeziorki Południowe to the south. The municipal neighbourhood of Dąbrówka additionally borders neighbourhoods of Pyry, and Jeziorki.