PS 48 is in the Mapleton neighborhood, a section of Borough Park that developed between 1913 and 1919. The community stretches from Sixteenth Avenue on the west to Dahill Road on the east, and from 57th Street on the north to 65th Street on the south. It now encompasses the diverse region between Borough Park and Bensonhurst.
 
 

Before Brooklyn was widely settled, Mapleton was part of the village of New Utrecht. It was a sparsely populated farming area, until the Sea Beach, West End and Culver Subway Lines of the Brooklyn Manhattan Transit (BMT) were modernized in 1919. Small apartment buildings and one family houses built by the firm of New Utrecht Improvement began filling the empty lots.
 
 

Today, our population is a mixture of Italian, Jewish, Asian, Pakistan, Polish, Latino and Arab families. The avenues are home to Mom and Pop stores selling everything. They range from clothing stores to stationary stores, with deli's, bakeries and bagel stores, pizza shops and small restaurants in between.
 
 

One and two family homes, built when the neighborhood was first evolving, fill the tree-lined streets. The "N" train stops on 18th Avenue and 63rd Street and provides easy access to Manhattan where many of our families find employment.