Dąbrówka, Warsaw

This article is about the neighbourhood in the city of Warsaw, Poland. For other uses, see Dąbrówka (disambiguation).
Dąbrówka
Administrative neighbourhood
(City Information System area)
The houses near Puławska Street.
Location of Dąbrówka within Ursynów.
Coordinates: 52°06′31″N 21°01′34″E / 52.10861°N 21.02611°E / 52.10861; 21.02611
Country Poland
VoivodeshipMasovian
City and countyWarsaw
DistrictUrsynów
Area
 • Total
1.74 km2 (0.67 sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Dąbrówka (Polish: [dɔmˈbruf.ka]) is an administrative neighbourhood, and a City Information System area, in Warsaw, Poland, within the Ursynów district. It is a residential 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.

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