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Mark Kosin

Celebrating Jackie Robinson’s Legacy At The Brooklyn Historical Society

(Photo by Mark Kosin)This past Saturday marked the 70th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball. Players and teams from around the league honored the venerable ballplayer by wearing number 42 and the Los Angeles Dodgers unveiled a dramatic new statue of Robinson [http:

Fresh Air + High Society: Easter Week In Brooklyn 100 Years Ago

(Via Harpers Young People archives, Aug 22, 1882)It’s fair to say generosity is not a trait lacking in most Brooklynites — you usually can’t go too far through a page of BKLYNER posts without learning about the latest bit of community engagement in your neighborhood. And some things

History Through The Eyes Of Lewis H. Pounds, The Man Who Built Ditmas Park

Lewis H. Pounds. (Photo courtesy: Port of New York Publicity Company [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_H._Pounds#/media/File:Lewis_H._Pounds.jpg], “The Port of New York Harbor and Marine Review”)Lewis H. Pounds might have chuckled to himself as he rose to commence the evening’s

A Fantastical Stroll Through Ditmas Park With Namesake Jan Jansz van Ditmarsen

Cortelyou road circa 1916, still two full centuries after Ditmarsen’s day. (Photo courtesy Brooklyn Historical Society [http://www.brooklynhistory.org/blog/2014/10/01/photo-of-the-week-transformation-discovery/] )You wait for him at the corner of Cortelyou and 16th Street— a timeless, local rendezvous spot to meet anyone. But this isn’t