Brooklyn Collection

Feb

14

New Archive of Brooklyn High School Newspapers Feature Young Bernie Sanders and Shirley Chisholm

A photo of Bernie Sanders with his high school track team in a December, 1958 issue of James Madison High

Feb 14, 2020

2 min read

Dec

17

Larry Racioppo’s Photographs Document Decades Of Change In Brooklyn

PARK SLOPE/SUNSET PARK – Photographer Larry Racioppo [http://larryracioppo.com/index.html] loves his native Brooklyn and has made it

Dec 17, 2018

10 min read

Oct

11

Name The Brooklyn Public Library Eagle

PROSPECT HEIGHTS – The eagle has landed—permanently, one hopes—at the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch [https://www.bklynlibrary.

Oct 11, 2018

2 min read

Nov

25

Throwback Thanksgiving In Brooklyn: Kids On Turkey Day

Over the past few weeks we’ve honored the season by creating thankful trees [/kids/craft-corner-thankful-tree-grows-brooklyn], asking Brooklyn kids to

Nov 25, 2015

2 min read

Aug

14

Flashback Friday: Pie Eating Contest

Photo via Brooklyn Visual Heritage [http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/therell-be-pie-eye-bye-and-bye]This image is from a the Brooklyn-Queens YMC Field Day

Aug 14, 2015

1 min read

May

19

Then & Now: Photographer Documents How Flatbush & New York City Have Changed Over The Past 140 Years

What was Flatbush Avenue like nearly a century and a half ago? What about Prospect Park? Church Avenue? Our neighborhood,

May 19, 2015

2 min read

Jun

27

Photo Flashback: P.S. 107

Not too much has changed in the last 100 years for the exterior of P.S. 107 [http://ps107.org]

Jun 27, 2013

1 min read

May

14

Share Your Hurricane Sandy Stories With Brooklyn Public Library

Whether you watched a tree fall on your home, witnessed the Gowanus creep over its banks, or helped neighbors clean

May 14, 2013

1 min read