Ephemeral New York has a piece on the mysterious death of one of the most
prolific builders of 19th Century Gotham, Calvert Vaux. Vaux met his demise
right here in Bensonhurst, in the same body of water another untimely death
occurred [/man-drowns-in-gravesend-bay-trying-to-retrieve-ball/] over the
weekend.
Calvert Vaux, who, along with