Food & Drink
Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope Stoop“Here’s the legend,” says Joe Komforti, owner of the newly opened La Cerveteca Cafe and Juice Bar [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100013245005816&fref=ts] (641 President Street between 4th and 5th Avenues). “Al Capone was slashed in the
Education
Photo by Timothy Caldwell [https://www.flickr.com/photos/shitebot/3316691870/] This is the second in a series of articles by Park Slope Stoop documenting the Bridging Gowanus open houses which are taking place in August and September 2016. Read our previous series article here [/blog/development/getting-gowanus-right-bridging-gowanus-kicks-off-series-of-public-conversations/] . On Friday,
fort greene
Myrtle and North Portland Avenues, 1941Want to know how Fort Greene and Clinton Hill looked in the 1920s and 40s? Browse through theOldNYC map [https://www.oldnyc.org/], a project from The New York Public Library, to catch a glimpse of the past while never leaving your street corner. Developer
Arts & Culture
The Delaware Regiment at the Battle of Brooklyn, also called the Battle of Long Island. (Photo via Wikimedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Island#/media/File:BattleofLongisland.jpg] )On August 27, 1776, British troops advanced towards Brooklyn Heights, where the American soldier encampment was located. For those
Arts & Culture
The Delaware Regiment at the Battle of Brooklyn, also called the Battle of Long Island. (Photo via Wikimedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Island#/media/File:BattleofLongisland.jpg] )On August 27, 1776, British troops advanced towards Brooklyn Heights, where the American soldier encampment was located. For those
Central Brooklyn
The Delaware Regiment at the Battle of Brooklyn, also called the Battle of Long Island. (Photo via Wikimedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Island#/media/File:BattleofLongisland.jpg] )On August 27, 1776, British troops advanced towards Brooklyn Heights, where the American soldier encampment was located. For those
Events
The Delaware Regiment at the Battle of Brooklyn, also called the Battle of Long Island. (Photo via Wikimedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Island#/media/File:BattleofLongisland.jpg] ) On August 27, 1776, British troops advanced towards Brooklyn Heights, where the American soldier encampment was located. For those
Bensonhurst
The Delaware Regiment at the Battle of Brooklyn, also called the Battle of Long Island. (Photo via Wikimedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Island#/media/File:BattleofLongisland.jpg] )On August 27, 1776, British troops advanced towards Brooklyn Heights, where the American soldier encampment was located. For those
Arts & Culture
The Delaware Regiment at the Battle of Brooklyn, also called the Battle of Long Island. (Photo via Wikimedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Long_Island#/media/File:BattleofLongisland.jpg] )On August 27, 1776, British troops advanced towards Brooklyn Heights, where the American soldier encampment was located. For those
Central Brooklyn
Flatbush Avenue at Snyder Avenue, 1932.Just a glimpse of the past can lift us out of our own tiny universes and plunk us right into another century, while never leaving our own street corner. At the end of a busy week, we had a lot of fun sifting through
history
Hotel Brighton hanging over the water before the pull. Courtesy of Brooklyn Historical Society. [http://brooklynhistory.pastperfectonline.com/advancedsearch?advanceSearchActivated=true&firstTimeSearch=true&page=3&search_include_archives=true&search_include_containers=true&search_include_creators=true&search_include_library=true&search_include_
history
2637, 2639 East 19th Street then and now. Historical Photo courtesy of Joseph Ditta.Sheepshead Bay used to be a vacationer’s destination for escaping the brutal city summer heat, according to a series of photos released by Joseph Ditta on Gravesend Gazette. [https://gravesendgazette.com/2016/07/17/summering-in-sheepshead-bay/