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The home where General Nathaniel Woodhall died. (Source: ancestry.com)“Say ‘God save the King!'” barked Sir James Baird. “God save us all!” declared the captured American General Nathaniel Woodhull defiantly. “Say, ‘God save the King!'” ordered the British officer again, as he aimed the swift blows of
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Photo via Google Maps [https://www.google.com/maps/place/403+3rd+St,+Brooklyn,+NY+11215/@40.6721254,-73.9818927,3a,75y,123.06h,93.2t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_umP6Nn4hDpkxF0o5bZlkQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c25b01c11abf0f:0xec1921b605288b24!6m1!1e1] If you’re a Park Slope resident, and a
Central Brooklyn
Holy Cross Church, on Church Avenue at East 26th Street, in 1908. Photo: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, via Brooklyn Public Library Brooklyn CollectionThe history of the Irish in Flatbush is a long and rich one. In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we are publishing a lengthy excerpt from the wonderful
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461 15th Street from a photo in the Brooklyn Eagle, July 27, 1915. The sign reads: “This building for rent. COLORED people only. Boarding house preferred. Inquire Hudson Terminal Building, New York, Room 414.” (Via Brooklyn Eagle) Edward Reiss, owner of Marine Wrecking Company — meet Walter Kraslow of Kraslow Construction
Arts & Culture
Image courtesy of Brooklyn Museum [http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/home.php].The Pratt Institute Library was erected in 1896 as the first public library in Brooklyn — as well as the only one for the next 15 years — and has since continued in its mission of providing educational materials to anyone,
Bensonhurst
The B&B Carousell in Coney Island. (Photo: Charley Lhasa [https://www.flickr.com/photos/charleylhasa/9729128502/] / Flickr)Coney Island’s B&B Carousell has been officially added to the National Register of Historic Places, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced Tuesday. The recognition allows the historic structure, brought to
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The B&B Carousell in Coney Island. (Photo: Charley Lhasa [https://www.flickr.com/photos/charleylhasa/9729128502/] / Flickr)Coney Island’s B&B Carousell has been officially added to the National Register of Historic Places, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced Tuesday. The recognition allows the historic structure, brought to
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Photo via Brooklyn Public Library [http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/search~S64?/Xpark+slope&searchscope=64&SORT=DZ/Xpark+slope&searchscope=64&SORT=DZ&SUBKEY=park+slope/181%2C306%2C306%2CB/frameset&FF=Xpark+slope&searchscope=64&SORT=DZ&182%2C182%2C]
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Drive or walk down 4th Avenue nowadays and you’ll see more earth movers and construction vehicles than cracks on the sidewalk. Traffic crawls as trucks block lanes, and pedestrians zig-zag across the wide thoroughfare because some sidewalks are closed. And more just seems to be coming [/blog/development/development-merry-go-round-275-4th-avenue-condo-project/
Announcements
Come Together — to celebrate 50 years of the most influential band in rock and roll history, The Beatles! The Broadway smash hit RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles makes its Brooklyn debut for a limited engagement run on Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 5 at the beautifully restored Kings
Announcements
Come Together — to celebrate 50 years of the most influential band in rock and roll history, The Beatles! The Broadway smash hit RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles makes its Brooklyn debut for a limited engagement run on Friday, March 4 and Saturday, March 5 at the beautifully restored Kings
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Photo by Beyond My Ken [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St._Augustine's_Roman_Catholic_Church_122_Sixth_Avenue_Park_Slope_from_south.jpg] St. Augustine Roman Catholic Church [http://www.staugustineparkslope.org/] (116 6th Avenue at Sterling Place) and portions of Green-Wood Cemetery are one step closer