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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
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Source: Flickr/lisanne001The Lady Moody-Van Sicklen House is one step closer to landmark status! At an all-day public meeting Tuesday to address its backlog of 95 properties, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/home/home.shtml] (LPC) decided to keep the Moody House
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Source: Flickr/lisanne001The Lady Moody-Van Sicklen House is one step closer to landmark status! At an all-day public meeting Tuesday to address its backlog of 95 properties, the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission [http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/html/home/home.shtml] (LPC) decided to keep the Moody House
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Looking east on Church Avenue from Ocean Avenue, circa 1872-1887. (Photographer: George Bradford Brainerd, American. Collection: Brooklyn Museum. Silver glass wet plate negative.)In January, Forgotten New York took us on the first part [/blog/history/check-out-forgotten-nys-history-of-church-avenue/] of an amazing walk down Church Avenue, starting at the historic road’s
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Erasmus Academy Building (Photo: Ditmas Park Corner)Flatbush residents are fighting to save one of our community’s most historic buildings. A petition [https://www.change.org/p/bill-de-blasio-save-one-of-nyc-s-oldest-landmarks-the-erasmus-academy-building-1787?recruiter=492572054&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink] urging Mayor de Blasio to find a way to save
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As we wander about our modern neighborhood, caught in the hustle and bustle of everyday life, it’s easy to ignore the long and vibrant history of our community. Let’s remedy that. With a little help from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle archives [http://bklyn.newspapers.com/], we’re going
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Photo courtesy of James CampbellOn March 23, 1977, a group of Cub Scouts had a chance to visit the 78th Precinct. The husband of this pack’s den mother was working there at the time. In the background, you can see notations about the robbery cases on the wall. But
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Battle Pass, or Flatbush Pass, in what is now Prospect Park. The pass, seen here in 1866, was the scene of a bloody battle during the Revolutionary War. (Collection: The Brooklyn Museum)Celebrating Presidents Day — which falls on the third Monday of each February — has been reduced to seeing pitchmen
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Photo via Brooklyn Public Library [http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/search~S63?/Xpark+slope&searchscope=63&SORT=D/Xpark+slope&searchscope=63&SORT=D&SUBKEY=park+slope/97%2C326%2C326%2CB/frameset&FF=Xpark+slope&searchscope=63&SORT=D&103%2C103%2C]
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Image of an African American farmhand working on land owned by the Vanderveer family around 1920. (Photo: Brooklyn Historical Society)Until the end of the19th century, Brooklyn (Kings County) was the second largest provider of agriculture products in the United States. And the leading produce supplier? Queens. Brooklyn — and Flatbush’
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Source: blhphotography via FlickrCity councilmembers are pushing back against the effort to rip up parts of Coney Island’s Reigelmann Boardwalk and replace the wood planks with recycled materials and concrete. All but one of the council’s 50 active members have signed on to support a resolution introduced by
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Photo by Bensonhurst BeanA fire that broke out behind New Utrecht Reformed Church [http://www.newutrechtchurch.org/] (1827 84th Street) two weeks ago is just another setback for the historic structure, which has been chronically plagued by financial struggles and always seems to be [/whats-up-with-the-new-utrecht-reformed-church-bell-tower/#.VrJHuTYrKSN]running out of cash.