FOR years I had hunted Margaret Court. No, not the famed Australian tennis champion in the 1960s and 1970s. I was seeking a short alley in Homecrest, a subdivision of…
Brooklyn
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In 1877, the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway was incorporated, opening the next year in 1878. It originally ran from the Prospect Park entrance at Flatbush and Ocean Avenues…
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ANCIENT New Utrecht, Brooklyn, now co-terminous with Kings County, was once just one of six towns that made up Kings County, delineated by British rulers in 1683. “Kings” refers to the…
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BAY Parkway, which slots in between 21st and 23rd in the list of southwest Brooklyn avenues from 1 to 28, and I have had an off and on relationship. Oddly…
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GRADUALLY, my photos of Livingston Street that I fired off at the end of my Nevins Street walk are leaching out. This is at the very beginning of Livingston, at…
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UNTIL 2015, this had been a very special sidewalk on the west side of West between Milton and Noble, since it was the only sidewalk paved with wood blocks embedded…
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I don’t have a lot of time before heading to bed around midnight as usual, but here’s a preview of my Bay Parkway page, which will appear soon, perhaps as…
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TIME once again to look at some ancient maps depicting the New York City of long ago. Here’s a map excerpt of the area where East Flatbush, Brownsville and East…
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On December 31, 2023 I ventured into DUMBO, north of downtown Brooklyn, a formerly chiefly industrial region now a hotbed of expensive residences, retail and even a branch of the…
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In 1901, the Scottish philanthropist/industrialist Andrew Carnegie Foundation gave $5.2 million to New York City for its libraries across the five boroughs. This started a remarkable project that would go…
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IT’S been donkey’s years since I’ve done an in-depth look at the lamps I call The Williamsburgs, or The Willies for short. They are colored blue (no other NYC lamppost…
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FLATBUSH Avenue cuts across the Park Slope grid on a diagonal, making it a convenient place to put a subway line and indeed, two separate subway lines employ it, the…