A Green-Wood Cemetery Tour of Brooklyn's Biggest Names

Many famous Brooklyn streets were named after powerful and influential New York residents of the 19th century. And many of these are buried at Green-Wood Cemetery. The famous resting spot will host a trolley tour of these famous figures who lent their names to our borough’s streets:

Bergen, Schermerhorn, Martense, Havemeyer, Berry, Tompkins…to New Yorkers, these are household names. They grace our roads, our subway stations, and our parks.

The tour will cover their lives, their work, and how they became important enough to have a street named after them. Ruth Edebohls will lead “Brooklyn By Name,” which costs $20 (or $15 for Green-Wood members). It takes place Saturday, August 15 from 1 to 3 pm. For more information, click here.

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