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November 15, 2006

Forgotten Bushwick

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Forgotten NY had an afternoon to kill recently and decided to head out to Bushwick to check out the architecture. In addition to this turn-of-the-century building that originally housed the Hamburg Savings Bank (Bushwick was very German back then), FNY takes a close look at PS 116 at 515 Knickerbocker Avenue, lamenting the fact that it is not one of the 22 public schools in the city to have received landmark status. Check it out. It's a real beauty.
Myrtle and Knickerbocker Avenues [Forgotten NY] GMAP




Posted by Brownstoner at 9:29 AM | Comments (8)
Categories: Neighborhoods

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That school is landmarked.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 15, 2006 10:00 AM

here's another good FNY piece about a former RKO theater that's now a high school:
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/STREET%20SCENES/RKO%20Bushwick/RKO.html

Posted by: Jimmy Legs at November 15, 2006 10:32 AM

Took a 'Forgottener' tour of Bushwick a few years ago, it was absolutely fascinating--esp. 'Brewer's Row' of mansions, some of which were at haunted-house wreck stage.

Posted by: Brenda from Flatbush at November 15, 2006 11:23 AM

Are those mansion the ones on Bushwick Avenue?

I wonder if this neighborhood will ever become better.

Is this the only former German neighborhood in Brooklyn?

Posted by: Anonymous at November 15, 2006 1:34 PM

nice to see my old nabe featured.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 15, 2006 3:12 PM

"is this the only former German neighborhood in Brooklyn?"

FWIW, when I first moved to Brooklyn in 1970 Ridgewood (also German in origin) was considered to be split between Brooklyn and Queens.By the mid-70s it was ALL in Queens--something I never understood.


Posted by: Bob Marvin at November 15, 2006 3:53 PM

Isn't this the same thing happening to Bushwick becoming East Williamsburg? Wonder what they will call the area below East Williamsburg if it gentrifies.

Posted by: Anonymous at November 15, 2006 8:31 PM

my family has lived there for generations and Ridgewood is still considered the border between Brooklyn and QUEENS

Posted by: Anonymous at November 16, 2006 10:48 AM

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