Walkabout: Brooklyn’s Amazing Automobile Industry, Part 1
“As Brooklyn goes, so goes the world,” Charles Bishop told the Brooklyn Eagle in 1941. He was ...
Suzanne Spellen
Suzanne Spellen is a longtime Brownstoner contributor. She is an architectural historian, researcher, and writer with a special love for Bedford Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, and local African American history. She loves old houses, architectural detail, and enjoys exploring new places, camera in hand.
Building of the Day: 5424 Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Residential building with ground floor retail Addres...
Building of the Day: 337-347 Stuyvesant Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time Name: Row houses Address: 337-347 Stuyvesant Avenue Cross ...
Past and Present: The Crescent Athletic Club, Bay Ridge
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. The Crescent Athletic Club was Brooklyn's most prestigious sp...
Building of the Day: 99-109 Berkeley Place
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Flats buildings Address: 99-109 Berkeley Place Cros...
Walkabout: Safe Driving in Brooklyn’s Schools
Ever since Henry Ford’s assembly line made it possible for the average American to purchase a ...
Building of the Day: 81 and 85 Rugby Road
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Private Houses Address: 81 and 85 Rugby Road Cross...
Building of the Day: 489 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Lascelles E. Maxwell House, then U.S. Grant Hall, then...
Past and Present: The Brooklyn Club
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. Somewhere around the 1850s, this house, which had a differe...
Building of the Day: 925 Prospect Place
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: The Pierre Apartments Address: 925 Prospect Place...
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