Walkabout: Brooklyn’s Small Parks: Brower Park, Part 2
Read Part 1 of this story. In 1892, the City of Brooklyn established Bedford Park, one of a g...
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: 673-697 Vanderbilt Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Flats buildings Address: 673-697 Vanderbilt Avenu...
Building of the Day: 950-980 St. Johns Place
Editor’s note: An updated version of this post can be viewed here. Brooklyn, one building at ...
Walkabout: Brooklyn’s Small Parks: Brower Park, Part 1
(Photograph: Bedford (now Brower) Park with the William Newton Adams House on the hill.) Read P...
Building of the Day: 404 Tompkins Avenue
(Photograph: Christopher Bride for Property Shark, 2012) Brooklyn, one building at a time. ...
Building of the Day: 834 Surf Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: The Cyclone Roller Coaster Address: 834 Surf Aven...
Past and Present: Soc. Prevention of Cruelty to Children
A Look at Brooklyn, then and now. It’s a rather awful indictment against our culture that...
Building of the Day: 341-345 Waverly Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row houses Address: 341-345 Waverly Avenue Cross...
Walkabout: The Training School and Home for Girls, Part 3
By 1919, the new buildings of the Brooklyn Training School and Home for Girls were complete. N...
Building of the Day: 534 Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Commercial/retail building, perhaps former Child's R...
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