Joy, Plumage and Dancing at the West Indian Day Carnival Parade (Photos)
The annual West Indian Day Parade is one of New York City’s most colorful and popular celebrations...
Susan De Vries
Susan De Vries is the Photo and Research Director for Brownstoner. She has a background in historic preservation, historic site management, and research, and has a passion for photography, documenting 19th century architecture, and ferreting out fact from folklore.
Brownstoner’s Top 15 Instagram Photos This Summer
As summer begins to wind down we have to ask, what did your Brooklyn summer look like? Take a scroll...
Time Travel to Labor Day in Brooklyn 1887
For the busy Brooklynite looking for something to do on Labor Day 1887, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle pri...
Old-Timey Magazine Told Brooklyn Victorians Where to Get the Latest in Building Bling
If you had house envy in turn-of-the-last-century Brooklyn and just had to know which of your neighb...
Brownstoner’s Top 10 Instagram Picks From Afropunk 2016
It was scorching weather for Brooklyn's Afropunk Fest this weekend but fashion-forward crowds turned...
Voice Your Opinion on Historic Districts in Columbia University Survey
Have strong opinions about historic districts in Brooklyn and the city at large? A new survey wants ...
A 19th-Century Visionary Creates Novel Tenement With Light and Air for Working Poor in Cobble Hill
Air, light, affordability and profitability were all part of Victorian civic reformer Alfred Tredway...
Drool Over a Gorgeous Gothic Revival Getaway With Antique Bowling Alley in Connecticut
Back in the days before air conditioning, anyone who could afford it would escape the confines of th...
ICYMI: Downtown Brooklyn’s Greek Revival Temple
If you have wandered through the plazas and past the tall towers of MetroTech, you probably have wal...
Lacy Limestone Beauties With Red Roofs Wow on Bergen Street in Crown Heights
Imagine sauntering up a substantial stoop and into one of the seven Romanesque Revival rowhouses at ...
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