Tag: Historical

Closing Bell: Tour the Former Sisters of Mercy Convent in Clinton Hill

The Brooklyn Historical Society is giving visitors a look inside the 150-year-old Sisters of Mer...

By Rebecca 07/14/2014 0

Brooklyn Library Updates Statement About Plans for Historic Pacific Branch

The Brooklyn Library has reaffirmed its commitment to keep open its popular and historic Pacific...

By Cate Corcoran 07/11/2014 2

Wallabout Pre-Civil War House for Sale as a Development Site for $5.2 Million

A pre-Civil War house with a remarkably well preserved exterior (a former Building of the Day)�...

By Rebecca 07/09/2014 3

Walkabout: Brooklyn’s Freewheeling Summer

Read Part 2 of this story. The Sunday, April 3, 1898 edition of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle feat...

By Suzanne Spellen 07/08/2014 0

Walkabout: Miss Dillon’s Gas Company, Four

Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 of this story. In 1944, Mary E. Dillon was appointed the head ...

By Suzanne Spellen 07/03/2014 1

Daily News: Brooklyn Central Library Needs $100 Million in Repairs

Brooklyn Public Library's central branch at Grand Army Plaza needs $100,000,000 in repairs but o...

By Rebecca 07/02/2014 0

Bed Stuy Mansion to Ask $6 Million

It's one of Bed Stuy's most prominent and notable buildings, a true mansion built by a wealthy i...

By Cate Corcoran 07/02/2014 15

Walkabout: Miss Dillon’s Gas Company, Part Three

Read Part 1, Part 2 and Part 4 of this story. In March of 1926, Mary Estelle Dillon became th...

By Suzanne Spellen 07/01/2014 0

Walkabout: Miss Dillon’s Gas Company, Part Two

Read Part 1, Part 3 and Part 4 of this story. The Brooklyn Borough Gas Company out on Coney I...

By Suzanne Spellen 06/26/2014 0

Walkabout: Miss Dillon’s Gas Company

Read Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 of this story. Utility companies are one of the great constant...

By Suzanne Spellen 06/24/2014 0