Revolutionary Soldiers Carved Names on Beams of This Now-Gone Dutch Farm in Flatlands
An old Dutch farm that once stood in Flatlands is gone but not forgotten. A Brownstoner reader sen...
Tag: Historical
The One Thing You Need to Know About Dating an Old House
How can you know the age of your house or apartment building? Here's the one rule you should be su...
It’s Not Literal, It’s Dutch: How Flatbush Got Its Name
Brownstoner takes on Brooklyn history in Nabe Names, a series of briefs on the origins and surprisin...
Coney Island’s Lost Bicycle Racing Velodrome
Bicycles may be the thing here in 21st century Brooklyn, but all of the borough's current bike ve...
Celery and Glacé Fantaisie: What Fancy Brooklyn Cyclists Ate in 1899
When you envision a post-bike-ride snack, you probably think along the lines of granola bars, ...
Did You Know the Brillo Pad Was Invented in Brooklyn?
Everything ends up here eventually, but Made in Brooklyn is a column exploring native, born-and-bred...
The Inspiring Story of Weeksville, One of America’s First Free Black Communities
Imagine being told your entire life that you were not really a citizen of your town or country. Imag...
From Boom to Bootlegging: The Excelsior Brewing Company of Bedford Stuyvesant
The Excelsior Brewing Company of Bed Stuy was not the best, biggest, or most well known of Brookly...
How the Jehovah’s Witnesses Acquired Some of Brooklyn’s Most Insanely Valuable Properties
Read Part 1 of this story. The Jehovah's Witnesses -- aka the Watchtower Bible and Tract Soci...
Reader Unearths Fascinating 1969 Letter About Then-New Jehovah’s Witnesses HQ
Here's a fun blast from the past. After reading our post last week on how the Jehovah's Witnesses...
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