Tag: Historical

A look at Brooklyn, then and now. As Brooklyn’s Jewish population grew at the end of the 19...

We are sad to report that Green-Wood Cemetery has been vandalized. Here is this account from the c...

My walking tour of Cypress Hills and Highland Park this past weekend has given me a wealth of in...

What we are reading this week about decorating and renovating old houses:     Cou...

The annual reenactment of the Battle of Brooklyn at Green-Wood Cemetery is coming up Aug. 26, the ...

A corner house at 271 Jefferson Avenue in Bed Stuy with elaborate details has apparently survived...

The estate of late Brooklyn Civil Court Judge John Phillips, who created Bed-Stuy's famed Slave Th...

The histories of some of Brooklyn’s small parks will continue next time, but I need a break. In th...

For a city the size of Brooklyn, the problem was always the lack of parks in many neighborhoods....

A look at Brooklyn, then and now. What a difference a hundred years makes. Or not. In 1907, w...