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Il y a 4 jours · From a hidden parlor to a rare 16th century book, discover all of the secrets of the Brooklyn Historical Society, accumulated over more than 150 years!
Il y a 6 heures · Comme son nom l'indique, sur Cherry Street, les Lenape cultivaient autrefois des cerisiers, avant que les arbres ne soient abattus en 1870 pour ériger le pont de Brooklyn. Des vieilles pirogues ...
Il y a 4 jours · Eastern Parkway was supposed to be the first of many boulevards, ultimately connecting Prospect Park to series of parks and parkways in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Unlike the boulevard, the parkway...
Il y a 1 jour · New York City, city and port located at the mouth of the Hudson River, southeastern New York state, considered the most influential American metropolis and the country’s financial and cultural center. New York City comprises five boroughs—Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island.
Il y a 5 jours · The strongest resistance came from Brooklyn, a city in its own right; with good reason it feared that the enormous corruption so evident in Tammany Hall under the first recognized political “boss,” William Magear Tweed—who never rose higher in the city hierarchy than supervisor but who controlled mayors, governors, and ...
Il y a 4 jours · Coney Island, amusement and residential area in the southern part of the borough of Brooklyn, New York, U.S., fronting the Atlantic Ocean. Formerly an island, it was known to Dutch settlers as Konijn Eiland (“Rabbit Island”), which was presumably Anglicized as Coney Island. It became part of Long.
Il y a 5 jours · The 1890 Census determined that Brooklyn was actually the fourth-largest city in the United States at the time. Efforts were made in 1857 to try to consolidate the region surrounding New York...
