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Joseph Petrosino (born Giuseppe Petrosino, Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe petroˈziːno;-ˈsiːno]; August 30, 1860 – March 12, 1909) was an Italian-born New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer who was a pioneer in the fight against organized crime. Crime fighting techniques that Petrosino pioneered are still practiced by law enforcement agencies.
Type: Playground: Location: New York City (Bensonhurst, Brooklyn), New York: Coordinates: 1]: Area: 0.87 acres (0.352 ha; 0.001 sq mi): Elevation: 49 feet (15 m): Opened: May 24, 1935 (): Founder: City of New York: Etymology: Named after Lt. Joseph Petrosino, NYPD: Operated by: New York City Department of Parks & Recreation: Open: All year 6:00 am – 1:00 am [2]: Designation: Playground as ...
Bike share docking station on opening day. Lieutenant Joseph Petrosino Square is small triangular park in Lower Manhattan in New York City, bounded by Cleveland Place, Lafayette and Kenmare Streets, two blocks north of the old police headquarters at 240 Centre Street, at the juncture of the Little Italy, Nolita, and SoHo.
This is a list of neighborhoods in the New York City borough of Manhattan arranged geographically from the north of the island to the south. The following approximate definitions are used: Upper Manhattan is the area above 96th Street. Midtown Manhattan is the area between 34th Street and 59th Street. Lower Manhattan is the area below 14th Street.
The Hole is a small neighborhood in New York City on the border between Brooklyn and Queens. [1] It is a low-lying area, with a ground level that is 30 feet (9.1 m) lower than the surrounding area. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The area is run-down, and suffers from frequent flooding. [ 4 ]
After World War II, the decline of shipping at the port of Red Hook and of manufacturing around New York City prompted large industry to leave and changed the vibrancy of industry in Gowanus. In the late 1940s, the neighborhood became the site of several NYCHA housing projects, which were built in part to house returning WWII veterans.
Breukelen Houses (/ ˈ b r ʊ k l aɪ n / BRUUK-lyne), also known as Breukelen or Brookline Projects, is a large housing complex maintained in Canarsie, Brooklyn, by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA). Its main office is located at 618 East 108th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11236.
96th Street is a major two-way street on the Upper East Side and Upper West Side sections of the New York City borough of Manhattan.It runs in two major sections: between FDR Drive and Fifth Avenue on the Upper East Side, and between Central Park West and the Henry Hudson Parkway on the Upper West Side.