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The Center for Brooklyn History (CBH, formerly known as the Brooklyn Historical Society) is a museum, library, and educational center founded in 1863 that preserves and encourages the study of Brooklyn 's 400-year history. The center's Romanesque Revival building, located at Pierrepont and Clinton Streets in Brooklyn Heights, was designed by ...
The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is the public library system of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is the sixteenth largest public library system in the United States by holding and the seventh by number of visitors. [1] Like the two other public library systems in New York City, it is an independent nonprofit organization that is ...
Designated NYCL. June 17, 1997. The Central Library, originally the Ingersoll Memorial Library, is the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library in Brooklyn, New York City. Located on Grand Army Plaza, at the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway, it contains over 1.7 million materials in its collection and has a million annual visitors.
Adams Street Library. 9 Adams Street. The branch opened on October 12, 2021, and was the first new branch opened in nearly 40 years. [2] Arlington Library. 203 Arlington Avenue. The branch was originally known as the East Branch and officially opened on November 7, 1906; it was renovated from 1950–52 and in 1980. [3] Bay Ridge Library.
The Brooklyn Museum Libraries and Archives holds approximately 300,000 volumes [1] and over 3,000 linear feet of archives related to the history of the museum and its collections. The library collections comprise books, periodicals, auction catalogs, artist and institutional files as well as special collections containing photographs, sketches ...
1805-06 – "Quarters 'A'" built as residence of the Commander of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. John Ward Hunter (October 15, 1807 – April 16, 1900) was born in Bedford (now known as Bedford-Stuyvesant), Brooklyn and in 1875 and 1876 was Mayor of Brooklyn. 1809 – Long Island Star newspaper begins publication.
The Jan Martense Schenck house was built by Dutch settler Jan Martense Schenck (1631-1687), within what is now the Mill Basin section of Brooklyn, New York City. Believed to be one of New York City's oldest houses, the structure was later moved to the Brooklyn Museum, where it is used as a public exhibit. Schenck was born in Amersfoort in the ...
The Brooklyn Heights Historic District is a historic district that comprises much of the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, United States.It was named a National Historic Landmark in January, 1965, [2] designated a New York City Landmark in November, 1965, [3] and added to the National Register of Historic Places in October, 1966.