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The Center for Brooklyn History was founded in 1863 by Henry Pierrepont (1808–1888) [6] as the Long Island Historical Society, with a charter from the New England Historical Society in Boston. [7] In 1985, the society changed its name to the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS).
This is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, which coincides with Kings County, New York. The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below) may be seen ...
Museum of the City of New York: Museum Mile: Manhattan: Multiple: Art and local history National September 11 Memorial & Museum: Financial District: Manhattan: Memorial: Memorial and museum dedicated to victims of 9/11 attacks New-York Historical Society: Upper West Side: Manhattan: History: History of New York and the United States Statue of ...
The society was founded by John W. Hunter, a former Mayor of Brooklyn. It holds meetings at the Brooklyn Surrogate's Courtroom. Membership currently requires individuals to have lived in Brooklyn for at least 25 years. [4] The group rose to prominence combatting the merging of New York City with Brooklyn. [1] It termed this "The Great Mistake ...
The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission was created following the preservation fight and subsequent demolition of Pennsylvania Station. New York City's right to limit owners' ability to convert landmarked buildings was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1978.
The New York Historical (originally the New-York Historical Society) is an American history museum and library on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The society was founded in 1804 as New York's first museum. It presents exhibitions, public programs, and research that explore the history of New York and the nation. The New York ...
American Jewish Historical Society: 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY; Briarcliff Manor-Scarborough Historical Society: Briarcliff Manor Public Library at 1 Library Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY; Brooklyn Historical Society: [4] Reported assets of $21.783 million on June 30, 2006, and took in revenues of $1.889 million in FY 2006 [5]
The Brooklyn Historic Railway Association (BHRA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a shop, trolley barn and offices located in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York, on the historic Beard Street Piers (c. 1870).