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The center's Romanesque Revival building, located at Pierrepont and Clinton Streets in Brooklyn Heights, was designed by George B. Post and built in 1878–1881 by David H. King Jr., [5] is a National Historic Landmark and part of New York City's Brooklyn Heights Historic District. The CBH houses materials relating to the history of Brooklyn ...
Sears opened its first retail store in New York City in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in 1930. They announced a new flagship store for the location at Bedford Avenue and Beverly Road in March 1932; the site was near the busy commercial area on Flatbush Avenue, and its location was chosen to target the "motoring shopper"—land in ...
The Society of Old Brooklynites is one of the New York City borough's oldest civic organizations. [1] It was founded in 1880 to celebrate Brooklyn's history as an independent city [2] and to help connect the local business community. [3]
Brooklyn is a borough of New York City located at the westernmost end of Long Island in the State of New York.Formerly an independent city, the borough is coextensive with Kings County, one of twelve original counties established under British rule in 1683 in the then Province of New York.
John Rankin House (Brooklyn, New York) – Greek Revival. [31] [32] [33] Designated New York City landmark in 1970, [31] National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [13] [21] Fort Greene Historic District, townhouses built between 1840 and 1890. The park was built on the site of fortifications built in 1776 and 1814. [34]
Lundy's Restaurant, also known as Lundy Brothers Restaurant, was an American seafood restaurant in the Sheepshead Bay neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, along the bay of the same name. Lundy's was founded in 1926 by Irving Lundy as a restaurant on the waterfront of Sheepshead Bay; five years later, the original building was condemned to ...
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.
Empire Stores is a former warehouse complex along the waterfront Brooklyn Bridge Park within the neighborhood of Dumbo, Brooklyn, New York City, in the U.S. state of New York. It hosts a food hall and market operated by Time Out New York, [1] which opened in 2019, [2] as well as an art gallery called Gallery 55. [3]