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Canarsie (/ k ə ˈ n ɑːr s i / kə-NAR-see) is a mostly residential neighborhood in the southeastern portion of Brooklyn, New York City.Canarsie is bordered on the east by Fresh Creek Basin, East 108th Street, and Louisiana Avenue; on the north by Linden Boulevard; on the west by Ralph Avenue; on the southwest by Paerdegat Basin; and on the south by Jamaica Bay.
Flatbush Town Hall was designated a New York City Landmark. 1967 – Wyckoff House was declared a National Historic Landmark. [1] [2] The house is estimated to have been built in 1652, it is the oldest surviving example of a Dutch saltbox frame house in America, and was one of the first structures built by Europeans on Long Island. 1969
In Baldwin, Nunley's was located on Sunrise Highway, on the border with Freeport, New York, and operated from 1940 to 1995.Nunley's Carousel and Amusement Park was established by William Nunley, a third-generation amusement park entrepreneur, who also operated facilities in Bethpage, in Queens (in Broad Channel and Rockaway Beach), and in Westchester County (in Yonkers), New York. [4]
Brownsville is a residential neighborhood in eastern Brooklyn in New York City.The neighborhood is bordered by Crown Heights to the northwest; Bedford–Stuyvesant and Cypress Hills to the north; East New York to the east; Canarsie to the south; and East Flatbush to the west.
The Bronx was annexed from Westchester County by New York County (and New York City) in 1874 (west of Bronx River) and 1895 (east of it).Those two parts were established as a separate borough upon the consolidation of Greater New York in 1898, but was not legally established as a separate county, Bronx County, until 1914.
Originally an independent town, [4] [5] Flatlands became part of the City of Brooklyn in 1896. [6] Flatlands is part of Brooklyn Community District 18, and its primary ZIP Code is 11234. [1] It is patrolled by the 63rd Precinct of the New York City Police Department. [7] Politically it is represented by the New York City Council's 45th and 46th ...
The Globe Hotel building on Lake Road in Congers was built next to Congers Station, which was used for passenger travel until the 1950s. The hotel building is now retail space and apartments.
The town remained primarily Dutch and rural in character until the latter half of the 19th century, when increasing rail and road connectivity to other parts of New York made it an attractive suburb to Brooklyn and New York City. The town was consolidated into the City of Greater New York in 1898 and was further connected to the rest of the ...