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  2. Lefferts Historic House - Wikipedia

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    Development was threatening Brooklyn's rural setting by the end of the 19th Century and in 1917, John Lefferts' estate offered the family's home to the City of New York with the condition that the house be moved onto city property as a means of protection and historic preservation. The house was moved six blocks to Prospect Park. [3]

  3. Prospect Plaza Houses - Wikipedia

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    The Prospect Plaza Houses was a 4.53-acre (18,300 m 2) complex owned by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) in the Ocean Hill section of Brooklyn and was bordered by St. Marks and Sterling Place, Howard and Saratoga Avenues. [1] [2] It was the first NYCHA development to be completely demolished. [3]

  4. List of Brooklyn neighborhoods - Wikipedia

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    Downtown Brooklyn. Bridge Plaza/RAMBO; DUMBO. Fulton Ferry; Fort Greene; Prospect Heights. Pacific Park/Atlantic Yards; Vinegar Hill; South Brooklyn – takes its name from the geographical position of the original town of Brooklyn, which today includes the neighborhoods listed above under the heading "northwestern Brooklyn." It is not located ...

  5. Brooklyn Jewish Hospital and Medical Center - Wikipedia

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    The additional space was used for a nursing school and dormitory, and administrative offices. On December 9, 1906, the society dedicated the Jewish Hospital of Brooklyn (555 Prospect Place); the hospital opened to patients on December 17, 1906. The nursing school had opened earlier in the month, on December 4.

  6. Prospect Heights, Brooklyn - Wikipedia

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    Prospect Heights is a neighborhood in the northwest of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The traditional boundaries are Flatbush Avenue to the west, Atlantic Avenue to the north, Eastern Parkway – beginning at Grand Army Plaza – to the south, and Washington Avenue to the east.

  7. National Register of Historic Places listings in Brooklyn

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    The following properties are listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Brooklyn.. 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.

  8. Prospect Heights Historic District (New York City) - Wikipedia

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    Prospect Heights Historic District is a national historic district in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, New York City. It consists of 305 contributing buildings built between 1865 and about 1900. The district is almost exclusively residential and includes a variety of single family rowhouses and multiple dwellings. They are in a variety of ...

  9. New York's 9th congressional district - Wikipedia

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    Parts of Brooklyn, Queens: Anthony Weiner : Democratic: January 3, 1999 – June 21, 2011 106th 107th 108th 109th 110th 111th 112th: Elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Resigned. [12] 2003–2013 Parts of Brooklyn, Queens: Vacant: June 21, 2011 ...