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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.
Beth Olam Cemetery. The Beth Olam Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, New York, United States. It is located in the city's Cemetery Belt, bisected by the border between Brooklyn and Queens. It is a rural cemetery in style, and was started in 1851 by three Manhattan Jewish congregations: Congregation Shearith Israel ...
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 ...
Beth Olam Cemetery. May 16, 2016. (#16000254) 2 Cypress Hills St. 40°41′26″N 73°52′48″W / 40.69069°N 73.87990°W / 40.69069; -73.87990 (Beth Olam Cemetery) Cypress Hills. Rural cemetery started in 1851 by three Jewish congregations in the city; contains many examples of architecture and funerary art.
Mother Cabrini Park was created in Brooklyn, New York, in 1992, one hundred years after she established a school on the site. [ 71 ] A 2012 mural on the side of Arriana Condominium in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn , honors Cabrini and the local Italian community.
This is a list of Historic Sites on the Revolutionary War Heritage Trail in the American state of New York.The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the office of Heritage, New York, [1] the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn College and the City University of New York, and a local not-for-profit organization, Brooklyn Heritage, Inc ...
Location of Crown Heights, Brooklyn, in New York City. The Crown Heights riot was a race riot that took place from August 19 to August 21, 1991, in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York City. Black residents attacked Orthodox Jewish residents, damaged their homes, and looted businesses.
The Old Stone House is a house located in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. [2][3] The Old Stone House is situated within the J. J. Byrne Playground, at Washington Park, on Third Street between Fourth and Fifth Avenues. Gowanus Creek once ran nearby, but today the southeastern branch of the Gowanus Canal ends 1,300 feet ...