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Steve Ostrow (September 16, 1932 – February 4, 2024) was an American businessman, LGBT rights activist, and opera performer who was the founder of the well-known New York City gay establishment Continental Baths.
The Glenwood Houses is a 22.39-acre (9.06 ha) moderate to low income public housing development operated by the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) in the Flatlands section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The development is bordered by Ralph Avenue on the east, East 56th Street on the west, Glenwood Road/Avenue H on the south, and ...
Surprise Lake Camp is a non-profit sleepaway camp located on over 400 acres (1.6 km 2) in North Highlands, New York (approximately 60 miles (97 km), north of New York City). It is the oldest Jewish summer camp in the United States.
The camp was founded in 1919 by the Central Jewish Institute, an independent Jewish community center in Manhattan, [3] as a two-week vacation home for needy Talmud Torah students. After its second summer, it was expanded into an educational residential camp under the leadership of the Institute's director, Dr. Albert P. Schoolman , a disciple ...
Marsha P. Johnson State Park (formerly and also known as East River State Park) is an 11-acre (4.5 ha) state park [2] in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, New York, U.S. The park stretches along the East River near North 7th, 8th, and 9th Streets, with views of the Williamsburg Bridge and Midtown Manhattan.
The Wyckoff House, or Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House, is a historic house at 5816 Clarendon Road in the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, within Milton Fidler Park. It is situated on land that New Netherland director general Wouter van Twiller purchased from the Lenape natives in approximately 1636. [ 5 ]
Summer camp programs are an evolution of Grand Street's historic summer camp, now operated as day camps in community centers throughout New York City. Grand Street Settlement offers more specialized program for teens and young adults such as Americorps , an LGBTQ+ peer education program called Project Speak Out Loud (PSOL), and the Teen Tech ...
Heart of Brooklyn (HOB) was a non-profit organization active from 2001-2013 [1] led by six cultural institutions located near Grand Army Plaza in central Brooklyn, New York City. The partnership consisted of Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Public Library, Prospect Park and Prospect Park Zoo. [2]