600 LAFAYETTE AVENUE HOME OF THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE OF PHARMACY 1929-1976 The College, founded in 1886, moved to this location from its first permanent location at 265-271 Nostrand Avenue in order...
THE CITY OF NEW YORK JOHN V. LINDSAY MAYOR FRANK D. O'CONNOR PRES. OF THE COUNCIL MARIO A PROCACCINO COMPTROLLERABE STARKPRES. BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN MARCY BRANCH LIBRARY BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY JOHN...
The houses were designed by Hobart A. Walker in Colonial Revival style alternating Amsterdam step gables and Elizabethan half-timber to reflect the mix of Dutch and English heritage in Brooklyn...
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THE WILLOUGHBY AVENUE GATE, MAIN SECURITY BOOTH, AND GRAND WALK WERE MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF PRATT ALUMNA HIROKO NAKAMOTO. Pratt Submitted by @lampbane
Samuel Paul Deutscher Gate In honor of His Community Leadership And Lifelong Association with Pratt Institute 1998 Submitted by @lampbane
THE CITY OF NEW YORK ABRAHAM D. BEAME, MAYOR PAUL O'DWYERPRESIDENT OF THE COUNCILHARRISON J. GOLDINCOMPTROLLERSEBASTIAN LEONEPRESIDENT BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN CLINTON HILL BRANCH LIBRARY...
CLINTON AVENUE IS A GRAND TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY BOULEVARD WHICH HAS REMAINED RELATIVELY INTACT. WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED, THE AVENUE WAS DISTINGUISHED BY FIVE MANSIONS OF THE PRATT FAMILY, FOUR OF THEM...
Clinton Hill Historic District Dr. George Ryerson Fowler Carriage House1889Architect: Rudolph L. Daus1854-1916Dominick Salvati & Co. 1955FounderBrooklyn Anatomical &...
BEATTIE SQUARE .012 ACRE Beattie Square is named in memory of Joseph S. Beattie, who lived at 247 Schenectady Avenue in Brooklyn. Beattie served as a Private in Company G of the 305th Infantry...
Vigelius & Ulmer's Continental Lagerbier BreweryErected A.D. 1872Submitted by @lampbane
ELIJAH STROUD PLAYGROUND 1.194 ACRES This playground and the adjacent school are named for Elijah J. Stroud (1923-1972), a New York Police Officer who was killed in the line of duty. Patrolman...
Ronald Calloway (1954-2002) Euphorbias 2002 Faceted glass Fabricated by The Willet Stained Glass Studios, a division of Hauser Art Glass, Inc. Commissioned and owned by...
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM CIRCLE SHIRLEY ANITA ST. HILL CHISHOLM 1924 - 2005 EDUCATOR, COMMUNITY ACTIVIST, N.Y. STATE ASSEMBLY MEMBER, U.S. CONGRESS MEMBER, 1972 U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE "WHEN I DIE,...
NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION FORT GREENE HISTORIC DISTRICT FORT GREENE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH UNUSUALLY CONSISTENT 19TH CENTURY DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE DEVELOPED PRINCIPALLY IN THE...
TREES PLANTED AS A MEMORIAL TO THEODORE ROOSEVELT BY THE JUNIOR LEAGUE OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE PLANTING AND PRESERVATION OF CITY TREES APRIL 12, 1919 Submitted by @lampbane
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM CIRCLE BROWER PARK This paved, circular terrace is named after Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (1924-2005), educator, social rights advocate and celebrated politician known for...
IN MEMORY OF THE 11,500 PATRIOTIC AMERICAN SAILORS AND SOLDIERS WHO ENDURED UNTOLD SUFFERING AND DIED ON THE BRITISH PRISON SHIPS ANCHORED IN WALLABOUT DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 1776...
A MEMBER OF THE BROOKLYN QUEENS LAND TRUST A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION PROTECTING LAND FOR PUBLIC USE OUR GARDEN WAS FOUNDED IN 1993 AND PERMANENTLY PROTECTED IN 1999 BY: THE TRUST for PUBLIC LAND...
ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED BY COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERS THROUGH GREENTHUMB - A PROGRAM OF N.Y.C. PARKS AND RECREATION. PROTECTED AS A PERMANENT PUBLIC GARDEN IN 1999 BY THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND - A...