DAVID FOULKE MEMORIAL GARDEN A MEMBER OF THE BROOKLYN QUEENS LAND TRUST A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION PROTECTING LAND FOR PUBLIC USE OUR GARDEN WAS FOUNDED IN 1971 AND PERMANENTLY PROTECTED IN 1999 BY...
NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION BOERUM HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT THE NAME OF THIS DISTRICT GOES BACK TO THE MID-17TH CENTURY SETTLEMENT OF THE AREA BY THE BOERUM FAMILY, WHO WERE...
NICHOLAS NAQUAN HEYWARD JR. PARK 1.04 ACRES In 1946 the City of New York acquired this property by condemnation as a part of the Gowanus Houses construction project. The land bordered by...
LEO VILLAREAL'S LIGHT MATRIX, 2019 INSTALLATION IN THE FOURTH FLOOR WINDOWS OF BAM FISHER IS DEDICATED IN MEMORY OF ROBERT W. WILSON LOVER OF THE ARTS AND SUPPORTER OF BAM Submitted by @lampbane
BAM RICHARD B. FISHER BUILDING THE BAM RICHARD B. FISHER BUILDING STANDS ON THE SITE OF THE SALVATION ARMY'S FORMER BROOKLYN CITADEL CORPS (ERECTED IN 1928) WHICH WAS ACQUIRED BY BAM IN 2009. THE...
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC PETER JAY SHARP BUILDING BAM IS PROUD TO NAME THIS BUILDING IN HONOR OF PETER JAY SHARP (1930-1992) IN RECOGNITION OF THE VISIONARY ENDOWMENT AND OPERATING SUPPORT OF...
Installed August 2012 For more info: BAM.org/bikeracks Major support provided by conEdison The Power of Giving Special thanks to the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs and the NYC Department...
.23 ACRES This park is named for Betty Carter (1929-1998), a legendary African American jazz artist who was a prominent resident of Fort Greene. The property, located opposite the Brooklyn Academy...
Soka Gakkai International - USABrooklyn Buddhist CenterDedicated 2018Submitted by @lampbane
28/11/1924, two men walked into the Commercial Bank of Victoria agency in Hampton St. & shot the teller William Almieda (22), Mortally wounded, William, armed with the banks pistol chased...
On January 18, 1895, Mrs. Hal W. Greer hosted a meeting at her home which resulted in the formation of this club. Present were Mrs. Greer's friends Mrs. E. C. Weiss, Mrs. T. A. Lamb, Miss Mary...
Early meetings of the Woman's Reading Club, now the Woman's Club of Beaumont, were conducted in area homes, churches, and public buildings until 1909, when this two-story frame clubhouse...
NEW YORK LANDMARKS PRESERVATION FOUNDATION ALBEMARLE-KENMORE TERRACES HISTORIC DISTRICT THE CHARMING RESIDENTIAL COURTS IN THIS DISTRICT WERE A SIGN OF THINGS TO COME WHEN THEY WERE BUILT...
IN THIS HOUSE IN JANUARY 1850 WAS BORN JENNIE JEROME LATER LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILLSHE WAS THE MOTHER OF THE RT. HON. WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL PRIME MINISTER OF GREAT BRITAINANDSTAUNCH FRIEND OF...
The English Garden on Degraw Street, also known as The Secret Garden, was started by Christopher Adlington and Nat LaMar in 1973, and designed and tended by Mr. Adlington until his death June...