"HERITAGE OF NEW YORK" BROOKLYN MUNICIPAL BUILDING MCKENZIE, VOORHEES AND GMELIN DESIGNED THIS STRUCTURE IN A MODIFIED ROMAN ECLECTIC STYLE. THE INTERIOR MARBLE WAS QUARRIED IN TENNESSEE...
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BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL BROOKLYN'S OLDEST BUILDING, THIS PORTICOED GREEK REVIVAL STRUCTURE DESIGNED BY GAMALIEL KING, WAS BUILT IN 1846-51 AS BROOKLYN'S CITY HALL. THE CUPOLA WAS ADDED IN 1898...
In dedication to Paul Goldmanfor his commitment tothe Newkirk Plaza community10/1/47 - 2/7/13Remembered alwaysSubmitted by @lampbane
1.46 acres Clumber Corner is located in Brooklyn Heights at Washington and Prospect Streets. The urbanization of Brooklyn Heights began in 1814 when the neighborhood received an important...
JAMES J. WALKER MAYOR JOHN J. DORMAN FIRE COMMISSIONER JOSEPH M. HANNON CHARLES W. JANNICKY DEPUTY FIRE COMMISSIONERS JOHN KENLON CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT JOHN DAVIN DEPUTY CHIEF, BROOKLYN & QUEENS...
150 Years of Dedicated Service ENGINE COMPANY 205 SEPTEMBER 15, 1869 - SEPTEMBER 15, 2019 ON THIS FIFTEENTH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2019, WE CELEBRATE 150 YEARS OF TRADITION AND SERVICE. WE...
GENERAL HORATIO KING HOUSE BUILT IN 1841 FOR ALFRED EDWARDS, A MANHATTAN SILK MERCHANT, AND HIS WIFE SOPHIA LEWIS, THIS GREEK REVIVAL-STYLE TOWNHOUSE WAS THE HOME OF HORATIO COLLINS KING FROM 1887...
October 17, 1915 - February 10, 2005 62 Montague Street, Brooklyn Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Arthur Miller transformed post-World War II theater with explorations of social...
"HERITAGE OF NEW YORK"THE WILLOWS A.F. NORRIS WAS THE ARCHITECT OF THIS EARLY EXAMPLE OF A BUILDING DESIGNED AS AN APARTMENT HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTED IN 1886. THE HIGH BAY WINDOW, WITH ITS...
Poet (1907 -1973) Lived in Brooklyn Heights from 1939 to 1941,From 1939 to 1940 on the top floor of this house,where he wrote "New Year Letter" "And love illuminates againthe city and the...
ALFRED T. WHITE COMMUNITY CENTER ORIGINALLY THE WILLOW PLACE CHAPELOF THE FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH DEDICATED-1876 THIS IS ONE OF MANY NOTABLE PROJECTS CONCEIVED AND BUILT BY PHILANTHROPIST...
LANDMARKS OF NEW YORK JOHANNES VAN NUYSE HOUSE IN THIS DUTCH COLONIAL HOUSE, BUILT ABOUT 1800 BY JOHANNES VAN NUYSE, THE WOODWORK AND OVAL WINDOW IN THE HALL ARE FEDERAL IN STYLE OTHER...
Inspired by the simple elegance of Brooklyn Heights' early Greek Revival housesSubmitted by @lampbane
.395 ACRE Located in the southernmost portion of Brooklyn Heights, this playground is named after Adam "MCA" Yauch (1964-2012), a founding member of the 1980's punk/hip hop band The Beastie...