Closing Bell: Learn About Brooklyn’s Brewing History at a Crown Heights Bar
Brooklyn used to be home to 35 breweries, and soon-to-open Covenhoven beer bar in Crown Heights is giving you a chance to learn about some of them by hosting a panel on New York City brewing history...
View ArticleClosing Bell: Visit the Graves of Famous Baseball Players at Green-Wood
A baseball expert and Green-Wood’s resident historian will lead fans around the sprawling cemetery to the graves of baseball greats next Saturday. Tom Gilbert of the Society for Baseball Research,...
View ArticleClosing Bell: Tour the Former Sisters of Mercy Convent in Clinton Hill
The Brooklyn Historical Society is giving visitors a look inside the 150-year-old Sisters of Mercy Convent at 273 Willoughby Avenue in Clinton Hill. The Sisters of Mercy, also known as the Walking...
View ArticleClosing Bell: Explore Coney Island Artifacts and History at Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery will host an exhibit next month celebrating the life of William F. Mangels, the master mechanic and designer of several turn-of-the-century Coney Island rides, including The Whip,...
View ArticleClosing Bell: Walking Tour Explores Clinton Hill’s History and Varied...
Brownstoner columnist Suzanne Spellen will lead a walking tour of Clinton Hill this weekend covering the neighborhood’s rich history and unique architecture. She’ll discuss everything from 19th...
View ArticleClosing Bell: Archtober Tours and Exhibits
Get your architecture, design and history fix for the next few weeks with Archtober, a month-long festival of architecture activities with tours and exhibits all over Brooklyn. BLDG 92 at the Navy...
View ArticleClosing Bell: Bed Stuy House Tour Returns
The crisp fall weather is finally here, and that means it’s time for the annual Bed Stuy house tour, where old house lovers can get a look inside the neighborhood’s historic homes. The self-guided...
View ArticleClosing Bell: History of Brooklyn’s Jewish Delis
Traditional Jewish delis have dwindled in Brooklyn, but Brooklyn Historical Society is inviting three deli owners to discuss how they’ve survived and thrived as the borough has changed around them....
View ArticleClosing Bell: Learn How to Research Your House at Brooklyn Historical Society
The Brooklyn Historical Society is hosting a seminar next month on how to unearth the history of any home or block in Brooklyn, using archival documents and databases. Historical Society Librarian...
View ArticleBuilding of the Day: 1173-1179 Bushwick Avenue, a Study in Simple Elegance
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Name: Row houses Address: 1173-1179 Bushwick Avenue Cross Streets: Cornelia Street and Jefferson Avenue Neighborhood: Bushwick Year Built: 1880 Architectural Style:...
View ArticleBuilding of the Day: 7-11 South Portland Avenue, Elegance in Fort Greene
Brooklyn, one building at a time. This double-sized, semi-detached mansion is one of the few remaining in Fort Greene. For all its one-time splendor, it didn’t remain a single family home for long....
View ArticlePast and Present: The Robert Graves Company of Fort Greene
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. If you’ve ever restored an old house and come upon 19th- or early-20th-century wallpaper, it could have been made by the Robert Graves Company of Brooklyn. Between...
View ArticleWalkabout: How Workers and the Labor Movement Gave Us Labor Day
New York City was home to the first Labor Day parade and rally. The year was 1882 and the place was Union Square, at that time the heart of Manhattan. We’ve been celebrating the American worker with a...
View ArticleBuilding of the Day: 832 Marcy Avenue, Bedford Stuyvesant’s Boys High School
It’s School Week here on Brownstoner. Stay tuned to check out more school-themed stories. I was asked to pick my favorite school building for this series of school posts. Of course, I have to go with...
View ArticleWalkabout: Six Brooklyn Buildings That Used to Be Schools
It’s School Week here on Brownstoner — a series of posts celebrating the start of the school year. We’ve been highlighting some of the wonderful school buildings in Brooklyn this week, focusing on the...
View ArticleWalkabout: The Summer of 1915 — Edward Reiss and the “Negro Invasion” of Park...
Edward Reiss was a larger-than-life Brooklyn character in the early 20th century who often took matters into his own hands when a situation wasn’t to his liking. Our story today concerns his use of a...
View ArticleBuilding of the Day: 317 Rugby Road, a Colorful Queen Anne in Beverley Square...
Brooklyn, one building at a time. Who doesn’t love this colorful, perfectly sized and proportioned Victorian Flatbush house? It is one of many built by developer and architect T.B. Ackerson in...
View ArticlePast and Present: The Bay Ridge Public Library
A look at Brooklyn, then and now. By 1880, Bay Ridge was developing as one of Brooklyn’s premier suburban neighborhoods. Its greatest asset was that wonderful view of New York Bay and the Narrows —...
View ArticleWalkabout: King Coffee, the Magic Beans That Powered Brooklyn
If coffee was a controlled substance, most of us would be addicts of the worst sort. Our national morning jones for caffeine has been the catalyst for fortune and failure over the centuries. Everyone...
View ArticleBuilding of the Day: 138 Milton Street, From a Porcelain Prince’s Home to a...
Brooklyn, one building at a time. This free-standing mansion was home to Thomas C. Smith, who also designed and built it. Smith was one of Greenpoint’s important residents — an accomplished...
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