A Masterpiece of Education: Flatbush’s Erasmus Hall Academy and High School
When the Dutch and then the English established settlements and towns in Brooklyn in the late 1600s,...
Suzanne Spellen is a longtime Brownstoner contributor. She is an architectural historian, researcher, and writer with a special love for Bedford Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, and local African American history. She loves old houses, architectural detail, and enjoys exploring new places, camera in hand.
When the Dutch and then the English established settlements and towns in Brooklyn in the late 1600s,...
When asked to list the important inventors in our history, we generally forget the people who came u...
By the beginning of the 1920s, it was clear to those interested in New York City's housing patterns ...
From the first time a caveman or woman drew pictures on the walls and brought some flowers into the ...
Before 1898, Brooklyn was a wealthy, independent city with its own government, police and fire depar...
I’m a real life nephew of your Uncle Sam, Born on the Fourth of July. -- “Yankee Doodle Boy,â€...
Explorer Henry Hudson landed on Coney Island in 1609 and reported back to his Dutch employers that h...
Editors note: This post originally ran in 2013 and has been updated. You can read the previous post ...
From the humblest newsstand to a block-wide, six-story department store, the buildings on our commer...
A 19th century movement known as City Beautiful has had a lasting influence on Brooklyn and continue...