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Five Neighborhood Descriptions

Written by Stella on October 2, 2000

  • 1. Bay Ridge- The Verrazano Bridge, which connects Brooklyn to Staten Island, is sometimes forgotten when tourists think of New York's bridges. But this bridge is not to be overlooked. This was...
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Fort Greene Park

Written by horizont on October 24, 2001

  • This small and beautiful park in the heart of Fort Greene is never as packed as Prospect Park nearby - you'll mostly brush shoulders with the diverse local community playing sports, lounging on the grass...
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Christ Church tower

Cobble Hill

Written by BklynRon on December 21, 2002

  • Cobble Hill was just that: a hill where the Dutch found cobble stones for paving at what is now the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Court Street. The hill was leveled by the...
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Cadman Plaza Towers

Architecture

Written by Zanne on October 22, 2000

  • Brooklyn Heights was the first architectually landmarked area in the United States. In the 1950's ten blocks of beautiful hundred-year-old brownstones were destroyed to make way for Cadman Plaza, a complex of four 35 story-high...
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Easter time!

The Special House on 58th Street

Written by Stella on April 8, 2001

  • Drive or walk down 58th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues and you'll be immediately assaulted by blow-up Easter bunnies, Santa's reindeer or a Halloween ghost. The owner has been recognized by New York...
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Old Brick House

Remsen Street

Written by Stella on April 8, 2001

  • Remsen Street was established in 1825 and runs west from the Promenade for about four blocks to Clinton Street. Beautiful brownstones and old brick houses from the mid to late nineteenth century feature Greek...
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Entrance to the Promenade

The Pierrepont Estate

Written by Stella on April 8, 2001

  • The Pierreponts were one of the first land-owners to settle in Brooklyn after The Fulton Street ferry was established in 1814. Generations of the Pierrepont family have watched Manhattan's skyline grow from the bedroom...
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The Henry Miller Home

Henry Miller's Home

Written by Stella on April 8, 2001

  • Henry Miller was a travel writer before travel writing was a genre. In the 1900's he wrote The Tropic Of Cancer about his travels throughout Paris. Later, when he returned to the States,...
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"West Side Story" in Prospect Park

Written by Maggie May on August 10, 2000

  • One of my favorite movies of all time is 'West Side Story' (my mother first took me to see it at a local screening in my hometown when I was quite small, and I must...
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Lot on the East River

Williamsburg waterfront

Written by Brian on February 19, 2001

  • This is an unoffical waterfront "park" on Kent Avenue from North 7th to North 10th, that people in the neighborhood retreat to for great views of Manhattan, big skies, fishing (if you can believe it)...
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