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May 5, 2013 · Avenue U is the main shopping street in Gravesend, the seat of a very old town founded in 1643 by an English expatriot, Lady Deborah Moody (1583-1659). It was one of 6 original towns in colonial-era Kings County, each of which became part of the city of Brooklyn (Gravesend in 1894) before its consolidation into Greater New York in 1898.
Sep 4, 2019 · Share and preserve your memories by recording an oral history with the Coney Island History Project. We are recording audio interviews in English, Russian, Chinese, Spanish and other languages with people who live or work - past or present - in Coney Island and adjacent Southern Brooklyn neighborhoods or have a special connection to the place. For inspiration, listen to some of the oral ...
How Coney Island Got Its Name. In 1645, Dutch officials offered to let a group of English religious dissenters from New England, led by Lady Deborah Moody, establish a colony at Gravesend near the beach. They decided that the colony would be a buffer for them from the Indians who used the beach to collect clams and wampum, a type of currency.
May 30, 2004 · The realtors like to call my neighborhood Midwood because it sounds better for sales, but according to my family it's part of Gravesend and Coney. In the 1920's a lot of sideshow freaks stayed in ...
86th Street, Gravesend, NY - 1.7 miles Built in 1895-1896, FDNY Engine 253, originally known as Engine Company 53, is a firehouse in Brooklyn, New York, that serves as a vital part of the city's fire protection system. New York City Fire Department Engine 254 Ladder 153 Avenue U, Sheepshead Bay, NY - 1.7 miles. New York City Fire Department ...
Brooklyn , NY. Coney Island faces Lower New York Bay and Sandy Hook, New Jersey, and was formerly part of Gravesend, one of Brooklyn’s original six towns. Originally an island it was connected to Brooklyn (Long Island) by landfill in the early 20th century. By the mid-19th century, Coney Island became a seaside resort, and by the late 19th ...
Coney Island Creek, located in southwest Brooklyn, is tributary to Gravesend Bay and flows in a southwesterly direction. The first inhabitants of the study area were the Algonquin Indians. Shellfish and finfish were abundant in the waters of the region and were an important part of the Algonquin diet. The region was covered with broad-leaf ...
