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Barren Island is a peninsula and former island on the southeast shore of Brooklyn in New York City. Located on Jamaica Bay, it was geographically part of the Outer Barrier island group on the South Shore of Long Island. The island was occupied by the Lenape Native Americans prior to the arrival of Dutch settlers in the 17th century.
- 1,500 (1930s)
- Jamaica Bay
Jan 20, 2023 · As the decades pass, this cohesive, self-sustaining community will be attached to Brooklyn with landfill, host the city’s first airport, and eventually disappear, leaving almost no trace. The following images reveal a nearly forgotten history and how the legacy of this community informs the landscape of New York City.
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Apr 24, 2020 · One of the lesser-known losses – as infamous and smelly as it was – is Barren Island, which was located on the southeast shore of Brooklyn, on the way to the beach at Jacob Riis Park. Some of its history can be found in the Municipal Archives – largely in late 19th century state and local Health Department investigations – and in the ...
Dead Horse Bay is a small body of water off Barren Island, between the Gerritsen Inlet and Rockaway Inlet in the New York City borough of Brooklyn . History. Glass Bottle Beach, facing the Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge.
Jul 6, 2017 · Q. How did Dead Horse Bay, just off the edge of southern Brooklyn, get its name? A. Well, from dead horses, mostly chopped-up ones, that were processed on adjacent Barren Island. Connected by...
A city panel selected Barren Island in Brooklyn as the location for New York's first municipal airport and it was named Floyd Bennett Field. Floyd Bennett was the naval pilot for Commander Richard E. Byrd's flight over the North Pole in 1926. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Floyd Bennett Field was dedicated on May 23, 1931.
Jan 8, 2018 · Time Capsule. Barren Island’s Treasure Trove. Robert Moses levelled a working-class Brooklyn neighborhood in the nineteen-fifties. Debris is still washing ashore. By David Owen. January 8,...
