Site dedicated to presenting the history of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation ...

The Wyckoff House and Association was created to promote interest in Pieter Claesen Wyckoff, his descendants, and in the Wyckoff House Museum located in the Flatlands section of Brooklyn, New York. ...

This is the Lott Homestead as it appeared circa 1920. This view is from present day Filmore Avenue and 36th Street. The Lott House, built circa 1800, is one of the last Dutch-American farmhouses in New York City. It was occupied by descendants of Hendrick I. Lott until 1989 when the house was designated a New York City landmark. The Lott House Preservation has secured permission to commence ...

Brooklyn's History Museum 128 Pierrepont Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 624 0890 This fascinating museum displays more than 1, 000 objects reflecting Brooklyn's exciting history. Permanent exhibit areas cover The Brooklyn Bridge, Coney Island, Brooklynites, The Brooklyn Navy Yard, and The Brooklyn Dodgers. Here visitors will find such intriguing items as a gigantic eagle that adorned the offices ...

Uncover the buried past of a Dutch family living on the fringes of the burgeoning city that would become New York.

FLOYD BENNETT FIELD.HISTORIC AIRFIELD May 23, 1931---May 23, 2002 Celebrating 71 years of aviation history Opened in 1931, Floyd Bennett Field, located at the southeastern end of Brooklyn, was New York City's first municipal airport. Named after the aviator who flew Admiral Byrd across the North Pole in 1926, the airfield was never a commercial success. But with its long concrete runways and ...