Brownstoner takes on Brooklyn history in Nabe Names, a series of briefs on the origins ... wrote of his native borough corner in A Walker in the City, his 1951 ode to Brownsville. The neighborhood has ...

After taking a “deep dive” – interviewing residents and researching the area’s history ... presence there. Brownsville, in the far-eastern section of Brooklyn, began in the 1600s ...

According to the book “Brownsville, Brooklyn: Blacks ... the commercial corridor were to be turned into the Pitkin Avenue Historic District and included on the National Register of Historic ...

As a sweeping $500 million overhaul of Brooklyn's Broadway Junction begins, some community leaders are concerned it will lead ...

it’s not only a testament to the history of Italian-Americans in Brooklyn, but also to the history of Brownsville itself. One of the group’s members, Miriam Robertson, told the Times ...

A massive mural stretching 150-feet in the air has taken over the side of a building in the Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood. Artist Victor "Marka27" Quiñonez titled the piece "Brownsville ...