On January 10th, 1978, the New York Landmarks Preservation Commission held a public hearing where 27 people testified in favor of having both Albemarle and Kenmore Terrace become an historical ...

Howard’s Woods was a farm tract established by William Howard, the eldest of seven brothers who came to the Flatbush area in the late 1600s from England. They settled on land that was part of the “New ...

The City of Brooklyn dearly wanted to annex Flatbush, but Flatbush residents held out until 1894, just four years before Brooklyn itself became part of New York City. Flatbush did become a prosperous ...