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The Center for Brooklyn History was founded in 1863 by Henry Pierrepont (1808–1888) [6] as the Long Island Historical Society, with a charter from the New England Historical Society in Boston. [7] In 1985, the society changed its name to the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS).
Long Island Maritime Museum: West Sayville: Suffolk Maritime: Exhibits include ship models, oyster industry, lifesaving and shipwrecks, sail and power boats, area Dutch heritage Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages: Stony Brook: Suffolk Multiple American art, Long Island history, over 200 horse-drawn carriages
The Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages, known as the Long Island Museum (LIM), is a nine-acre museum located in Stony Brook, New York.The LIM serves the Long Island community by preserving and displaying its collection of art, historical artifacts, and carriages; providing educational and public programming; and collaborating with a variety of other arts and cultural ...
The Brooklyn Historic Railway Association (BHRA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a shop, trolley barn and offices located in Red Hook, Brooklyn, New York, on the historic Beard Street Piers (c. 1870).
At the end of the American Revolution, one in three black inhabitants in Brooklyn were enslaved, a statistic that inevitably drove a wave of activism in the years to come.
This is a list of Historic Sites on the Revolutionary War Heritage Trail in the American state of New York.The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and the office of Heritage, New York, [1] the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, Brooklyn College and the City University of New York, and a local not-for-profit organization, Brooklyn Heritage, Inc ...
Colm Tóibín's “Long Island,” the Irish novelist's follow-up to the prize-winning immigrant tale “Brooklyn,” is Oprah Winfrey's latest book club pick. “Long Island,” published Tuesday ...
From 1830 until 1930, population roughly doubled every twenty years, and several cities were incorporated, such as the City of Brooklyn in Kings County, and Long Island City in Queens. By the late 19th century, Long Island had become a summer refuge for residents of New York City.