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  2. List of disasters in New York City by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Yellow fever disease 500 [9] 1776 Battle of Long Island: warfare 364 [19] 1963 1963 New York City smog: pollution 300–405 [20] 1876 Brooklyn Theatre fire: fire 278+ [21] [g] 2001 American Airlines Flight 587: aircraft 265 [24] 1996 TWA Flight 800: aircraft 230 [25] 1953 1953 New York City smog: pollution 200–260 [20] [26] 1966 1966 New York ...

  3. Valentine Seaman - Wikipedia

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    Valentine Seaman (April 2, 1770 – July 3, 1817) was an American physician who introduced the smallpox vaccine to the United States and mapped yellow fever in New York City. His contributions to public health also include women's education in nursing and midwifery.

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  5. List of people who caught yellow fever - Wikipedia

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    John James Audubon, famous ornithologist, caught yellow fever on arrival in New York City when he emigrated to the United States in 1803. He died of Alzheimer's disease in 1851. Benjamin Franklin Bache (journalist), died at age 29 in the yellow fever epidemic of 1798 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, New Haven, Connecticut and New York City.

  6. History of yellow fever - Wikipedia

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    The outbreak of yellow fever in Barcelona in 1821. The evolutionary origins of yellow fever are most likely African. [1] [2] Phylogenetic analyses indicate that the virus originated from East or Central Africa, with transmission between primates and humans, and spread from there to West Africa. [3]

  7. Bay Ridge, Brooklyn - Wikipedia

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    Until the late 19th century, Bay Ridge would remain a relatively isolated rural area, [21]: 4 reached primarily by stagecoaches, then by steam trolleys after 1878. [23]: 15 In 1892, the first electric trolley line was built in Brooklyn, starting at a ferry terminal at 39th Street and running via Second Avenue to 65th Street, and then via Third Avenue.

  8. List of Brooklyn thoroughfares - Wikipedia

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    New Jersey Avenue Jamaica Avenue: Flatlands Avenue: 1.9 mi 1 Varies Exists in 3 vehicular segments (two pedestrian segments). New York Avenue Fulton Street: Kings Highway: 4.4 mi 2-3 Varies Exists in 2 segments. Pennsylvania Avenue: Jackie Robinson Parkway/Jamaica-East New York-Bushwick Avenues triangle Belt Parkway: 2.8 mi 4-7 North-south ...

  9. Greenwich Village - Wikipedia

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    In 1822, a yellow fever epidemic in New York encouraged residents to flee to the healthier air of Greenwich Village, and afterwards many stayed. The future site of Washington Square was a potter's field from 1797 to 1823 when up to 20,000 of New York's poor were buried here, and still remain. The handsome Greek revival rowhouses on the north ...