| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — 13-inch Seacoast Mortar, Pattern 1861 |
| | ‘These mortar shells were the most disgusting, low-lived things imaginable,’ W.W. Blackford, a Confederate Engineer. Developed in an age of massive innovation in ordnance technology, the 13-inch seacoast mortar became one of the most formidable weapons used during the Civil War. Records indicate that a battery of four mortars was once stationed here at Fort Hamilton – keeping the Narrows (the main waterway into New York City and where the Verrazano Bridge now spans) protected . . . — Map (db m22897) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — 155 - 157 - 159 Willow Street — Landmarks Of New York — Federal Style Row Houses |
| | Built of brick laid in Flemish Bond, these three buildings, all listed in city directories prior to 1830, are among the best surviving examples of Federal Style row houses of the early nineteenth century. An underground tunnel, lighted by a skylight paving near the gate to No. 157, leads from No. 159 to a post-Civil War stable. — Map (db m33730) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — 1883 New York Harbor — Panorama of Manhattan South of Brooklyn Bridge |
| | Brooklyn was a vigorous and independent city, the third largest in the United States, when construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began. The cultural and social center of Brooklyn was the Heights, just south of the bridge. Lining the shore below the Heights and to the south were warehouses and factories serving the active port. The ferry lines carried over 50 million passengers per year, mostly commuters, to New York by 1870 and the numbers grew rapidly in the next decade.
Governors . . . — Map (db m63005) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — 1883 The City of Brooklyn — The Atlantic Basin |
| | Brooklyn, first settled by the Dutch in the 1630s, was incorporated as a city in 1834. During the nineteenth century it gradually absorbed the nearby towns of Williamsburgh, Bushwick, New Lots, Flatbush, Gravesend, New Utrecht and Flatlands, and grew to encompass nearly 80 square miles. When construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began in the late 1860s, Brooklyn was a bustling city of nearly half a million residents. It boasted a flourishing maritime industry, many cultural institutions, Prospect . . . — Map (db m62887) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Altar to Liberty — 1776 – 1919 |
| | On this Battle Hill, facing the Statue of Liberty, this altar is erected to commemorate the Battle of Long Island. The first engagement of which was fought on this site, August 27, 1776, between General Lord Stirling with 2,000 Americans and General Grant with 6,000 British. This was the first battle of the nation and the first stroke for our great American charter of rights and liberties, the Declaration of Independence. Erected 1919. Left of Altar: Stirling’s Vow “Here and along . . . — Map (db m13268) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Battle Hill — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | Early in the morning of August 27, 1776, British troops came up the Narrows Road to attack American forces defending Brooklyn Heights. In and around this location, the highest natural point in Kings County, the outnumbered Americans put up a stiff resistance until nearly surrounded by the enemy. From Battle Hill in Green-Wood Cemetery, established 1838, the scope and complexity of the fighting that day can be appreciated. To the south is Gravesend Bay, where the British and Hessian forces . . . — Map (db m13250) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Birth Place of Jennie Jerome |
| | In this house in January 1850 was born Jennie Jerome later Lady Randolph Churchill.
She was the mother of The Rt Honorable Winston Spencer Churchill Prime Minister of Great Britain and staunch friend of the United States. This plaque is erected as a memorial to Lady Churchill to evidence the esteem and affection in which her son is held by the people of this community.
Dedicated in March 1952. — Map (db m18318) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Brookland Ferry Landing |
| | This tablet marks the Brookland Ferry Landing from which point the American Army embarked during the night of August 29th, 1776 under the direction of General George Washington ably assisted by Colonel John Glover of Marblehead, Massachusetts < Adjacent Markers > On March 17, 1776 the British Army evacuated Boston and prepared to launch an assault on New York. By August 22, 1776 the British had assembled 200 vessels carrying 30,000 soldiers to attack New York. The Battle of Long . . . — Map (db m30052) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Brooklyn Borough Hall |
| | Brooklyn's oldest building, this porticoed Greek Revival structure, designed by Gamaliel King, was built in 1846-51 as Brooklyn's City Hall. The cupola was added in 1898 when Brooklyn was consolidated into Greater New York City, and the building became Borough Hall. Restored in 1989, it houses the offices of The Brooklyn Borough President. — Map (db m20189) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Brooklyn City Railroad Company Building — 8 Old Fulton Street |
| | This handsome red brick building was built in 1860-61 as offices for the city of Brooklyn Railroad Company, one of New York City's first large-scale transit operators. By 1867, the company served 22 million passengers annually, operating twelve lines radiating from the Fulton Ferry Terminal. Designed in the Italianate style, the building's distinctive facades incorporate granite quoins and cast-iron piers. The building served as a factory before its conversion to residential use in 1975 by . . . — Map (db m35109) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Brooklyn Heights Historic District — New York Landmarks Preservation Foundation |
| | Brooklyn Heights, with its elegant promenade and dramatic view of Manhattan, is one of the most uniformly preserved 19th century residential districts in New York City. It was developed soon after 1814, when Robert Fulton's first steam-powered ferry, financially backed by Hezekiah Beers Pierpont, a transplanted New Englander, connected the village of Brooklyn to Manhattan. Distinguished today by frame houses built soon after 1820, Greek Revival and Italianate row houses built in the . . . — Map (db m33085) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture |
| | Dedicates this building as a Peace Site April 17, 1983 Official New York City Landmark Building within the Park Slope Historic District This mansion is now used as a meeting house by the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture. It is considered one of the finest examples of neo-jacobean style architecture within New York City. It was designed by William B. Tubby, a well known architect at the turn of the century. The building was erected in 1900 for William J. Childs, the originator of Bon Ami . . . — Map (db m30966) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Canarsie Veterans Memorial |
| | Dedicated to the men and women of the Canarsie area who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America. American Legion Post # 573 and St Pius X council 4541 Knights of Columbus — Map (db m35137) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Canarsie Veterans Memorial |
| | For God and Country
Dedicated to the residents of Canarsie who gave their lives in defense of our country
Canarsie Post and Unit 573 May 1970 — Map (db m51339) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Church of the Saviour — First Unitarian Church Brooklyn |
| | This church, designed in gothic revival style by Minard Lafever, was dedicated in 1844. It is the home of the oldest Unitarian society in Brooklyn, organized in 1833. During the 1890's, new windows, the work of Louis C. Tiffany, were installed. — Map (db m33726) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Civil War Soldiers’ Monument |
| | . . . — Map (db m13257) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Clinton Hill Historic District — Clinton Hill Mansions — This is one of the four markers that designate the area. |
| | Clinton Avenue is a grand turn-of-the-century boulevard which has remained relatively intact. When it was developed, the Avenue was distinguished by five mansions of the Pratt Family, four of them built as weddings presents for the sons of Charles Pratt, the first refiner of kerosene oil and partner of John D. Rockefeller, three of the mansions still stand at 229, 241, and 245 Clinton Avenue, opposite the paternal Pratt home at 232 along with earlier buildings in Italianate and French Second . . . — Map (db m35114) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Cobble Hill Historic District — New York Landmark Preservation Foundation |
| | Cobble Hill is an exceptionally rich district both historically and architecturally. Jennie Jerome, the mother of Winston Churchill, was born at 197 Amity Street in 1854. Among the distinguished architects' work represented here is 296 Clinton Street, the 1843 home of Richard Upjohn, architect of Wall Street's Trinity Church; and the 1852 St. Francis Cabrini Chapel on DeGraw Street by Minard Lafever, architect of Sailors' Snug Harbor. The home buildings on Hicks Street, Warren Street, and . . . — Map (db m33911) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Defenders of the Union — Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch — Grand Army Plaza |
| | To the Defenders of the Union, 1861-1865 — Map (db m13548) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Denyse’s Ferry – Gravesend Bay — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | At the time of the American Revolution, travelers from Long Island boarded a ferry that took them across the Narrows to Staten Island near this point. In the summer of 1776, a British fleet commanded by Admiral Lord Richard Howe sailed up through the Narrows and prepared to attack the City of New York. On August 22, 1776, Lord Howe deposited the first of approximately 20,000 troops on the Brooklyn shore near the ferry landing. Their camps stretched east towards New Lots. Early in the morning . . . — Map (db m30752) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Dutch Reformed Church of Flatlands — Landmarks of New York |
| | Constructed in 1848 in late Federal style, this edifice occupies the site of the original octagonal shingled church built in 1663 and rebuilt in 1794. The congregation was formed in 1654 by the Rev. Johannes Megapolensis, pastor of the Collegiate Church. — Map (db m30176) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Eagle Warehouse |
| | After the Brooklyn Eagle newspaper razed its original offices here, Frank Freeman (1862-1949) was commissioned to design a warehouse for the site. It was completed in 1894.
Acknowledged now as Brooklyn's greatest architect, Freeman was a master of the Eclectic Romanesque Revival style. His metaphor of warehouse as fortress — impregnable, massive, permanent — was singularly fitting and reassuring for the owners of the valuables stored within. Underground, a "moat" of air even . . . — Map (db m30787) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Ebbets Field |
| | This is the site of the former Ebbets Field — Map (db m18336) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Evacuation Site – Fulton Landing — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | Near this location, the American army retreated across the East River to Manhattan after its disastrous defeat in the Battle of Brooklyn on August 27, 1776. Badly outnumbered and cornered by British troops under the command of General William Howe, the Americans were on the brink of annihilation when Washington pulled off a daring nighttime withdrawal. At sundown on August 29, 1776, he quietly moved the remnants of his army, some 9000 men, down from Brooklyn Heights to the Brooklyn ferry . . . — Map (db m30757) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — F. D. N. Y. |
| | To the men of the Fire Department who died at the call of duty at this site on August 2 1978 Soldiers in a war that never ends
Lieutenant James E Cutillo Bat 33 Eng 276
Firefighter 1st Gr Charles Bouton Ladder Co 156
Firefighter 1st Gr Harold S Hastings Bat 42 Eng 243
Firefighter 1st Gr James McManus Ladder Co 153
Firefighter 1st Gr George S Rice Ladder Co 153
Firefighter 1st Gr William O'Connor Ladder Co 156
This memorial is dedicated by the Bay Improvement Group — Map (db m39461) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Father Kehoe Triangle |
| | Dedicated in memory of those who gave their lives in Vietnam — Map (db m19262) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — First Resistance to British Arms in NY |
| | To commemorate the first resistance made to British arms in New York State August 1776 Erected by the Long Island Society Daughters of the Revolution A.D. 1916 — Map (db m13202) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Floyd Bennett Post # 1060 |
| | Dedicated to the members of Floyd Bennett Post 1060 American Legion who served in defense of our country. — Map (db m51338) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Fort Greene Park |
| | The Prison Ship Martyrs Monument memorializes thousands of American soldiers, sailors, and civilians who died aboard British prison ships moored in Wallabout Bay (East River) from 1776 - 1783. Revolutionary War Heritage Trail — Map (db m13222) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Fort Hamilton |
| | The War of 1812 inspired a new generation of American seacoast forts, New York’s first example was Fort Hamilton, constructed between 1825 and 1831. Earlier masonry forts in the harbor had been of sandstone, but Fort Hamilton was built of granite to an improved design with many of its guns protected by stone casemates. Fort Hamilton remained a powerful defense until rifled ordinance rendered it obsolete during the Civil War. New generations of guns later made the site effective against ships . . . — Map (db m21620) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Fort Hamilton Officers’ Club — This is a membership club |
| | This casemate fort, named in honor of Alexander Hamilton, was constructed during the years 1825 – 1831 as part of the New York Harbor coastal defense network. It is situated on the site of the two earlier earthworks. One was a 1778 British fortification and the other was an 1814 U.S. Army fortification named Fort Lewis. In 1938, the casemate fort was renovated and converted into the Fort Hamilton Officers’ Club. The fort received National Historic Landmark status 7 July 1974 and New York City Landmark status on 8 March 1977. — Map (db m21622) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Fort Stirling |
| | This tablet marks the site of Fort Stirling. On this bluff in the spring of 1776, it formed one of a chain of redoubts built in Brooklyn opposite New York. This work fell into the hands of the British during the Battle of Long Island and was thereafter garrisoned by the Hessian troops until victory by the American Army led to the evacuation of New York November 25th, 1788. — Map (db m33115) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Four Chimneys |
| | This tablet marks the land upon which stood “Four Chimneys,” the house occupied by General George Washington as headquarters during the Battle of Long Island, in which the Council of War was held August 29th 1776, when it was decided to withdraw the American Army from Long Island. — Map (db m30049) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Governor DeWitt Clinton |
| | Born March 2, 1769 at Little Britain, New York, DeWitt Clinton was one of the greatest statesmen produced by the State of New York. He was a State Senator, United States Senator, Mayor of the City of New York and Governor of the State of New York. He was the driving force that made public education a reality as well as a proponent of the abolition of slavery in the State of New York. He spearheaded the construction of the Erie Canal, which became the gateway to the American West. He was also . . . — Map (db m40099) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Gravesend |
| | Settled in 1643 by English Quakers under Lady Deborah Moody on land granted to them by the Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam — Map (db m30055) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Gravesend Cemetery — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | On the morning of August 22, 1776, the British invasion force, approximately 20,000 troops, began landing on the shores of Gravesend Bay, supported by naval forces under the command of Admiral Lord Richard Howe. The invaders followed the King’s Highway to seize the villages of Gravesend and Flatlands to the east. They took the Old Road to capture Flatbush village and to confront the American forces guarding the Flatbush Pass, where the road up to Brooklyn Village cut through the hills above . . . — Map (db m30064) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Gravesend Veterans Memorial |
| | In honor of those who served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America to preserve life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. — Map (db m51141) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Greek American Veterans |
| | Dedicated to the memory of Greek American Veterans here and everywhere who served in defense of our nation in all of its wars. — Map (db m36634) WM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Hendrick I. Lott House — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | Built in 1800, the Hendrick I. Lott House incorporates the earlier 18th-century home of his grandfather Johannes E. Lott, a colonel in the American Army. The Lott House is a quiet reminder that during the Revolutionary War, Kings County consisted mostly of farms and small villages. The County boasted fewer than 4,000 inhabitants, one-third of whom were enslaved. The Lotts themselves had twelve slaves working a farm that originally encompassed at least 200 acres. After landing on the shores of . . . — Map (db m30086) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Hendrick I. Lott House — 1940 East 36th Street |
| | The Hendrick I. Lott House is one of fourteen remaining Dutch Colonial farmhouses in Kings County. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is designated as a New York City Landmark. The house remains structurally sound and virtually unchanged from the time Hendrick Lott constructed it in 1800, incorporating a section of the 1720 homestead built by his grandfather, Johannes Lott. When the Lott family emigrated from Holland in 1652, they began to acquire land in the Town of . . . — Map (db m30200) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Henry Bergh-Monument — Humility of Man Before A Group of Ageless Animals — ASPCA Sculpture |
| | Humility of Man Before A Group of Ageless Animals, by Wilhelm Hunt Diederich (1884-1953) and John Terken (1912-1993)—
This bas-relief, a tribute to the bond between man and animals, was given by it renowned artists to the ASPCA circa 1953 and hung on its Manhattan headquarters until 1992. Generations of New Yorkers viewed this iconic sculpture while passing the ASPCA Headquarters along FDR Drive at 92nd Street. In 2006, this sculpture was installed at Green-Wood, below the grave of Henry . . . — Map (db m61552) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Historic Marker of Battle Pass |
| | At this point the old Porte Road or Valley Grove Road intersected the line of hills separating Flatbush from Brooklyn and Gowanus. In the Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776, this pass was barricaded in front by Dongan Oak and other obstructions. It was protected by artillery on Redoubt Hill just to the east. Here the American forces stood their ground against the Hessians coming from the south till flanked from the river by a body of British troops. General Sullivan was captured, but most . . . — Map (db m13214) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Howard’s Inn – Evergreen Cemetery — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | The Cemetery of the Evergreens is situated at a site critical to the Battle of Brooklyn. Near the Cemetery, by the intersection of today’s Broadway and Jamaica Avenue, stood Howard’s Tavern, the most easterly pass of only four passes through the wooded heights running down the spine of Brooklyn. On the night of August 26, 1776 a British force of about 14,000 moved in silence along The Kings Highway in a move to encircle the American defenders. The British forced Howard and his son to lead . . . — Map (db m30061) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese Monument — Teammates, Friends, and Men of Courage and Conviction |
| | This monument honors Jackie Robinson and Pee Wee Reese:
Teammates, friends, and men of Courage and Conviction. Robinson broke the Color Barrier in major league baseball, Reese supported him, and together they made history.
In May 1947, on Cincinnati’s Crosley Field, Robinson endured racist taunts, jeers, and death threats that would have broken the spirit of a lesser man. Reese, Captain of the Brooklyn Dodgers, walked over to his teammate Robinson and stood by his side, silencing the . . . — Map (db m61575) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — John J. Fraser |
| | Dedicated in memory of Patrolman John J. Fraser killed in performance of duty Sept 28, 1934. Private First Class-Battery D, 59th Field Artillery C.A.C. of the A.E.F. — Map (db m18402) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — John Paul Jones |
| | In honor of John Paul Jones Father of the U.S. Navy --------------- This flagpole has been refabricated from the mast of the U.S.S. Daniel No. 335, by Lt. Alton Douglass and the crew of U.S.S. Seattle A.O.E. 3, and installed on this site with the generous assistance of interested contractors. --------------- Memorial Committee Edward W. Evans, President Arthur J. O’Brien, Vice President Jean Gray Barry, Treasurer Honorable Angelo J. Arcuilo City Council Minority Leader Charles J. Henry, . . . — Map (db m19277) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — June 1975 |
| | To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the United States Army on 14 June 1975 and the 150th anniversary of Fort Hamilton on 11 June 1975, this plaque is dedicated. We ask our successors to hold an appropriate observance in June 2025 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Fort Hamilton and 250th anniversary of the United States Army. In June 1975 the following commands were at Fort Hamilton or its subordinate installations.* * * *USA Garrison Troops 818th Hospital Center (Army Reserve) . . . — Map (db m21623) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Line of Defense — August 27, 1776 |
| | Battle of Long Island 175 feet south Siege of Valley Grove House 150 feet north — Map (db m13213) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Lt. Kenneth E Aimee |
| | In Memory of Lt. Kenneth Aimee, 331st Fighter Squadron, Who gave his life in the service of his country: July 8, 1954. This memorial lovingly erected by friends and neighbors of this community — Map (db m19305) WM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — M1857 12 Pounder Napoleon |
| | This was the standard smoothbore fieldpiece of the Civil War. Our specimen is a rare early model distinguished by its handles as one of the first thirty-six made. — Map (db m21666) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Manhattan North of the Bridge to Canal Street — Brooklyn North of the Bridge |
| | The dense fabric of buildings along the shore housed an unregulated mixture of industry and sea-related businesses. Lumber yards, coal yards, and storehouses lined the wharves and were the background for the picturesque masts of sailing ships docked at the piers. At Grand, Houston and 10th streets, ferries brought commuters and pleasure seekers back and forth between New York and Brooklyn.
Brooklyn North of the Bridge
The area north of the bridge was devoted largely to industry and . . . — Map (db m62923) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Marine Major Eugene McCarthy — May 10 1955 - Feb 2 1991 |
| |
Marine Major Eugene McCarthy
May 10 1955 - Feb 2 1991
Native son of Brooklyn
Desert Storm hero
made ultimate sacrifice
along with 278
fellow Americans
during the Gulf War — Map (db m19306) WM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Maryland Heroes |
| | Here lie buried 256 Maryland soldiers who fell in the Battle of Brooklyn August 27, 1776. — Map (db m13204) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Maryland Monument |
| | In honor of Maryland’s Four Hundred who on this battlefield August 27th 1776 saved the American Army < Back of Monument > Good God! What brave fellows I must this day lose. George Washington Pedestal contributed by the Department of ParksCharles A. Schieren Frank Sovier Mayor Commissioner — Map (db m30765) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Maryland Regiment Burial Site — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | The vicinity of 3rd Avenue and 9th Street is the presumed location of the burial site of the more than 250 soldiers of the Colonel Smallwood Regiment from Maryland. Nearby, in the swamps of Gowanus, during the Battle of Brooklyn on August 27, 1776, approximately 400 gallant men, under the command of General William Alexander, also known as Lord Stirling repeatedly attacked a British force many times their number. Their objective was to cover the American retreat across the Gowanus Creek to . . . — Map (db m13206) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Meucci Triangle |
| | Antonio Meucci
1808 - 1889
Father of the telephone
First US Patent Caveat 3335
Dec 28 1871
Erected AD MCMLXXXIX
Italian Historical Society of America
John Lacorte - Founder
A. Ottavino - Donor — Map (db m52043) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Milestone Park — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | On this site stood the Van Pelt House, portions of which dated to the late 17th Century. During the Revolutionary War, local farmers like the Van Pelts saw their homes used to quarter British and Hessian officers as well as American prisoners. The house was dismantled for the creation of the park in the mid-twentieth century, one of many such events that have marked the disappearance of Kings County’s rural past. The New Utrecht Milestone (erected in 1741) marked the juncture of the King’s . . . — Map (db m30067) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Milestone Park |
| | This park is at the location of the oldest existing milestone in New York City. The New Ultrecht milestone was placed here in approximately 1741 under the reign of George II. The stone, which served as a directional post to travelers, stood at the juncture of two colonial roads: Kings Highway and Old Ultrecht – Flatbush Road (now 18th Avenue). It also served as a gauge to determine postal rates. The inscription read as follows:Front – 8¼ Mile to N York Ferry This Road To Deny’s . . . — Map (db m30090) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Narrows Overlook – Fort Hamilton — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | In the summer of 1776, American lookouts watched a British fleet massing in the Narrows from this point. Over two hundred ships and thirty thousand men, under the command of General William Howe and his brother, Admiral Lord Richard Howe were set to invade Long Island. Their objective was to seize the City of New York as the first step toward the restoration of British authority in America. On August 22, 1776, British troops came ashore at Gravesend Bay, near Denyse’s Ferry in New Utrecht. The . . . — Map (db m21615) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Necassius De Sille House |
| | This tablet is placed near the site of the Necassius De Sille House where Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull died September 20, 1776 Erected by the Gen. Nathaniel Woodhull Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution May 20, 1916 — Map (db m30088) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — New Utrecht Cemetery — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | This is the site of the original New Utrecht Reformed Church, built in 1700 on the main street of New Utrecht village. On August 22, 1776, General Howe’s troops occupied the old Church before moving to attack the Americans at Brooklyn Heights. After the Battle of Brooklyn, August 27, 1776, the Church was used as a field hospital and prison and, later, a riding school. The most notable prisoner, General Nathaniel Woodhull, President of the New York Convention, was moved to the neighboring . . . — Map (db m30062) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — New Utrecht Liberty Pole |
| | This Liberty Pole marks the spot over which the American flag first waved in the town of New Utrecht. The original pole was erected by our forefathers at the Evacuation of the British, November 1783, amid the firing of cannons and demonstration of joy. A second pole was erected on the same site in 1834. The third pole was erected May 1899. Committee T.C. Van Pelt J. Lott Nostrand November 1902 < Lower Markers > The third pole was re-set May 1899 by the descendants of those by . . . — Map (db m30342) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — New Utrecht Reformed Church — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | Completed in 1829, the Church incorporates in its walls the stones from the original structure, which had stood in the eastern corner of the old New Utrecht Reformed Church Cemetery, 16th Avenue and 84th Street since 1700. During the Battle of Brooklyn, British troops marched north along the road from the Narrows to engage American forces posted in what is now Prospect Park and The Green-Wood Cemetery. The Stars and Stripes first flew over the Village of New Utrecht in November 1783, from a . . . — Map (db m30069) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — New Utrecht Reformed Church — Landmarks of New York |
| | The walls of this building, constructed in early Gothic revival style in 1828, contain stones taken from a predecessor church built in 1700 as the first house of worship for the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of New Utrecht, organized in 1677. The Liberty Pole is the sixth installed on the same spot to mark the first raising of an American Flag in New Utrecht following the evacuation of the British in November 1783. — Map (db m30177) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Old Stone House — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | During the 1776 Battle of Brooklyn, Maryland continental soldiers under General William Alexander waged a crucial battle at this site. This Dutch farmhouse has been reconstructed. — Map (db m13207) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — On July 4, 1776 |
| | American Artillerymen under the command of Maj. Gen. Henry Knox fired from this area on the British Invasion Fleet in New York Harbor. These were the first shots of the Battle of Long Island. Damage & casualties were inflicted upon the H.M.S. Asia. — Map (db m21609) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Our Drummer Boy |
| | Erected by the Drum and Bugle Corps of the 13th Regt. N.G., S.N.Y., in memory of Clarence D. MacKenzie, born Feb. 8, 1849, Died at Annapolis, MD., June 11, 1861, aged 12 yrs 4 mos 3 dys Back of Monument: This young life was the first offering from King’s County in the War of the Rebellion — Map (db m13314) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Parkville Veterans Memorial |
| | The Parkville Community pays homage to those of its neighbors who served in the armed forces in defense of our country. — Map (db m51925) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | Originally the center of a Dutch West India Company bowerie, or farm, the original portion of the Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House was built c. 1652 by Pieter and his wife Grietje Van Ness and is the oldest surviving structure in New York City. The house was enlarged c. 1740 and again in 1819 in a pattern typical of the Dutch-American farmhouse. The house was built along Canarsie Lane, which linked the settlement of Canarsie with Kings Highway. During the Revolutionary War, Pieter and Grietje’s . . . — Map (db m30079) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims — Underground Railroad Heritage Trail |
| | The congregation of Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims hired Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) as their first minister, approving of his abolitionist sentiments. Beecher protested the Fugitive Slave Laws of 1850, exhorting his congregation to place the requirements of sacred law above those of human law and to join the Underground Railroad. He promised to shelter fugitive slaves and treat them "as my own flesh and blood." Plymouth Church was on the route used by Reverend Charles Ray (1807-1886), an . . . — Map (db m33772) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Ponkiesberg Fortification |
| | Near this place during the Revolutionary War stood the Ponkiesberg fortification from which General George Washington is said to have observed the fighting at Gowanus during the Battle of Long Island August 27, 1776. Erected in 1926 by the South Brooklyn Savings Institution. — Map (db m30047) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Prison Ship Martyrs Monument |
| | [Engraved into the limestone at the base of the tower]:
1776
The
Prison
Ship
Martyrs
Monument
1908
[Plaque on monument's opposite side from engraving]:
In memory of the 11,500 patriotic American Sailors and Soldiers who endured untold suffering, and died on the British prison ships, anchored in Wallabout during the Revolutionary War 1776 - 1782. Their remains lie buried in the crypt at the base of this monument which was dedicated on November 14, 1908.
This . . . — Map (db m14891) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Projectiles for U.S. 20-inch Rodman Gun |
| | These thousand pound cast iron balls fit the huge gun in the park just outside the fort’s main gate. The 20-inch model of 1864 was experimental; the largest standard seacoast gun in use during our Civil War was the 15-inch Rodman. — Map (db m29650) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Red Lion Inn — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | Near here stood the Red Lion Inn, marking the junction of three country roads: Martense Lane, which followed what is now the southern edge of the Green-Wood Cemetery; the Narrows Road, which came up the shore of New York Bay from Denyse’s Ferry; and the Gowanus Road, which led back up to Brooklyn Heights. On August 27, 1776, the Battle of Brooklyn began when a British column under General James Grant attacked American pickets defending the Red Lion. Although the Americans put up a stubborn . . . — Map (db m13243) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Robert E. Lee Tree |
| | This tree was planted by General Robert Edward Lee while stationed at Fort Hamilton from 1842-1847 ---------- The tree has been restored and this tablet placed upon it by the New York Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy April 1912 — Map (db m13245) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Robert J Crawford |
| | In memory of our brother Robert J Crawford April 1, 1939 - Sept. 11, 2001 and all our brother knights who perished on September 11 at the World Trade Center — Map (db m35119) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Rockaway Footpath |
| | On the eve of the Battle of Long Island in the early morning hours of August 27, 1776, General William Howe, commander of the British forces, ordered a local tavern owner, William Howard, and his son to guide several thousand British redcoats along this path in order to avoid detection by the patriot sentries believed to be guarding nearby Jamica pass. Dedicated on the two-hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Long Island by the Evergreens Cemetery, August 12, 2001. — Map (db m30058) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Samuel F. B. Morse |
| | Samuel F. B. Morse Inventor of the telegraph To honor and perpetuate his memory this plaque is presented by the members of the Morse Telegraph Club 1968 Upper Monument: Samuel Finley Breese Morse Born Charlestown Mass: April XXVII 1791 Died April 11 1872 — Map (db m13315) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Sheepshead Bay Veterans Memorial |
| | For God and Country
In memory of those who served in the Armed Forces of our country. Bill Brown Post No. 507 American Legion — Map (db m51384) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Site of the Dongan Oak |
| | At the Battle of Long Island, on the hill to the north of this spot, the Americans had a redoubt with two guns, to guard the old Valley Grove Road, called by the early settlers the “Porte”, meaning gate-way through the hills, and which ran in front of this monument. By that road stood a white-oak, mentioned in the patent of Governor Dongan, November 12, 1685, as a marker between Flatbush and Brooklyn. This tree was cut down and thrown across the road. With the dense woods on the . . . — Map (db m13218) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Spanish 24-Pounder |
| | In 1786, when this piece was cast, it was common to give names to guns. Theodorico (“Little Theodore”) served as part of the defenses of Santiago de Cuba. Though it had been rifled to improve its range and accuracy, Theodorico was obsolete by 1898 when it became a trophy of the war with Spain. — Map (db m21667) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — The Battle of Brooklyn — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed to the world that thirteen British colonies had joined together to create a new nation: the United States of America. Here in Brooklyn, only two months later, the survival of that new nation would be challenged on the field of battle. There had been clashes with the British before, but the Battle of Brooklyn was the debut of the Continental Army and its untested commander-in-chief, Gen. George Washington. Following a series of . . . — Map (db m13255) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — The Battle of Brooklyn — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed to the world that thirteen British colonies had joined together to create a new nation: the United States of America. Here in Brooklyn, only two months later, the survival of that new nation would be challenged on the field of battle. There had been clashes with the British before, but the Battle of Brooklyn was the debut of the Continental Army and its untested commander-in-chief, Gen. George Washington. Following a series of . . . — Map (db m21613) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — The Battle of Brooklyn — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed to the world that thirteen British colonies had joined together to create a new nation: the United States of America. Here in Brooklyn, only two months later, the survival of that new nation would be challenged on the field of battle. There had been clashes with the British before, but the Battle of Brooklyn was the debut of the Continental Army and its untested commander-in-chief, Gen. George Washington. Following a series of . . . — Map (db m30174) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — The Battle of Brooklyn — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed to the world that thirteen British colonies had joined together to create a new nation: the United States of America. Here in Brooklyn, only two months later, the survival of that new nation would be challenged on the field of battle. There had been clashes with the British before, but the Battle of Brooklyn was the debut of the Continental Army and its untested commander-in-chief, Gen. George Washington. Following a series of . . . — Map (db m30175) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — The Battle of Brooklyn — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed to the world that thirteen British colonies had joined together to create a new nation: the United States of America. Here in Brooklyn, only two months later, the survival of that new nation would be challenged on the field of battle. There had been clashes with the British before, but the Battle of Brooklyn was the debut of the Continental Army and its untested commander-in-chief, Gen. George Washington. Following a series of . . . — Map (db m30997) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — The Battle of Brooklyn — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed to the world that thirteen British colonies had joined together to create a new nation: the United States of America. Here in Brooklyn, only two months later, the survival of that new nation would be challenged on the field of battle. There had been clashes with the British before, but the Battle of Brooklyn was the debut of the Continental Army and its untested commander-in-chief, Gen. George Washington. Following a series of . . . — Map (db m31008) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — The Battle of Brooklyn — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed to the world that thirteen British colonies had joined together to create a new nation: the United States of America. Here in Brooklyn, only two months later, the survival of that new nation would be challenged on the field of battle. There had been clashes with the British before, but the Battle of Brooklyn was the debut of the Continental Army and its untested commander-in-chief, Gen. George Washington. Following a series of . . . — Map (db m31009) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — The Battle of Long Island — 22-29 August 1776 |
| | In the summer of 1776 this site saw both the first coast defense of the newborn United States & the opening of the largest battle of the Revolutionary War. On that original Fourth of July, a small American gun position near here entered into an unequal contest with the British warship Asia, inflicting damage & casualties before being silenced. The challenge to the Asia came as she sailed toward a Staten Island base, convoying troops intended to crush America’s revolution. The next . . . — Map (db m21612) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — The Brooklyn Bridge — 1867 - 1883 |
| | The Brooklyn Bridge, the largest suspension bridge in the world at the time it was built, was the first to span the East River. Designed and constructed by John A. Roebling and his son, Washington A. Roebling, the bridge spans 3,461 feet and rises 133 feet from the river below. The steel cablework, strung across two monumental stone towers, is fixed at both ends in stone anchorages. The Brooklyn Bridge, a structure of beauty, was a milestone in the history of American Engineering. — Map (db m20143) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — The Brooklyn Wall of Remembrance and Tribute Walk |
| | The Foundation wishes to express its gratitude to the many individuals who worked so hard and gave so generously to make this memorial a reality.
Principal Benefactors: Ebbets Field Wall of Remembrance Foundation, Inc., Sol Moglen, Founder; Mark Scharfman and Sons, Gary Sinise, The Haskell Family, Jim Fassel Foundation, Peter Max, Meridian Capital; Group LLC, Keyspan.
Major Benefactors: Gary and Moira Sinise, Ricky Bros Construction, Inc, Rosenberg-Estis P.C., Horwitz and Zim Law Group, 2nd . . . — Map (db m61554) WM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — The Caponier |
| | Fort Hamilton, with its heavy guns, defended New York City against ships. This structure defended Fort Hamilton against land attack. The caponier was a flank battery designed to sweep the back of the main fort with cannon fire and to protect the gate immediately behind you. Such a battery used canister - containers of small iron balls – which made the cannon into gigantic shotguns. Enemy infantry or marines attempting to take Fort Hamilton from the rear would have had to charge through . . . — Map (db m21619) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — The Church of the Generals — St. John’s Episcopal Church |
| | General Robert E. Lee – Vestryman 1842-1844 General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson – Baptized 1849 General Matthew B. Ridgway (N.A.T.O. Commander) – Baptized 1899--------------- Other general and flag officers who have worshipped here areJoseph H. Bailey, Harvey Brown, John B. Clitz, Willis D. Crittenberger, Isaac D. DeRussy, Calvin DeWitt, Jr., Justin Dimick, William M. Graham, Hubert R. Harmon, Leland S. Hobbs, Lucius R. Holbrook, Charles E. Kilbourne, Russell C. Langdon, . . . — Map (db m13271) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — The Delaware Regiment — Battle of Long Island – August 27, 1776 |
| | Responding to the call of the Continental Congress, the Delaware Regiment was organized in January of 1776. In early August of that year they were ordered to march northward to join the Continental army under the command of General Washington. Consisting of eight companies numbering in excess of 500 battle-ready troops, the Delaware Regiment enjoyed the distinction of being one of the largest and best equipped in the Continental service. Upon their arrival in New York they were assigned to . . . — Map (db m13211) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — The Dover Patrol |
| | To the glory of God and in everlasting remembrance of The Dover Patrol 1914 – 1919 They died that we might live. May we be worthy of their sacrifice. West Side of Monument: This monument to the Dover Patrol erected as a tribute to the comradeship and service of the American Naval Forces in Europe during the World War Monuments of identical design at Dover, England – Cap Blanc Nez, France – New York, N.Y. Erected from funds provided by public subscription in Great . . . — Map (db m38784) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — The Kings Highway |
| | 1636 The King's Highway formerly the road to Flatlands Neck passed this site. Over it the Indian braves and Captain John Underhill with his colonial soldiers passed. Lord Cornwallis, on August 25, 1776, at the head of the British troops silently marched in the night to outflank the Continental Army at the Battle of Long Island. President George Washington drove over this road April 20, 1790 on his journey around Long Island. — Map (db m18403) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — The Marquis de Lafayette |
| | This monument was erected and presented by Henry Harteaua distinguished citizen of Brooklyn to be an enduring tribute to the memory of one who as friend and companion of the immortal Washington fought to establish in our country those vital principles of Liberty and Human Brotherhood which he afterward labored to establish in his own. < Rear of Monument > This memorial was unveiled and dedicated by Marshal Joffre and M. Viviani of the French War Commission May 10, 1917 — Map (db m30768) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — The Old Stone House — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | The Old Stone House, also known as the Vecte-Cortelyou House, was built in 1699 along the Gowanus Road, which skirted a creek of the same name. During the Battle of Brooklyn, on August 27, 1776, approximately 2,000 combined British forces captured the house and began to shell American troops retreating from behind British lines across the creek, towards the American fortifications on Brooklyn Heights. To cover the retreat, 400 soldiers from Maryland and Delaware, led by General William . . . — Map (db m30761) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Thomas F Norton |
| | In memory of our brother who died in Vietnam P. F. C. Thomas F. Norton
1947 - 1968 — Map (db m18404) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Tree Dedication for Medal of Honor Recipients — Cypress Hills National Cemetery |
| | This tree dedicated by the Veterans Administration in 1976 to America’s Medal of Honor Recipients who helped make this Bicentennial Observance possible “By gallantry above and beyond the call of duty” — Map (db m61576) WM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Walt Whitman — (1819 - 1892) — He gave America, and poetry itself, a new voice. |
| | On this site, from 1841 to 1892, stood the offices of the Brooklyn Eagle. In its time, a powerful paper. From 1846 to 1848, Whitman, not yet 30 but a seasoned journalist, served as its editor. For his stand against slavery in newly admitted states, the owner fired him. His years here gave him a ringside seat on the young democracy that he would soon celebrate in his great work "Leaves of Grass" (1855). These poems would change the way people thought about — and wrote — poetry. . . . — Map (db m31145) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Where the Dodgers Made Baseball History and Jackie Robinson Changed America |
| | Once upon a time (1890-1957), there was a major league baseball team in Brooklyn—the Dodgers. They played their games at Ebbets Field (1913-1957) in Flatbush, where the fans and players dodged the trolley cars to get to the ballpark. But it was here, on this site, that the team was headquartered from 1938-1957.
During these "golden years" in the team's history, the business officers of the Brooklyn Dodgers Baseball Club were here, at 215 Montague Street. And in these offices, on August . . . — Map (db m33742) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — William Moir Smith |
| | Company A. 71st Reg
N.Y.S.M.
Who fell mortally wounded
at the first battle
of Bull Run
July 21, 1861.
Died at Richmond, VA
Aug 1, 1861
Aged 22 years — Map (db m32862) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Wyckoff Bennett Mont House — Revolutionary War Heritage Trail |
| | This Dutch-American farmhouse is a quiet reminder that the Battle of Brooklyn, one of the biggest conflicts of the Revolutionary War, took place when Kings County was still mostly farm country. The country boasted fewer than 4,000 inhabitants, one third of whom were slaves working on land owned by families descended from 17th-century Dutch immigrants. Hendrick Wyckoff built the house in 1766. The site he chose lay along Kings Highway, then the County’s main east-west artery. After the British . . . — Map (db m30082) HM |
| New York (Kings County), Brooklyn — Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead — Historic District - New York City |
| | The best preserved, and considered by many the most beautiful example of Dutch Colonial architecture in Brooklyn, this dwelling is believed to have been built by Henry and Abraham Wyckoff, descendants of Pieter Wyckoff who came to this country in 1637. The house was standing in 1766, judging from an inscription found cut in a beam in the old barn. During the American Revolutionary War, Hessian officers were quartered in the house, and two of these soldiers’ scratched their names and ranks on . . . — Map (db m30180) HM |
| New York (New York County), Brooklyn — Panaroma (sic) of Brooklyn South of the Brooklyn Bridge — Crossing the Bridge — United States Navy Yard |
| | People looking south towards Brooklyn from bridge in 1883 were treated to a spectacular view. 135 feet below them dozens of ferries, looking like toy boats, crisscrossed the East River, taking passengers to and from Manhattan. Along the busy waterfront the chimneys of factories and distilleries spouted great clouds of smoke as clipper ships and steamers sailed into the harbor, bound for the warehouses and docks that lined Brooklyn’s shore. Rising above the horizon in the distance were the . . . — Map (db m62888) HM |
| New York (New York County), Brooklyn — The Builders of the Bridge |
| | Dedicated to the memory of Emily Warren Roebling 1843-1903 whose faith and courage helped her stricken husband Col. Washington A. Roebling, C.E. 1837-1926 complete the construction of this bridge from the plans of his father John A. Roebling, C.E. 1806-1869 who gave his life to the bridge
“Back of every great work we can find the self-sacrificing devotion of a woman”
The tablet elected 1961 by
The Brooklyn Engineers Club
with funds raised by popular subscription — Map (db m57229) HM |
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