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A Visit to the NY Transit Museum.

Sep 01, 2017 brooklyn,brooklyn events,downtown brooklyn,events,kids activities,museusms,new york,new york transit museum,things to do,tranist museum

We wouldn’t quite call the New York Transit Museum a hidden gem, even though it is located underground and there are usually very few crowds when we’ve visited in the past, but it certainly is a neighborhood treasure. One of the most unique museums you’ll find in New York, the space presents the history of […]

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Exploring Glass Bottle Beach by Arthur Mallet

Aug 08, 2017 arthur mallett,beach garbage,beach trash,beach treasures,brooklyn,brooklyn beaches,brooklyn historical society,brooklyn history,floyd bennett field,galss bottle beach,glass bottles,washed ashore

In the dog days of summer, New Yorkers like to take advantage of the local beaches: Brighton Beach, Coney Island, and the Rockaways. There’s one beach, however, that offers a unique attraction: Glass Bottle Beach and it’s vast treasures. Located in Dead Horse Bay across from Floyd Bennett Field, Glass Bottle Beach lives up to […]

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Red Hook History Part 1 by Maryam Daghmoumi

Jun 06, 2017 brooklyn history,brooklyn ironworkers noontime,historical,iron workers,maggie blank,Maryam Daghmoumi,red hook,red hook history,red hook industry

Walking around Red Hook this past week felt like I was stepping through a worm hole, into a time when Red Hook would have been a busy, bustling port town and not just the sleepy little seaside community I have known for so long. Maybe it was the hordes of sailors docked here for Fleet […]

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