Brooklyn, New York

Places to Explore

• Jewish Center of Kings Highway

  The Jewish Center of Kings Highway, in Brooklyn's Midwood neighborhood, is a historic site. It started as Beth HaKnesseth Talmud Torah of Kings Highway, and by 1924, it was renamed the Jewish Center of Kings Highway. The main synagogue building was constructed between 1928 and 1930, designed by arc

• Young Israel of Flatbush

  Young Israel of Flatbush, located in Brooklyn's Kings County, was established as a congregation on December 6, 1921. Its first Shabbat services were held on March 3, 1922. The synagogue building, at 1012 Avenue I, was constructed between 1925 and 1929. Architect Louis Allen Abramson designed it in a

• Industrial Complex at 221 McKibbin Street

  At 221 McKibbin Street in Brooklyn's East Williamsburg neighborhood stands an industrial complex. This site's history of manufacturing began around 1845. The oldest building, constructed in 1850, originally housed H. Lawrence & Sons Rope Works, a significant rope manufacturer. The complex includes a

• Kingsway Jewish Center

  The Kingsway Jewish Center, located in Brooklyn, New York, is a significant historic place in Kings County. The congregation was established in 1928, serving the Midwood, Madison, and Marine Park sections of Brooklyn. The main synagogue building, a four-story steel frame structure with a brick faca

• Ocean Parkway Jewish Center

  The Ocean Parkway Jewish Center is a historic place in Brooklyn, Kings County. It was constructed between 1924 and 1926, designed by architects Samuel Malkind and Martyn Weinstein in a Neoclassical style. A plaque on its exterior commemorates the laying of its cornerstone by Mr. and Mrs. Louis Winke

• 75th Police Precinct Station House

  In Brooklyn, New York, in Kings County, stands the historic 75th Police Precinct Station House. This building was erected in 1886. Designed in the Romanesque Revival style, its architect is credited as George Ingram. The three-story yellow brick structure features a round corner tower and a Norman-i

• Shaari Zedek Synagogue

  The Shaari Zedek Synagogue, a historic place in Brooklyn's Kings County, housed a congregation organized in Stuyvesant Heights in 1902. The building at 767 Putnam Avenue was constructed from 1909 to 1910. It was dedicated on September 25, 1910. Eugene Schoen designed the Neoclassical structure. Thi

• Austin, Nichols and Company Warehouse

  In Brooklyn, Kings County, stands the Austin, Nichols and Company Warehouse, a significant historic place. Construction on this building took place from 1914 to 1915. Designed by architect Cass Gilbert, it served as the headquarters for Austin, Nichols and Company, which was then the world's largest

• Congregational Church of the Evangel

  The Congregational Church of the Evangel, located in Brooklyn, Kings County, is a historic place. The present church building was erected between 1916 and 1917. It is an asymmetrically massed Late Gothic Revival style building. The church was constructed of gray-green random quarry faced ashlar with

• New York Congregational Home for the Aged

  The New York Congregational Home for the Aged was a historic care facility in Brooklyn, New York. Located at 123 Linden Boulevard in Flatbush, this institution was associated with the Congregational church. Architect William A. Parfitt designed the three-story brick building in the Colonial Revival

• Brooklyn Trust Company Building

  The Brooklyn Trust Company Building is a historic place in Kings County, Brooklyn, New York. Constructed from 1913 to 1916, it was designed by architects York and Sawyer. The building features a Renaissance Revival style, drawing inspiration from the Palazzo della Gran Guardia in Verona, Italy. This

• Beth El Jewish Center of Flatbush

  The Beth El Jewish Center of Flatbush is a historic place in Brooklyn, New York. This center, at 1981 Homecrest Avenue, was built in 1927. Architects Seelig and Finkelstein designed the two-story, red brick building. It features Byzantine Revival and Gothic Revival decorative elements, including whi

• Christ Evangelical English Lutheran Church

  The Christ Evangelical English Lutheran Church is located in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. This historic place was constructed between 1898 and 1899. The architectural firm of Dodge and Morrison designed the building in the Romanesque Revival style. Its exterior features cream-colored brick with

• Beverley Road Subway Station (BRT pre-Dual System)

  The Beverley Road Subway Station, located in Brooklyn, Kings County, is a historic place. Its original station opened around 1900 to serve the developing Prospect Park South community. The Brighton Line, where this station is located, was acquired by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit, or BRT. Between 1905

• New Urecht Avenue Station (Dual System BRT)

  The New Utrecht Avenue Station in Brooklyn, serving the Bensonhurst and Borough Park neighborhoods, is a significant historical transit hub. Before its current configuration, this location was known as Bath Junction, a crucial railroad interchange in the late 19th century, connecting early rail line

• Bay Parkway Station (Dual System BRT)

  The Bay Parkway Station in Brooklyn, New York, an elevated structure, opened on July 29, 1916. It is part of the BMT West End Line, which was developed under the Dual Contracts of 1913. These contracts were a significant expansion of the city's subway system, replacing an earlier surface railway wit

• Avenue U Station (Dual System BRT)

  The Avenue U Station, situated in Brooklyn's Kings County, holds a place in the history of the city's rapid transit expansion. An initial surface station opened around 1902. The current elevated station, which serves travelers today, began operation around 1908. This station became an integral part

• 15th Street--Prospect Park Subway Station (IND)

  The 15th Street–Prospect Park Subway Station, located in Brooklyn's Kings County, is a historic place. This underground station officially opened on October 7, 1933. It was built as part of the Independent Subway System, known as the IND, which was a new subway network planned in the 1920s to expand

• Atlantic Avenue Subway Station

  The Atlantic Avenue Subway Station, a historic place in Brooklyn, Kings County, began operations with the Interborough Rapid Transit, or IRT, Eastern Parkway Line. This section opened on May 1, 1908. The station's original control house, designed by Heins & LaFarge, was listed on the National Regist

• Wilson Avenue Subway Station (Dual System BMT)

  The Wilson Avenue Subway Station, located in Brooklyn's Kings County, is a historic place on the BMT Canarsie Line. It opened on July 14, 1928, as part of an extension of the Canarsie Line. This expansion was completed under the city's Dual Contracts, a period when the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Cor

• 4th Avenue Station (IND)

  The 4th Avenue Station of the Independent Subway System, or IND, is located in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood, at the intersection of Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue. This elevated portion of the IND Culver Line opened on October 7, 1933. It was constructed as a viaduct to carry the subway over t

• 9th Avenue Station (Dual System BRT)

  The 9th Avenue Station, a historic place in Brooklyn's Kings County, opened on June 24, 1916. It was part of the BMT West End Line and a key component of New York City's Dual Contracts project, initiated in 1913. This station features a two-level, open-cut design. The upper level continues to serve

• Substation #401, Brooklyn, New York

  Substation #401, also known as the Essex Sub-station, is located in Brooklyn, New York. This historic electrical substation was built in 1901. It was designed by architect Thomas E. Murray in the Beaux Arts style. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company constructed Substation #401 to power the Cypress Hi

• Hubbard House, Brooklyn, New York

  The Hubbard House in Brooklyn, New York, is a historic place. Nelly Johnson Hubbard built this Dutch-American farmhouse around 1830 to 1835. It is a rare surviving example of early nineteenth-century Dutch-American architecture in Brooklyn. The house features traditional H-bent construction, a gable

• Cuyler Presbyterian Church

  The Cuyler Presbyterian Church, a historic place in Brooklyn, New York, is located at 358–360 Pacific Street. The church building was constructed in 1892, designed by architect Edward Sargent. Adjacent to it, the former parsonage, a Greek Revival style dwelling, dates back to approximately 1851. Th

• Church of the Holy Innocents, Brooklyn

  The Church of the Holy Innocents is a historic place in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. The Roman Catholic Parish of the Holy Innocents was established in 1909 to serve the Flatbush area. Initially, a temporary wooden chapel was erected on East 17th Street. In 1922, plans were approved for a much

• Old First Reformed Church

  Old First Reformed Church in Brooklyn, New York, traces its origins to 1654. Governor Pieter Stuyvesant established the congregation, then known as The Reformed Dutch Church of the Town of Breukelen. Early worship services were held under trees, then in a barn. The first church edifice was construct

• Joost Van Nuyse House

  The Joost Van Nuyse House, in Flatlands, Brooklyn, New York, is a historic place. This Dutch Colonial farmhouse's original section was built in 1744. It was later enlarged between 1793 and 1806. Joost Van Nuyse, a Dutch farmer, owned 85 acres in northern Flatlands; his family arrived in New Amsterda

• Saitta House

  The Saitta House, a historic place in Brooklyn's Dyker Heights, is located at 1135 84th Street in Kings County, New York. This two-and-a-half-story Queen Anne style dwelling was completed around 1899. Architect John J. Petit designed the house, and P. J. la Note served as the builder for Beatrice an

• Brooklyn Academy of Music

  The Brooklyn Academy of Music, known as BAM, is a significant historic place in Brooklyn, New York. Chartered in 1859, its first facility opened in 1861 on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. This initial building, designed by Leopold Eidlitz, housed a large theater and concert hall. It served as a

• Brooklyn Public Library--Central Building

  The Brooklyn Public Library's Central Building, located in Kings County, New York, is a significant historic place. Its history began in 1889 when the Brooklyn Park Commission was authorized to select a location for the library. Ground was broken in 1912 for an initial Beaux-Arts design by architect

• The Baptist Temple, Brooklyn

  The Baptist Temple, a historic place in Brooklyn, New York, stands at 360 Schermerhorn Street. This building was originally constructed between 1893 and 1894. It served as the First Baptist Church of Brooklyn, a congregation founded in 1823 and the borough's oldest. Designed in the Romanesque Reviva

• Prospect Hall, Brooklyn, New York

  Prospect Hall, a historic place in Brooklyn, Kings County, was first built in 1892 by entrepreneur John Kolle. The original structure burned down in December 1900. Kolle rebuilt it, and the new hall opened in 1903. Designed by architect Ulrich J. Huberty in the French Renaissance style, it was Brook

• East Midwood Jewish Center

  The East Midwood Jewish Center, located in Brooklyn, New York, is a historic place with roots in the 1920s. It was founded in 1924 by a group of individuals committed to establishing an institution for Jewish education, spiritual, and social needs in the area. The cornerstone of its Renaissance Revi

• Congregation Tifereth Israel

  Congregation Tifereth Israel, a historic place in Kings County, Brooklyn, New York, was established in 1907. For its first ten years, the congregation worshipped in two adjoining row houses. By 1925, a larger space was needed, and the current synagogue building was constructed. Architect Allen A. B

• Magen David Synagogue

  The Magen David Synagogue is a historic place in Brooklyn, New York. Construction of this Neo-Romanesque Revival style building began in 1920. The cornerstone was laid on September 12, 1920. Architect Maurice Courland designed the synagogue. It was completed and dedicated on December 21, 1921. The s

• Bay Ridge United Methodist Church

  The Bay Ridge United Methodist Church, in Brooklyn, New York, was originally named Grace Methodist Episcopal Church. Designed by architect George W. Kramer, it was built in 1899. The church featured a Romanesque Revival style, constructed with green serpentine stone and brown stone trim, and include

• Offerman Building

  The Offerman Building, a historic place in Brooklyn, Kings County, was constructed between 1890 and 1892. This eight-story structure, designed in the Romanesque Revival style by Danish architect Peter J. Lauritzen, was commissioned by Henry Offerman, president of the Brooklyn Sugar Refining Company.

• Renaissance Apartments, Brooklyn

  The Renaissance Apartments, a historic place in Brooklyn's Kings County, stands at Hancock Street and Nostrand Avenue. Built in 1892, this building was commissioned by local realtor Louis F. Seitz. Prominent Brooklyn architect Montrose W. Morris designed it. Morris conceived the Renaissance Apartme

• Lott, Hendrick I., House

  The Hendrick I. Lott House, located in Brooklyn, New York, is a significant historic place. It stands as one of Kings County's remaining Dutch Colonial farmhouses. The house incorporates an earlier homestead built around 1720 by Johannes Lott. In 1800, his grandson, Hendrick I. Lott, constructed the

• Bushwick Avenue Central Methodist Episcopal Church

  The Bushwick Avenue Central Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic place in Brooklyn, Kings County. An initial frame church was erected here in 1887. The current Romanesque Revival style brick and terra cotta building, attributed to architect George W. Kramer, was largely completed by 1912. This i

• Congregation Chevra Linath Hazedeck

  Congregation Chevra Linath Hazedeck, located in Brooklyn's Kensington neighborhood, is recognized as a historic place in Kings County, New York. The congregation was established in 1926. The building at 109 Clara Street was constructed or significantly altered between 1928 and 1932. Architect Benjam

• Manhattan Beach Jewish Center

  The Manhattan Beach Jewish Center is a historic place in Kings County, Brooklyn, New York. Its congregation was founded in 1922. The synagogue building, at 60 West End Avenue, was completed in 1952. Architect Jacob W. Sherman designed the structure, which reflects the Bauhaus-influenced Modern Movem

• Fourth Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church

  The Fourth Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, located in Brooklyn's Kings County, is a historic place. This Romanesque-style building was constructed in 1894. It features red brick and gray sandstone. Ecclesiastical architect George W. Kramer designed the structure. The church, found at 4616 Fourth

• Eighth Avenue (14th Regiment) Armory

  The Eighth Avenue Armory, also known as the 14th Regiment Armory, is a historic place in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. This imposing structure was built between 1891 and 1895. Designed in the Late Victorian style by William A. Mundell, it resembles a medieval military fortress. The armory served

• Andrews United Methodist Church

  Andrews United Methodist Church, located in Brooklyn, New York, is a historic site. The congregation began on April 29, 1851, originally known as the Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church of Union Place. Construction for its first modest frame structure started in September 1851. In July 1872, the soc