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    BROKLYN HEIGTSYR -YOMOROW

    v B. DIH LANG

    1937

    Published Uner Th upce OfBRKY HEIGS ASCN

    Wt h Fnac O t Cmmil ssoates

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    FOREWD

    Tis t annal as a rps a snle d trih-fad urose: oken te nds redns d bus mn n Brln Hh o h th hre he mo nnen and h mot egtl resdenscn l i I i nvn o lwer natan, to Nw Jersn Lon san o t hr ad shn nr i h d ool sou he tr an an ye aesb by ery sub ln in th hee-lwr=bit cen

    he pree nt th dplrb n ny scons ua s ur fult I yo preent resn wl t est you an n etin o prey and yu wi nu frs n cquaintnces hooud e accpl neighors me ad ner you e h robemo rolyn Heghs cr te. u w, s r s psibe e ht erhan n h ar, h ones l orsh and l urbh u eros to g Mongue enry nd up ran Sees more prnof ion Aen nd reue h busess bocs rom t "o n are the now preent

    I anoege wi grad h tac o r Geoge Herber enshaw ad M. Ma S. sn o normon of e Mgh ly;

    - f e Me Peepont fo fml noe n for he carmng phoogrph ofGce Cort of Fra E Crnel or h amy m; o Ennnon irrin o he ong Iln iori Soie d e ohe Rer n o e re o Hghwa for rey en ; o .r Ln Mantn or prmitn t poorng of ent

    ooin n r rwin oo; Mr. Heny Jorlen Dent for enique sec o eunis Jorleo Frric Kepe d Penne u o cor; o ameron n or e rre oto ofcees ly n prtilry o Mr. Wlter Ld, we-own ogrer socited

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    th rol Plhg C., fr the layout o oer ntit pe.

    n cncusion I exprs, or yu s or mys ur griude he a v r-ter herein w, comera sss h soon made pssbe o u hs ket no yu hands actc as I ddy k

    you on ir f o ie them oppoun t rv u Fnd ot oorles i yo cnno wh h jus nxnively , n r morenenent tan y re now on wh eras an bns ud tHghts rea.

    \1en o u he vr r find h ephne rory hlpese te te tns a rp m line bere u eave fo he mmeLe ths e yr eini conr t nex yer's tion

    Yo ma in tens here hch o n re ih acts et don ypo hstons. I ealize iremnt ut I e ege arefuy

    e eiene geogpica,

    my, citu d h cnslte te -menta ources e igreeent re imply cetns of earli eor B. MEREDITH LNGSTAFF

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    _BROKLYN HEIGTS ASOCII

    Guy Du VA

    45 IUY STEET

    ROK - NW YOR

    1in 4- 320

    Presidnt

    HARAND B, TBBES

    Vce-snts

    LXANER B GAE

    Teasu

    DWINP

    1AYNARD

    Secrety

    PRY G B. KES

    Executv Scet

    ABE M UES

    Avso Cmme

    PEER HAMIO

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    ZE O H R F GEORE NAE VN NEREN

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    AM B. , ChairmRAK ORNE GUY D V

    s ILAM . ASMA R AM H. EEXNDER B. GAE DWAR HAYNESREMER ONMAM M RKE EESON

    R B KESB REI ASA AYES ES ROON c YR

    D B BBES NEY MBR

    Ay mebe of the ssociation n good tai ay propose for membeship y esi

    ppety w Boklyn Height. Th ues the olas use deray

    expene o stae, er eeds litigation, the ul eeti

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    BROOKLYN HEIGHTS AND TE OLD FERRY I 177A corler of the homas Bakw vi (74) bing the seond stat o h original WliaBurss pt 17, shoing the toerng reaton h eights o h steen a

    th Ferry.

    Hsty s oftenmes dab; he ncdens n he lves of ndvdual sangesae ot alway damatc oal genealogy and bygone cal cuoms e bumldly nteestng Ths rt voue of ou expratn n the unnwno Boyn eghs s fundaentally an exlraton nt at we ca seeabout us evey day

    At te outse le be eebere tat u strets are raer ea us. Genealy speang tey ae of a eren caracter r streets epats f e c. Omtng te brers Fun, Cur, a Ala, ursteets ae naow an th are sr-ony four e Hegs We te of most steets the ve borugs s te crpatn te Go New Yok, ost of ou streets o Booklyn egts ae stl owne by teadjacent pope ownes. Clntn an Me cal t n nata guebut the names of a others are f local signicance: our streets ave pe naes,"nicknaes so spea. Until ths year some st ad te od cbble stnes

    une he to laye of asphalt

    OUR STE

    PERHAPS e hu be happy that ou steets ave el nes. Ou

    omes e no le n nubeed pgeonoles Ou steet names lus eniely wt he past but one s cuus as t wat pa te

    ps tese names ndcae ee hen s a bt f hscl etecve wat needs ng

    e ppse esce the wy an weefoe o u steets, e ectns, the zes, he naes

    F e mst bea nd ha te Seveeh Ce, thg utch wee settled t New Amterda (2 Gouaes 1636), Beuce(1646) , dwout (165) , N Amesr (50, w te allon on e

    aaoght 1636, n wt ay Deboa oy a Gaenzae 163) ,eveheess n e lved Ih petonga, he wded eghts e caled y eCanase be he Mhegans

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    ven in the ighteenh Century, hough he English had brought New

    York to a fuising condiion and ad se up in Kins Cny, in h wesriing of York, the st grwing wns f Brooklan Bhwick, labsh,atands Gravsend nd Ne U trch s ti the heights of Clover Hill werecnsired i nccessibe excet by a few arge and owners: Middagh and isos-inaw Hcks Bamer Swertce, Clden Remsn and Lvingston occuiedpacicay he ole of he eigts

    U n he Nineeent enry there were no strees Thre was no neer e. e Kings Hghway ra fr e Ferry o Flash ad Jaaa e ns he igway soon o becme Fton ree Bk he

    resent sites f he rgh and cny bil dings andered a ihwa rm

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    Wllo o Rd o ossig he Kigs igwy, the Boly, mican as pie, ou y tee ow ppres to ad ri

    soh a d o Lae. P of e ol Le still xiss bewen Fulto ndLiingson es Th icses lied h Old Fery Rod, s e rs haie of he ighway s lled, ao whee is e nw sts nd heddhs o he Old y oad u whee y e sts

    alfwy long he eighs a oh lile le o the house o Alxande Colde, Esq., he of Cdwlde, is Mjsys iu-GeoThi lile lan gew o e no Le ae Le mue so behe w of he house ad e opy all he ay bc to the land of hessin aore Sweop, ho livd whee ow Cl S runs ino Fuln Nx noth of h Colden-acso pery o te igts w e hrmig home of Lodewyc B soinlw of th Duth govn f Suim.is popey, log s runing es d wes d lile soh o w isw Clr Stee, ws lt e lnd ery Wig Is oh bou

    in Wring's tim stred t the eighs wit t soth sid of Capt lr 'sope wl Philip Livingstos Mnsio ws reed by other lae ot o

    t n o wt a ome Joleo Strt It ws the only lane wi ranl th wy to th shoe Fm S did no is bs igh tide lmospped ot of te sdy eighs

    Suh ws rougy te codiion o Brokyn's Heights or Clover Hll tte tr o the cetury. I ts study w are takg don only the easoso te steets d ter nmes. Next year we oe to eot to o te ema-ng tagible ndcatos o early hstoy stll resered n bdgs, as trees,and ohe trace eal e o Bool Hegts h t be ort oe to prse Sice it to ote ow th the psece o Hiks idag

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    Cpe o a from the Delaare col brig tee is o the aes lgFura Steet bt th ere trage a col o or the abtas o Bk

    y Perhaps t as go aeris ig for the Hics ercas Pehas as pre hog he extet of ther mporatios hey col ot goorage trees; bt the people o Brool co relize tht the rit cld eh n 1 86 raberr was the oly tret phsical ly open bete ltonSreet a te Heights except Loe Lae J orlemon Sreet

    HNRY REE as oe o graagrh n e eco cae of he ieteeth cet t as Aert treet, ameby Joh Miagh ater is faher or hison or both t as open oy from theOl Fery Roa to Mag tree. Bub the tme the pblication of the tretor ( 18 ts ame a beehae to Henr Dr omas Hen-r wh le n he o setteme t thecoer of a Ja Srees as thech loe ea of the medica proession

    an probab Maghs fami phsica.He s oe of the rt presies of theKgs Cout Meical ocey the early' 30s Whe n 1 8 1 8 te ae sesllia Furan llm Her, eisJoaleo Her Stto a R J Bar-br h the hole vllage ree breah Ltt a Wllim M Stea,the lae Her Street all the athrugh to Dstrict. It as ee un-r that me b he Magh Esate toerrepo 1833 b ezekiah B Perre-pont to Jolemo oo after, b the Joraleo Este to Stte n 182 a b Ralh Pthen acros tate a AtlticStres in 1 89. Acorg o Mr Sarh Magh Grce 1 8 1 01 90 0 ) hergrmother Mrs . John Midagh 1 746 1 8 3 7 ) s que nigat at he ctio o the trstees n changig Aert tree o Henry reet he too greaelgh herfore s she roe along the reet n hookng o th he umbrell he the Hery gboars hch the llage trutees ha pled n

    the trnks braes o the stree trees It is ot re that he objete tothe frit reets as sere n a recet hitor o Brokly Heights.

    The top o the recpitos cls om Popla Stre to the exteo fLoe Lae ha aas bee kown a te Height So tht hen the Hike 1806 lid out a tt hre an calld t Colubi Steet t cte o bererre o as "Colba Street he Heihts he pled t to coea Mgh Steet u s ar a tai Clk' rope k a log l

    ed ilg whih he wa ited t l egt o e) t thefot

    ht bcme Clark Steet he v lage utee eteed t o the 1818 l l te ay to the l lage l ie at Ditrt Stre (aer Atatc Steet)

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    It semd n deence t h how ch a ee old cmpellt pich and tos clig t he ank o e dow pa th repots, th

    Remen, an he Jalmns. ae tk cae he siai, hovr, andColmba Se soppd at Pierrep, rathe jped m h oot err

    p Stre ad ldd sael ear the oo o Jalemo See hen ain& Cos ew dirctory appered in 1-80 the ol problem wa svd: onthe heights r se wa COLUMBIA HIHTS; ee alemn Stad Alati vene, it wa COLMBIA LAC ad ed taic Aveand eve ad aa o he souh i was COLUBIA ST. A th nrend Colmia Steet slippd dw t Poplar 1841; ad o Dgh by1849 .

    As the name f th ognal steet os s are arl awre tha

    whe i cm im gi a name o he u o elling coni, the wcodrale senimen o "Colmia. Th adhrens Ued tasvaild for th ain ad he Cola ae wa relgat la to he fed distct ada treet rklyn Heghts

    WILOW SREE ad swhat h sae history a that f CmbSt The Hicks lnd i 1806 ly Middagh S to Care The villag tuses twlve ya lar wre fo puhig n throughto Se te ut M. Pirpn had the ias. His vy, n Englis-

    a, was t sypaty wth th litl-sqar pla Jeeiah o. oWillow Ste culd crs Pieon cau he lock had t longrad h stees sewa id Her Stee fttd th adjacn scheme btHicks, not quit . N till 1842 wh Mr. Lo wa apied by h Vic Cha-cllo oe o th cmisirs to la o th Jalo estae, dd te aidJermia ge in his "lat wod. Th he othe end o Willw oed s n lck lng, teen Jrlemon ad Sae. In 1870 it prmece omea rec y resyling it IO Incidnal it aCar Ldlo in 3 plle Willow e little fthr noh tg

    hi ppe pla et. t is nae, o ca say? Perhaps a lagwillw re markd it positin. Pa it ra hgh t a grove illost y rate tha ype r il gw n the gord, r te rea lge tday i the ckyd 57 llw a he cn Ornge

    RN n ly REE, namd te the fhe f iliaFrman, rset e rolyn Fe nrce mpan d 182f te r rd dirctr the roly Gas t pan. hitre rn ag ach s a a e ill. ice mc it

    s een l d high water it had be headed and lled avsaehes, and e sidncs prg , fo it wa as f access e vel ld elemet nrth the fy ladig I s rlyfy y hwver efe e dp cve in fnt the Joraeon ppey e r trt xtded t o e o lantic

    e oremn c vgos poper, s n insing pt he hor r te or vigs's s wer add hnd i as the cn f is drure w Yo r landed the for

    hie riis Nv sd the disill ad widil ding he Revol- Mr en gh i hereaf. h w Yr ds ildigcoves a age par he cove o

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    ont. ow t ts on bewee nre e nd ck tre ou whrdy recgnze t et o! er tr A beuul oo? nd wk t tur- oun nme for ts n rmortogoss1ptotr1ton hs eveope

    tes uch tht f the gret beut o thedopted ughter f M. Debevoie.

    IERRPONT STET indeed an

    honored street. It bears the name f

    Hezh Bees Pierrepnt who dd for

    Broklyn eights a much , f no more

    thn any ther resident. Hi house stood

    hty noth fwht nwMotgue

    Street near te pint whee i as oweredto reach e Wal Stet ferry and wasbridged by the "penny brige. Piere-pont' s lane therefe becme PierrepontStreet. \'hen i 1825 the Marquis deLafyette was entertined by Mr. Pierre-pont t the "Four Chimneys undoubt-edly he drove own Pierrepon's Lane. It

    dd t bcome a plc stret un1832 . HEZKIAH BRS PIRRPONT

    In 2 t w pnne th onre tret woud etend rom ritret (Atlntc ter) to Ck treet. B at tht tme it n though only fromistrit Street to Jrlemon he orn tte stret i out by the execuors Livngstn in 1801 hough s rm probby ver etened phyicynto the djoinng nd f hi cou ober G. Livngstn for wen he Pt_hen p w ed n 1829 n Moroe tr ppered thereon. The tte u-mentry Monoe Stree nly ot ts me this pnt t dney ce twen-ty yers But oy enough he nme wa presered t the he enbetween n erepo he Middgh ap anu 183 rt ho-ed Moe Steet n h pston remnng on one bck ng By 1857

    JAMES MONROE

    t ws dentely MONROE AC Btyou s wy Mone? In 1820 JmesMnre hd been elected Pede ofthe Unte tae b pctcy the nni-mus vte of the electl clege heot pp pesent e ave ve a

    ON GU SRT h n

    testng pat an s ch o the Per-epont ho Ognly t s i outby ezek Bees ereont fro there of hs gns Hcks Stee to Cintontreet. e ce t ote Street nonr f his wife s the wty nchng s Ann Maria Conbl tws po about 82. Liter, in 8,M Perrent ng eve r"Four Chnes to esence t the

    norhet cne of ieepont n HisStres, the es dved the nce of the

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    esae and exened on-able Streetat both ens,

    us engthnin it fromCour Sree to the EastRiver. Someon suggesedthat itwas strange togiva stree h ti tle of h lo-

    cal polcean, so Hnryvelyn ierrepon the el-er Hezekia' son re-named iMontagu Place,in honor of Lad Worlyontague ho wa ad

    ar Pern, daugh-ter of te Duke of Kn-ton an e f e mostimpotant omen n Eng-sh liea ory toat time he as ofthe ter ln f Perrepots ho ad remanein glan aftr Heze-ka anceors egra-ed o Maaet heramp a acuall deve-oped a a oadwa overa tle natural valleyaout 1850

    LDY MARY WORTEY MONAGUE

    L S ha en said by previous istoran to have ben nam date te e rt dtt aone of Ks County, James H. Clarke, Eq e oue and oce ere on Fulton Stet aout here ineple as pus

    ed throg n 849 Bt u as not the case The Hicse plae teree n 1806 and called i afer Capain Car hose so s Cark marred Evena, dagter f Jon ddag Hicks Capain Clarks rope alkas te et nd f te tet and e ve on east id f Wllo Sreett t eet out lak ark Srets htory oes muh furtr ack forGeneral eemah Jnon n 1776 ollows Lieut. Razer ma of 1766 n ong a lane aost eactl Cark Street lead ing n from th Broolyamaia Higha to Bame oe on te Heigts Dur ing h Revoio an in he Warof 1812 t ed etl to te an fotaons of th Heighs

    HU LNE LLEY and GRE COUR LLY er ms ortale lane for te oues on Jalemn and emen trees ey regraually takng te lace a reidence strees. The nam of Grace ourtAlle nally fllw hat o Grace ourt acros Hicks tree Bt heHunt o nribu i ame o the her litle sret s oa Hto asembled n 18567 te rt eigh twentve fot los on Henry Stresuh of emn nclding te ix o, o hich Henr E. ierrepont in-

    sid one af a "alay to used as an alley i carriage and paagwa Fr tat me n t as known a Hunt Lane lle

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    e fourlde t trees isJORALEMONe i t nthcetury itas the "way in

    to te Rmsn ad Philp Livngston man-

    ss . I led fomKng's Higway (Bookly-Jamaica Turnpike) to. the Eas

    ,t Rv r

    At ts foot were Phi lp L1vmgtons wara his isti lery and wndmll . Le FultonStreet , an l ke Boaway n New Yoth ol lane was crooke and, wile t wassraightened i 1842 it never c uldbemaeparal lel wh ts neighbors. Thoug t wRemsen's lae an Livngstons Lane t wasnamed Joalemon's Lane after a late owne

    Teunis oalemon, about 1805, and nal ly straghtened out and dignifd as a steet 1842. (SeeGarenPae) .

    CLINTON STRET, when pene n 1833, was name ater DeWttClinton ( 1769-1828) Unite ttes ento, Mayo o New o Leutenantovero canie or Pesident o the Uited tates and nll in 1817ecte Govero o New Yor, almst uanimously. He ws the gret heroof h tme I was

    ttig to nam asreet afer him.A wag of the imemight wel haveremake t h a teven n Brookyn'ssreets C 1 n t o ncrosse Lvg-ston, n e

    rst to ecaeso the nneteenthcetur the Republicn P a r t y(moat rtyn w a d

    ys , or until

    hs er t les)as sorely rent yconcts beteen

    t h e lntonanse b etClnton an thevngsonns ley the reatChclor o u Philips cousn,Robe R Lvg-ston nd rien

    o Hezekiah B .errpont

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    DE WITT CLINTO

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    G A CECOUT aksi nam ob-ouly r o mra Po-an piopaChrch hchno n d shr at h n o hen cnur so hhom o h

    Rmn miyh chur wabui i 187and h srt,lon usd ih-ou nm by m n ,T u k r ,Carr a n d

    oh, bcama dni rt h o

    Gra Churc t h e cone of Hck See ad rac Court. 0 unty. u

    ictur th arl non an ha n b redd bor I ablyds om 1 850 Yo ill noic ha om h m trs a tndigand ha h wr no hous on h i o ic Sr

    Hry Rms (1762183)h stmd psidt o h Bank

    h Mahattan Company from1806 o 1826 vd whr noGrac Court i About 1 825ny Rmn opnd MSENRE fom Hik o Clintonh city o Brooklyn di h rtn 18 and ms Srt rahdour mn' s ancor D cJann \fooman a h nd o thvnnth ntur acquir h

    hol of Brookyn ight Rr-nc o th two map on pag 7ill ndit tha a h bginnnf th Egtnth ntu thMiddh famly d acird 1745 tat art o h ightrigially o ornison Montclarand hms famly in 106 pos -ssd hmslv o all th rst

    namly h orignally gratd oHu n Maj

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    Remse r. west o Cliton.

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    Pierpont Place. south fom (:) ron St (P i way ptd v)

    PIEREPONT PLAE ad MOAGUE TERRACE did ot apper of-y ui 1870 . Obviouy they ook their ae from their pre sresand oply, f t oe a oe te foatio of Hze Pieret's_ose ad e latte was lget of te at og t o ace.

    Stnding a Oe Montue Terrc, see loer nh tuh Montu Ste.

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    An tenthere is lite GARDEN PLC. onothe mos ch.uringbckson the Highs, wth its lines of had trees i frot of its houssand its bea-iu ges he re It ne and he ciet etnin w behind n-

    es 29, 31 33 37 39 d 41 tel t sty o o he os butiul fr-mal gardens o Cool Ameic, the garn Philp Livnston Livist(76-78) moved foNew York oBroo about 1764 d bt h man-son o th bw of the H in wh.lt s

    -L1tr to b Hcks Street bet\een

    what cue now Joralemon nd State res. BebinJ, and perh:s a I ittle southo the house, he ld out hs gade about two ured ft qr. Fo thepeople of Nw York e wa on of the signers o he Declaration o Indepen-

    \ashgto Prsos 1filin Scot :MDoua dswot

    pens tam Felo

    enc on ly 4th, 177- O ovember 3r 15, a eighbor wroe "lh iinstn lo soop ith urit

    horses,

    cos negos cire; wy hey re ll gon to Sous (Eopus i Ulste cot) Durng the attle of Log Isl G n al Wshgon n his ocrs us hehse or her cunil of wr. It s nveient to Cobble Hil (Alntc n

    ot) a Phli Livigston's son, enry, s a ocer \

    shington sife Guar Philis istinguise brothe fello atot, Peter Vn BrhYson, as te rer a brother of lexader McDougll Gen-era ord Srlng) _t e attle Strlng mmanded e dision o Pennsn eaare ad ayld rops. fer e batle fr seeral yers eBrs Nav sed e os fr a osal and carefl ede he garde.ngstos exectrs n 101 cu p s far lands (nh preset Sidneace and 183 s e ouse and all e rperty t Tes Jralemn. 1842 th s vg brne ad oralemn ang ed e oraem esaeas prned ad Gaden Street was lad t rg center of te gre

    negected garden. In 187 t cy artes desgned the Steet Plce avd cnfs arde Street n re

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    e r ne re ld ou o a ledap a tha no kon a LVNGSTONST r Phl Lg' re-oal rm oon ad h deah h

    reprenai lad ou a re n 801abou paralle h h rance lae a qu te a o h orchard and back elIt r rom ha became Sd laceo ha ha no dapeared the Reoo Lae

    Thu er he Roluton we ee teegh ecto devep ree at teouh ad he a h orh gradally

    log o the centrhe Perrepod emen con ommerca deelope a naurall coned to the rgesulton Court lanc rman Sret PIL LIGSTON

    Suddl came raporaon ragh through he mt coeatve Perrponara on Moagu Sre; a commerce oloed Had uie ee cnne

    to he r ad ontue reet e hould now be much ettr o \ehould have euh ho ad the hokeer would e roserou. I had o repr the damge dne negl and orte bu hall

    e no do ha e a abou ?SATE STT a nmed b omee or ome ea I r ap

    eard alh Pachn' eae ma 829 I could ot hae commemoraehe formaon Ne York r ha occurred n 7 83 I could n o haecelerted N York' tad arol o he Ued Sae ontuo or hahapped o decade bere te dae o te ma. Pha th chrter hadd Sae Sre i ew York or ee Boo w n boh ctiehe name d hae a al meann

    I me repect coure ate tree Brook ctuaton o tate

    tret, Mnhta Orgaly hey had he same etio o ouh FeryI e Amseram tey ha a taduysy llu Brookys c hll asno ul o our at reet eapspla chage

    SIDNEY PLACE we canot accou

    for . I apper on the 801 Livigstoap unmed; i becomes ie on the

    Joralemn map of 1 842 as Sidney, oSdey o om

    o rely a roky gh streeis CHMRHOR STR. baham chrmerhor ad o ereet rom Bond reet o R ooLan ough hr lan 138 eeater e ret w cotnued est olo St Th or moved inperaely in Ju 842

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    Cour Str at 1In;.

    Georg tre ppe ou com

    unty ro t out rom Gonu, oGun te y rtogpe peedt N unti 834 dd Goge teetdvnce to det rooyn Height"not f Atntc rt . The ne coutoe hd ut ben bult nd t turlyured to t te of te nw cty oBroolyn to ent the ferene tD ethee kng Engnd nd ndcte rythe new proc o utce Hne CORTSET

    ebruy 8 T egiltue of thete f Ne Yor, pd n At ongWllm Cutng nd othr, to hrge 4 .nt on peng n the tembot tobe ut by tem on the od ery, btenNe Yor nd rooyn

    My 1814 The tem-bot NuROBERT FLOX

    omened runng on the Old ry betn New Yo nd ookl

    yn Oth dy Lew hod te engner was on boad of her bgettng entngled mong te work"

    Aden Soner our rt npe u i e commentn 122. Wl Cuttn' ie ptner Robet Fulton. It oytting tat the Old erry od houd cng in 1 4 s te Od Frr did, ndecom ULO STREET he ery nded i Ne York a t oot ofnothe treet wc tee itend Fuon Set. Thus d toounte jon n otzng t mous invento o te ony hysipubl onneon betwen the Incdenty \7illm Cung oon moed ovro New York to ive on ooyn Heght :t t oot f Remsn et

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    TN Strt AVEUE snc 1870, as ad ou n 1829 y ayo strghnng a narro anular lan knon as Dsrc Strt hch rnrom the wat front to Gorg Strt (no Crt) abo hr Re Hook Lan

    hn jn Dstrct Stt was t ounar on th south of the istrc of

    BROhLD \Tm.nt

    Alatic veu; h tres o Clino Street.

    th Vlag B r o o k l n Nethr namesems to haha any spcalason t h an uaran.Prhap nc

    'A lan ic

    Sras to b thst alstrs na-turally occrrto t sponsorto nam art h s

    hghway wthwhch h as

    acquant, t l a n t cOcan!

    Sc ar pursg stts w must nt vrlook h tret ch haveor on raon r othr sapar.

    WG a WE JACKS r concv by h Vllage i 1818.h r to th n tn Prrpont an Cark nt hr:arn nxt t ak an st Jackson ( t?) nt to Prrpon anpng t th n ra gt a start an th ang ut

    of leg Stt Sa Jaks norh a far as th propos arng Strtpl th pan hr as ar ca upon frnc t h 1807 mapn a 8.

    MR SE ral as a ot an n th 30's pp lv n tIt pupose as t pevnt te Scermehorns fr extending ther rope-walks.Th purp ve, the sret rm Perrepont to Joren an teen Cln-ton and Cut, was sntnu. Th Broky Publc Library and the oldBrookyn Acaem f Music speled F*NIS t te ea. Joseph oer,by t wa as a er of hoses and a ellknown trtee he Villge.

    n Mr rpnts p 1828 ( ?) h nct a tt strt fos t t a t EEYN aft that ranc s faml hicnumr n s an t fas at Jn Eln parntl t asnr al pn nd xtson tag t Cntn absorbedthe t ort

    on ost stt s R CE ch t oa of Esman ppornnt spos of n cmbr 191 It ran oppost Brooklnsc aqats n t sttn os of th 84h Pcnc The amrnachn C no ps t hol str s wl as the formr hapl oPlymouth Chur at 1 7 Hicks Stet.

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    I s wr your wie ome unny Sunday aeroon o wanr rouhe ie seeen-dow-under . e refer o e od es seio i e area

    i we ve coe o cal Broklyn Hegs from Middgh Sre orho ulon ere you wll d Colum Heigs suddnly lungin dow Dug Wi Sre ring forrd o a ridge o pla Hs Sreimin ard ou ou a vall; Hen Sree eding o a ier ea His Thouh der ries oup hoe los yo il si bebe o d ome of e old lapoard ad early r residees . I s ee olde prs of Maaa or Boso eve some ropea ci ies oumus see i soand o sides of ulo Sree oecause a ce isoig o a seon

    OLAR RE recas e ac e poplar as probal emos requely culivaed ree e Heis abou e Revouionry perd.heer he sree was named y Cary Ludow or he roer Hck emsimposle o derine. I apear n e eries as and was soo stedigeen fames wer ivng on 1822

    Runig or from opar one boc o Doughy ad bewn Cumia Heigs and Hik yo wl nd McY SR Od JohnMKenney wo marred Ricard ver's widow ad lived a umber 14 wasour earl oabe. ou 184 is nae s ees o have beoe aaed o e

    ree Tis was p rsualy he es pced sree i e nigborod, and

    s rly as 1830 ere wa ie bind aley rung we fromMcKenney Sre wc bore e ame of IK S Before uu1 8 31 ombdy uad e sree sign. So e deed f eore and izabeh Hcks John G Hicks of propery on Douy Sree and endngou o ur e nd ey gves e nae of Fke Sree e dorsr f orons sees no o be a modern one s an od rck mearou a of e eer t ae e eer F Te ac ha Consae cennysouse ween 1 83 and 1 8 34 wa numbered "l ke Sre" des no

    o ave saved e n. n nenious reonsruon e rme ve s esu

    and o we ave oday: VIN SRT. If ha expnao desno su yo ry yoursf. erhps one aaeur deecive is eer anaoher. In 1 849 e ln aley saw s way roug o Coua Sree(laer o e Coumba Hes)

    A s on o DOUGH SR as ru hrouh fro ksn f fro e houses of Joh and Jacob Hk, o e rs ede snehe end of e igh cenury I od Cres Duy s n1 7 9 1 He ws hy respeced ucr and on o e o rues17849

    ovn wes on ouy yu wll come o LIZH PC Asre usd o be n s py day In 1 8 appear fro r D rr

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    t have een an unnamed alley bu e yea er h mpoance havina a ou amilie sidn here av i he pminen a S ih avly name. 'h wa the lad ? Ths s a prblem ou ade uhere are he clu In he n blck adj acet n he wes Ezaeh (John) Suya as an ownr l 803 Ezah (M Jacob) Hi wa an tll 80 Eizaeh M hael) Jakn a an owne il 8 0 .zaeh (Mr. Ger ks a an ner ll 4, Elzabth (Ms JhM.) c wa an wer i 8 ah (s ny N Ondednwa an wn 83 . d he o id e tee a a EzahanBu h xpanaon e wt Eabth Whhad (74086) Cornewiow o John Cone ( 739 - 78) wh ad o hav u he "urCornes a nd B Peren n e H He wned SGeoge's Taven near th Bkn F H e Eizabe marid

    a osed in 79 Th wdo n ivd a te nhe nerof Dougty and Evi ees and h ae a paiay h nrane er popert 1781186 Her pnste dauhs cnnued iv h hence of h Boon rci i inersn

    "182 Conel wdow Elzeth 4 ae nea Dough18 3 Co iw Elizabe h 4 ay na Douhy" 4 Cone widow Eizabth 4 Eizaeh" 1 8 2 5 Conwe widow Eizaeh 4 Eizah" 8 6 rnll Abail & Mram 4 Ezah

    hn ever o wes f Eiabh ou w n a e parallel toi which eem to e a dioad nd Coumia Heit I andaeCouma Heih y a ceuy VERI STRET i is name bu u willfd i ravlin m Douhy Fun under an aa Clumbia e Bjain Evei, he pr-Revuna eiden and owner ondraleprpey n that nihorhd w w h name o h houha I th re whch an a er edge o the h n Conial im hed e to Douhy an hence a an an souhwes o wha i now Fuman

    pposie opa In - 6 Oadiah asn acqured h hoe

    belo high-war ed n w ocks o and doniud h anar pa o Evie and xndd Douhy and Fuman Sees t hi pesen psn .

    BUCKBES ALLY e mus ecdI marked th cmmenemen o norhsouh e which divded he ads o Hcksfm ads o Middagh er Bukee in he ay nineenh cetu vdn Fulon r n i rc sop and

    he adjacn ally eam intid wihhim Bu the C o ew Yo paid hm heed, an canged the name Popa e (poa denti wih he mreimpon see as t ny y llewould b ocaed) . e only

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    Etching ) Joh Ta1lr Ams

    T h e f: . of C(lu m J a H i g t s . f r o m us blv 1Idcah h l l on -Jlk i n sunsin

    Evert St e fr Coumbia Heghs ben dwn the at Duy.T prn 1s pubishd in Pis

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    Woodcarving by Robet Lue

    A oo-cavng about sx feet long, of the :Ihatta skyine fro1 the artst's wdo at

    lH Coumhia Heghs. The onal graces te drawng oo of 1s Chares Liebman,

    !Oi Fifth Avenue, 1ahatta.

    OUR N E I G H O R S

    THE esen o thee Une Ses n his speeh to te Congess ozl on ovee 27, 193 phse o us the eyote o thsoolet:

    "We hve log knw in pivae elains that goo eigos mke agod comnity

    One ppse o u publicion is o see el oopetion n neighbo-lines beween esens nd tdespepe nd huhes and chools a hoelsnd pulc iclsall he oponen goup whch o to me up a esiden-tl secon B to gan ue ommity hppiness n ulul gowth in ouonty e ms kno soehng o o neghos If we oul succeein ncing eveye o eveyone else s h we shol ll hav a speking

    acquanance, as u peecesos had in h ly nneteeth ety, BooklnHeghs woul be sae a el esdenl neighbohoo

    he efess n o mds, e moune o te los gole age, sayulue n schlaly enemen and dvenos ontct wt the old age ae t lw e Bookyn Heigh shops n apatens n geathtel hve sne ot he j oy o lving nd ste even the huces e shallhoe to awken yu, yea y ye t he c tht such sttemets ae purnosense . pe pe us to u to ou hs te oly one ce

    of oucltul presnt. We intouce ts ye u neghos the panes the sclp-tos, the ethes, the lihogaphes, he isos o Booklyn Heghts .

    e se the late Joseph Pennell nd his ged wife ae no l oge lvngt he Hotel Maae on the one o Comi Hehts an Oage Steeu Pennell s etchngs Booklyn Hegh ill lve th us. Anohe o ougest Aec etches, Jh Tylo As, as eove fom 55 Willowteet to Fel, Connec a ken with h hs chamin BoolynHeights we, oely Mis Doohy Noes o 90 Rmsen Seet They senthe ey maie ie n pre houses 8 Montgue See an 1 6 Heny See

    Atsts ae shy neghbos, bu endy geeing o ppeiation noamss O Columi Heights you will mee two o outy' s geatest sclp-tos aue Stee the pinte o Bal ho me o us fm Lau Russi

    a hs geat upl, Robet Lauent hose woks ae exhibte in the geamseums of the county You hve seen his "oose Gil t Ra io Cty MscHall The lve 10 . At 1 10 ive Jo Cunng wose pitgs o aysee the \hney Mseu n Mhtan ; e Gane who ame to us fomSycuse Sten Hsch o ueug mny ; n the pese Tag .Hsch pntngs in he museums o ek Woeste n Phidephhs ae olos in o Angele d Hove N. H. his ltogaphs Mil

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    waukee an_he WhineyMuseum. ArnolHall s a 1 2 8 and h nnatnay

    known mnaure pain e, A R. Hars at 101. A 1 5 8 s Max Hemannanter German by b ; ad Rayond White Skole

    ld f Potlad, Mane .Teoo Schi e a 1 34 ca to us from Freburg n Badn ; an RdolfSc a 74 as bon in Zwickau, Saxny. The lattr's frescoes and msacsad churches in Grmany an in S . Lus Detroi, Chcago Los Angelesan Ne Orea

    Willia San o 28 Hicks Se s nernationally knn as a muralpante. H did h Gloy in h ahedal Sniao Spa anay e sn a th Boly ea Hispanic an itey Muses i Yk and a th y L by Cmi Uesiy nna Fros lis a 1 5 2Hnry Street, rinia A. Gisold a Perrepont Seet, an ran Gasi

    at 10 Remsen Ste . harls Lock o 96 Pirpon a pupil o osph Pnnllis ell pesen in h Mroplt, Britis an incinati Msus Heaches lihography a th Art Sudnts eaue n Manhaan.

    e in Bui ldin 2 6 Flto Steet s ul o artists' sdio s : Maxerann Isael or Kimba se supturs nrch inna, Minn DMones Ioa, Ess n Bn Hlls a Montainlle Y , alaazo Mch. Hihla Pa, Il l. a ou on Botanic ardn Bn aminEgglso g . P leissn s Brooln Bacyards is i the ropoli tanMusm an his Mornn Fog" in t Brklyn Musem ; th eran ary

    Rseand hse go pain ings a kno thogho th aion th painter-tchr Bulah S so an Ane Sart hose mrals ar n rmansas iy Mo. to Soth Londonrry Vt

    Anther gop o aiss ae okin qn Pplar Sret a 61 an 51.r e G W. Gae the lsaor; ily Gace Has puil o RobrHri ad on Sloan, esiner o apstries an eachr o le d aing ; hJeses Eugene Ahr an Nl Choate ; the portrait paitr Sigard ; te murast Rbert K Ryan ; te anteritr H B Tchy hoca to s r i te antertchr Wam n; erdan E vi are

    Miss an Wa Eat Wle MesaAt the out n the Hights Stat Stet basts Wila E . B Starkeather ( 82 ) a Sct ho stid n N Y, ars Madrid and tay ase ks ar n t etropolitan, Brokyn San Dego U. o Pnn Lynchrg, a, an Madid Sain, Msem; Geor Hesa ds ( 79 creatr the oner ax models Dan Hal a the rica Musm Natral istry Adolph ottlib ( 5 ) a Jeish a e Yorpreseted in te Palestin Msm ; Stanrd Byr Stne ( 15 ) rmCa appropriatly a ihograpr an ainer; and t Swdish ainGunnar i ( 1 80 )

    djn t grop n at 16 Garden Pace th gied Mgarga din ildred ad Lau paintrs o he prras o hores and dogs a 98 oralmn dol Dehn, a lthographe represene th Brtish Mseumn t etooitan an in th inneaps Art ntitte a 9 Jraemn esPesser t Oinn rop ; in Gac out ley at nuber 1 8 i s HarrySker ro Cncinai an a 14 7 Mntaue Stret is the marn paintrert Danth Hedges h e ortrat Rev R S . Srr n the B klyneum as aint by an unninga Banns tr 1 32 Monague Sree

    e prpey cope h u ist neibs tse an s ae

    arge te peseatn an ext e ks Ytz 2 8 Cma Hegts s te ector e Bkn Msm ne f se assstats Freeck Set rector th rtan Oe)

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    Musm, has a hos at 9 2 Sate trt whic s prn occpd by Hons Monath. h ngshd conrt panste

    At 3 Rsn Strt rsds a fmy dtnshd n artsc crcs:l Aon ad on of h orot a s of h con ; h s ser

    ss a r Apton o h Whte Mseu st r brohr JoshApton o h usu of th Ct o N Yo, a ahor n sh ods

    An ack of t a th n ol an l n n ts -svnt ar,s kenl o the aane of he Fi rs

    ot I le alos t ts s eighbrs , o t sid of h s a hae n ot oe by mak-b sp osnl cso itodcto . Eo

    O pn Oen M. PluneThe rigi pa i t n ' Brok;n Bck Y a d s " i wel woh a tip )looin )um

    I y h d hnd "n fe(e ic h l n gi

    o l wie f n c i .

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    OUR FTE

    0. UR fue i s in ou w han as eien poperty-oers - of Brookyn Heigs . We ar n longe livin ps ime . Th oca l y

    has proud radiions but it is not goo ene l iv of them . Let speserve whaevr of bauty o ean bu fowa fea r sl ad u psor

    If e scentia ni t ct of : Y wo l d eeka out e a pot wi f mu es of r , unesan ovnma so of loe Manht ; so as Nw Jy,

    o Id, d h ms ee d sop d istt ; spo a ishelf, hh oo n qui o ht is wihdn m ga aiclane ad e ecd b eer subwa C. The oy pot chts al ese requ emens e erfc rese d is B ooyHehs . : :

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    to it FaCls ar v' not" develoe .l ike a cup, w h o s e - hih des cut o pr ecio sunight and ea a o c e of the tBu aong he e onCoubi es Perepon Pac owerReme Sre, Grace Court, Hics teet outh f Jalemon-woud b kep

    o o ovr fe sori eceing o so i ungs n pral e wud b erd rgre hihe.W mu a apam ouse t mode Book Hgh d

    ust ha a o iumizd v ona o . O ou longsou locks r houses oud b erttd o a or en a u d a my rec a adens of pa ou on tees souh and est Su araee nsue u u of te bo and pl ea ook fr aarmen se and prt hoes a .

    w s hve og baks n eail cts d gag to mee our

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    veru. We us e hahe shr-gh gr ioal ite o ad cb.

    The forng gera prp ma be glend rom bk n efast grn rare n ci pan, boh hi uy d n Europe.Thi apico to Bokln utu aly e o ua nj ure Ti eo o ou boo theefo p eomes eoral , an exs o prsoa o inio

    A couit ni u nee bal in e Yric elsn, sup "A ' s and i wt as t pease m taxo o anohe o purpor, a roab dfes oury aain ereal iy a he f l ad ena wefa of ommu fom inabe oao of era s hs So of t o moercaons f s ac ae th Zon Resoutio ark rsrctos one re f re aion . Te Gode u eems qu an nerpraion f1t, u awreness o ut dn a bea he fator. . w _ n aparment hu in he s o o o pe eg , o eas hougl es a d su He ut clc g res n edenal srundn s ee- fte cess-ndce o ove b.-r a ron ar

    p s eelesl c o gt a a o hs e gbo r e oe aa Te h ecme "e The re us or a eirale neghor

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    pce do no perm u o ls ll the foes o whch we hve been anre stll expose. he mos ecen oly he erecton of the beutful cou-house o he ppele Dvson of the upreme Court on oroe Plce. The

    o churc o the Tune Go" would normlly have gven ay to anptn house l w he cmmuncnts of other curches rtstc ctyplnnng oul hve dcte tht ths hnsome courhou ou bance heederal post ce and courthouse, on he ne Plaza a P eeon treet NowBrokyn is o hae n pete Dvson foly o ac hat of Manhaan,wh ee insea of grcng Madson quare, the buildng tuns its rght shoudern hes ts buy on 25t ree

    Our os eectve mprovement i be the plz or park between B rooklnBrdge an oough ll It shou be nme fr Henry ar Beecher, heone Brookyne of genea ntenaton me Brookyn Heghts Assocat on

    strove vianl for prk but he cty fthers seem eage or a plz Is t tobe tres or cement o he ho summer months n a thcky opute sectonof he cty ? A any te e shl hve someht of a prk borerg B rookynegts. If e prk s wde eu strp we may sfey exect row ofhnsome pment houses th shos eneh Le u ope that by thtme eoe l no longer b stsed ith one n oneanhf ooprtents.

    s soon as subwy uncaton reed ro poca hagn the elevtestructure on Flton Stet w dsappear n he hoe sde o the Heghts be edeeme from racke nd goom and drpng dirty ae

    hese ct mprovements mke chnge. behves you nd ivduaynd coecey to see that ths hange s or he b est ever b eore dd e somuc need en of communty rde nd nspration en ke Hezkah B.Perrepon an exnder M Whte, men in to sice aher han ahi cvc good judmen to be wfed by extr riate ain

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    s o spar, u ur s as Do bi h bock in hich you v Ppua your bock i ighborsu ud ik o ha ro abush E a Orag Phadpia, vand ,Mphis, Kasas iy, Spkan, or Lodo Tha is wha was don bor s d agai Suon Pac a b dmd ro a gas houssu, hk ha can b don i Broy Hgs ro h oo o Fuon o Aac Avnu do o av o sar wi a su ad w avay grar adaags Work indvduay Join h Brookn HighsAssociaion ad s o i a your Associaion s a v, oardarcigorgaiza

    F comuniy coscousnss i cas o a our vs

    Th a a unicipa govrnms ha oh ps us i9 3 5 oria pan, pin oak, i, Norwa map an on ocus sh good ap o h Gan Pac Associaion in akig ss coo abaiu as b x hroughou h Higs W ga accp hsgis n h sposbiiis ey a I we o o a hs rs , oosh ah ab m, n prv h o big ij ur cao suriv n h rs summr Again h so rsponsbiy rss it iivua rsi

    spai o rs rins on, ussarily of os and cas . Barkprcs bo o h r bu og an ca mar poso car ppa so i ic oos o h r amp o ourish soi huspoiso b our hoghss ihbors ndags h hah o our i oso pay abs o u hir o cas rough h so gron

    P cas a p ioors bu oamig sraysa ak ig spiguas, a py o mgrag bs a ig p sh-pa ss asa soops a ooas, a isiu cs gabag paissos a abbis sou b sa a ur o o SPC A s oos, a i caru aig b hi os i kp our siaks caugh o a o

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    BROOKLYN HEIGHTS 1n 1822

    Beore passing to te case busnes rectoy of oday t be nterestn and amusng to scan te earest rectr of rook, o raterte eariest irctory Brookln Heit as ulld from te Bookln villageirecr of 1822 . Th spll ng and descrptons an areses are exactreprce. It should b nod howv tat te street numbrs wr caey odinance in 1825 . Once in a whl for bvu asons w hav n

    tempte o no som res ent on te north sidf Fulon Street vn byon.

    ames Abraamsame eoneis ndersonatain amuel ngshomas msongChares AsJames simeo Bacharles Ball ?D

    William Barrehonas B easlenn Eliza BeersT o h n

    Bedello s s

    BedeDaiel Bedels Belaaham B ennetJane Bennet

    fur dressefr dresserac

    Cap S : waermaclacardare

    aboermima

    careteroaa

    stoe

    oe ore

    3 Hics7 Hics ranerry3 lo rma1 Hicks7 Middagh uon11 lon h Colmbia

    nar Cranberr9 urma Polar43 iddagh9 ogh42 iddagh Canerr1 lar7 Flton*ae eteenulto and Polar

    \Vam Benne aoer

    rmanJon een j . soe soe 61 toC v u s Bl teace 6 olarGoge L. Birch ie and boosele 99, 7 tonThomas B rsal s toe So uon, N . Y . 6 Fltonarta Bsa id. of Samuel 0 ultonn B l a i r . wd of cial SI icsJon B l a i acsmit iddagJoaan Bss & o e eres oparOadiah Boot er 6 ltoJmes ov eater desser 2c\ isas adouse ose ose 1 Fulton

    Yiam E. Bt goce 93 utoac Brn mare mn icksSmel o ac icsaa E Broer 17 Mida

    -Lrec o ont easat 36 to iepoGarden

    amer ceeidow of Joel Bnceaare BunfordJames vV Burtis

    John BreJ01 Burtisenr W. a

    grocer

    ru stogrocery an oustoreiman

    oatmagun a ocsmi

    (* ) Buckbee' s Alley (no w Poplar Place)

    , h 6 Fton7 cks8 uton1 Fultn

    52 aberr c core opa2 lton h 5 oa

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