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Brooklyn’s Latino Past & Gentrification
Segment is from AJ OUM Episode 343

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Walking through Green-Wood Cemetery in winter feels like stepping into a quiet, frozen painting. Founded in 1838, this historic Brooklyn landmark spans 478 acres and has been the resting place for generations of New Yorkers. #greenwoodcemetery #nychistory #brooklynhistory

A mausoleum in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery. 🪦 ✨ #brooklynhistory #graveyardhistory #greenwoodcemetery

The History of Brooklyn's Blackout Cake - Untapped New York Decadent blackout cakes, created over 100 years ago, scream Brooklyn, yet they take their name from blackout drills performed during World War II.

Brooklyn's Blackout Cake has a fascinating origin story tied to WWII-era blackouts and the legendary Ebinger's Bakery. Uncover the history of this iconic chocolate cake, a symbol of Brooklyn nostalgia.
#BrooklynHistory #FoodHistory #EbingersBakery

🏡 Explore Brooklyn’s oldest home at the Wyckoff House Museum! Built c.1652, it shares stories of Lenape land, early settlers, and community life. With your Cool Culture Family Pass, enjoy FREE tours, workshops & garden programs. 🌱✨ #CoolCulture25 #MuseumAccess #BrooklynHistory #FamilyTime

#IASA2025 Discover how an Italian American housewife and a Brooklyn Mafia boss each fought for the hearts and minds of a working class in revolt. REBEL GIRL AND THE GODFATHER redefines Italian American history.

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"👑 VANNIE HIGGINS: Brooklyn's Last Irish Boss - The Forgotten Godfather Who Ruled Before The Italians 🍀💀" Step into the blood-soaked streets of 1920s Brooklyn and meet the most ruthless Irish crime boss you've never heard of! 🔥 Vincent "Vannie" Higgins was the undisputed king of Brooklyn's underworld before the Italian families took over, controlling everything from bootlegging operations to labor unions with an iron fist drenched in blood. This explosive episode reveals how Higgins built a criminal empire that rivaled anything Al Capone ever dreamed of, using a combination of old-world Irish brutality and modern business savvy that would make today's mob bosses weep with envy. 💰 Discover the shocking truth behind his rise from a street thug in the Irish slums to the most feared man in New York, orchestrating murders, extortion, and corruption on a scale that law enforcement couldn't comprehend. We expose his legendary feuds with rival gangs, his innovative smuggling operations during Prohibition, and the betrayals that ultimately led to his downfall. 🗡️ Hear never-before-told stories of his sadistic torture methods, his network of corrupt cops and politicians, and how he single-handedly changed the face of organized crime in America forever. This isn't just Brooklyn history—it's a terrifying glimpse into the savage world of ethnic organized crime that paved the way for the modern mafia. Prepare for a journey into darkness that will leave you questioning everything you thought you knew about America's criminal underworld! ⚰️

📣 New Podcast! ""👑 VANNIE HIGGINS: Brooklyn's Last Irish Boss - The Forgotten Godfather Who Ruled Before The Italians 🍀💀"" on @Spreaker #brooklyncrime #brooklynhistory #crimehistory #crimejunkie #crimepodcast #criminalempire #criminology #darkhistory #irishgangsters #irishmob #mafiahistory

🌱 Did you know?
Greenpoint was once called the “Garden Spot of Brooklyn” — named for the lush, green peninsula that jutted into the East River before industry took over. 🌾🌊

Some locals still use the nickname today. 💚 #Greenpoint #BrooklynHistory #HeyGreenpoint

To keep our channel going between full episodes we've been making these short "History Bits"on our #Youtube channel! youtu.be/eYAagshfWxs www.youtube.com/@ThePrivatee... #pirates #history #privateers #educationalcontent #femalepirates #NYCHistory #brooklynhistory #Fiercewomen #spiceisland

Two Women Champion Exhibition at Center for Brooklyn History That Reveals 200-Year-Old Indentures Tied to Enslaved People A striking new exhibition at the Center for Brooklyn History is pulling back the veil on the borough’s deep and often hidden… The post Two Women Champion Exhibition at Center for Brooklyn History That Reveals 200-Year-Old Indentures Tied to Enslaved People appeared first on Shine My Crown.

Two Women Champion Exhibition at Center for Brooklyn History That Reveals 200-Year-Old Indentures Tied to Enslaved People: A striking new exhibition at the Center for Brooklyn History is pulling back the veil on the… #BrooklynHistory #Exhibition #SlaveryAwareness #CulturalHeritage #WomenInHistory

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Burning Of The Brooklyn Theatre

The destruction of the Brooklyn Theatre, on the night of Tuesday, December the 5th, 1876 was the most terrible calamity of its kind that has occurred in this country.

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A postcard depicting Lincoln Road and Flatbush Avenue on 1909. #Flatbush #BrooklynHistory #RowHouses #newyorkcity #shotoftheday #prospectleffertsgardens

Black in Brooklyn - Study guide for The Sun Rises in the East blackhistorychatgpt.tumblr.com/post/7756434... #TheEast #BlackLiberation #AfrocentricEducation #BrooklynHistory #JituWeusi #UhuruSasa #PanAfricanism #BlackHistory #CulturalRevolution

Some more from the aforementioned source. #data #Brooklynhistory

Numerous sleighs out for winter fun after a snowstorm on Coney Island.

This is from the Pictorial history of Brooklyn, issued by the Brooklyn Daily Eagle on its seventy-fifth anniversary, October 26, 1916.

Citation tax for the #solstice (from the aforementioned source): Folks sleighing on Coney Island after a snowstorm. #Brooklynhistory

Search or Print: Glasslands Gallery collection: NYU Special Collections Finding Aids This collection consists of materials documenting the activities of Glasslands Gallery, a concert venue operating in Williamsburg from 2006-2015. Concert posters make up the bulk of this collection, f...

The Center for Brooklyn History (are they here?) has a collection of posters and other ephemera from Glasslands! The collection guide is here: findingaids.library.nyu.edu/cbh/bcms_009...

#williamsburg #brooklynhistory

This is from The Eagle and Brooklyn: The Record of the Progress of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and History of the City of #Brooklyn, edited by Henry W. B. Howard, 1893. #Brooklynhistory