Category: Brooklyn

Brooklyn College (enrollment 17,410 – 2017) is a senior CUNY (City University of New York) college that was founded in 1930 by the Board of Higher Education of New York City. This post is about the academic works of Professor Juergen Polle and Brooklyn College Library.

It started as the Brooklyn branches of Hunter College (a college for females in those days) in cooperation with the City College of New York (a college for men then). When these branches merged, Brooklyn College was New York City’s first public co-educational school for the liberal arts.

Brooklyn College’s campus is renown for its beauty, and the school is often called ‘poor men’s Harvard’ as its tuition is very affordable its academics are highly respected. The school accepts a relatively large number of GED graduates and enhances online GED courses such as the BestGEDClasses practice website. The GED diploma is equivalent to a common high school diploma. Nowadays, New York State is using the TASC instead of the GED for high school equivalency testing.

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In this walking tour of South Williamsburg, Brooklyn, you will be introduced to the Hasidic community that resettled there after World War II, their institutions and way of life. So let’s look at the Brooklyn Backpage – a Walking Tour of South Williamsburg.

The tour will first cover general, historically-significant sites and events in South Williamsburg, especially along Broadway. We will then take a stroll down Bedford Avenue, the “millionaire’s row” of the mid-nineteenth century, and examine what’s left of the stately mansions that those millionaires inhabited and how they evolved over the years to suit the needs of Williamsburg’s newest immigrants.

After Bedford Avenue, we will discuss the significance of the Satmar institutions situated on Rodney street and the BQE vicinity. From there we will turn into Lee ave, the main commercial strip of Hasidic Williamsburg, and we will take note of some fascinating Hasidic consumer patterns, some of which are currently in flux.

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Living and loving – being a part of the Brooklyn Community

Living in the City or Brooklyn? Which is better? everyone is entitled to their own opinion but the facts remain that according to the stats, Brooklyn has seen a more rapid increase in rental prices, population growth, and overall values.

Why is this, many people ask? many say it is simply because Manhattan just is not affordable anymore or as others put it, there is much more space for your money in Brooklyn – a bigger bang for your buck. Brooklyn is less congested, has more friendly people, a better overall vibe, more authentic creative New York City residents live in Brooklyn… Well, all these factors make that many chose to live in Brooklyn rather than Manhattan.

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Many folks in Brooklyn have fond memories of City Island. A slip of land just off the “coast” of the Bronx, City Island was – and to some extent still is – the seafood Mecca of New York City. I had never been and neither had my husband. So, on a warm Saturday, not too long ago, we went on a little road trip.

From our place in Brooklyn, it took just about an hour and a half thanks to traffic, but it was easy and quick enough. When I said before that City Island just a “slip of land,” I meant it. It doesn’t get much smaller than this little village.

There is one main street with several smaller ones jutting off of it and none of those streets are any more than about ten houses deep. Every road ends on the water and you get the sense that families have lived in those houses for generations and will continue to do so for generations to come.

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Before the Dutch colonists occupied the territory what is now Brooklyn in the early 1600s, it was home to the Canarsie Native American tribe who farmed the land and fished the surrounding waters.

During the following 400 years, Brooklyn’s rural landscape and forests were entirely urbanized to become the Brooklyn that we know today. The borough of Brooklyn is among the most populated areas in America and known for its rich history and diverse culture.

Brooklyn’s impressive history started long before Christopher Columbus set foot on the shores of the New World. The borough of Brooklyn is located at Long Island’s southern tip and besides the Canarsie Native American Tribe, the area was originally also inhabited by American Indians called the Lenape (meaning “the People”) that also included the Nyack Tribe. The Lenape planted and cultivated tobacco and corn and fished in the rivers in the area.

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The Remarkable Creation of the Cobb Salad!

Well, it starts at our very own Hotel St. George in 1936! The hotel’s world-famous chef, Ennis Shalit (yes, the uncle of beloved movie critic Gene Shalit!) was playin’ around with some leftovers in the kitchen, and he came up with the idea of mixing some meat with some greens!

He liked where this was going, and he topped it off with a vinaigrette-based dressing he had previously concocted for another salad popular at the hotel, The Luscious Lehman (named for the then-governor of New York — unfortunately, the recipe for that specialty has been lost to history, but apparently bacon-wrapped scallops were involved!  Yum!).

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Long Island University (LIU) is a private higher educational institution that was founded in 1926 to provide affordable education to students of all sorts of socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds. In this post, we’ll look at the LIU Brooklyn Library and Scholarship Options. The school’s Brooklyn campus is recognized as highly diverse, and one of America’s safest college campuses.

 

The school is located at the corner of DeKalb and Flatbush Avenues in Downtown Brooklyn. LIU offers over 500 academic programs at its two main campuses (LIU Brooklyn and LIU Post) and non-residential programs several other locations and has a worldwide alumni network of over 182,000. Tuition doesn’t come really cheap but there are several options to help you get educated at this top-notch university. Check out these options:

University Scholar Award

Long Island University’s “University Scholar Award” is available to both new freshmen and transfer students at the University. Freshmen are required to have at least a high school average of 92, and no less than a 1300 SAT score (480 verbal). Transfer students are required to possess an associate degree issued by a select accredited community college with at least a 3.75 GPA.

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Brooklyn Bridge, built between 1869 and 1883, connects Manhattan with New York’s most populous borough, Brooklyn. So first We Take Brooklyn Bridge.

Brooklyn Bridge belongs to New York City’s most impressive tourist attractions. However, if you would like to experience a more authentic and less touristic experience, just take a walk across the Williamsburg Bridge. Whereas the Brooklyn Bridge was made of stone, had the Williamsburg Bridge steel towers to support the bridge’s suspension cables.

The bridge’s chief engineer was Leffert Buck who had earlier worked with the man who designed the Paris Eiffel Tower, so no surprise the two objects may have similar looks. Whereas the Brooklyn Bridge took thirteen 13 years for completion was the Williamsburg Bridge built in six and a half years, half the time of the Brooklyn Bridge, due to better construction methods and the use of steel to build the towers Continue reading First We Take Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238, Phone: (718) 638-5000

Brooklyn Museum is definitely one of the best museums in New York. It is relatively small and concentrated and always provides amazing exhibits. You can easily spend a full day in this museum.

The collection is extensive and includes ancient Egyptian pieces as well as modern art. It is easily reachable from Manhattan as it is located right on the subway line.

Brooklyn Museum centers often on Black Culture and Feminism and doesn’t shy away from controversy. When visiting New York, this is a must go. Closed on Monday & Tuesday. Open Tuesday – Sunday 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.(Thursday till 10 p.m.)

New York Transit Museum
Corner of Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201, Phone: (718) 694-1600

The New York Transit Museum is truly amazing. It is located in a real station and that’s just part of the fun, as you enter just like the subway. You will learn a lot about 9/11 and structural issues, but also the development of the system are addressed. You can marvel at great old cars and children are sure to love it as well. Continue reading Must See Brooklyn Museums

Barclays Center is a fantastic indoor arena, a multi-purpose venue unparalleled in the New York City area. The Center is part of a business and residential complex development known as Pacific Park. Brooklyn’s Barclay Center is situated in the heart of Brooklyn, New York, at the crossroads of Flatbush and Atlantic Avenues. Barclays Center opened in 2012 and has since set a new standard as the world’s most exciting sports and entertainment showcase venue.

The Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment organization is managing and controlling Barclays Center. This organization also manages the business operations of the New York Islanders and the Brooklyn Nets.

Also, the massive renovation of the historically important Brooklyn Paramount Theatre is overseen by the organization, as is the redevelopment project of Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum. When these projects are completed, Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment will manage both venues’ operations.

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