Photos by Paul Frangipane Grand Army Plaza holds one of Brooklyn’s largest sculptures, the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch that honors soldiers of the Civil War. The plaza hosts the northern entrance to Prospect Park. The Brooklyn Museum of Art…
Photos by Paul Frangipane Prospect Park’s entrance at Parkside and Ocean avenues welcomes visitors with tall columns. Prospect Lefferts Gardens borders Prospect Park on the east. A home in the Lefferts Manor section of the neighborhood. The area’s original development…
Photos by Paul Frangipane With Prospect Park South’s wide streets, grassy medians and large homes, it feels like a town separated from the city. A mansion stands among many others on Buckingham Road. The neighborhood’s popular “Japanese house” on Buckingham…
Photos by Paul Frangipane Gravesend Cemetery is the oldest cemetery owned by New York City with graves dating back to the mid-1600s. The site of Gravesend’s founding at the intersection of Avenue U and Village Road North is marked by…
Photos by Paul Frangipane Many homes in Carroll Gardens boast large lawn space facing the street with lavish gardens. Carroll Park is a popular meeting place for neighborhood residents and children. In the center of Carroll Park is the War…
Photos by Paul Frangipane The Columbia Street Waterfront District borders the East River with Lower Manhattan in the distance. Two towers for luxury housing near Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 are a new site for neighborhood residents. Because of the…
Photos by Paul Frangipane Vinegar Hill’s blocks are lined with cobblestones and low-rise buildings that make it feel like a small town out of the 19th century. A national historic landmark from the early 19th century stands gated-in at the…
Photos by Paul Frangipane At the southern point of Canarsie is Canarsie Pier. The pier on Jamaica Bay takes the place of a since-shuttered amusement park. Much of Canarsie takes on a suburban feel with standalone houses and wide tree-filled…
Photos by Paul Frangipane Bedford-Stuyvesant is the largest black neighborhood in New York City and became what it is today through years of grassroots efforts. Busy Fulton Street is filled with passing cars but this dancer doesn’t seem to mind.…
Bensonhurst’s 18th Avenue (Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard) is the site of the annual Feast of Santa Rosalia. The feast honors the patron saint of Palermo, Sicily. 18th Avenue has been co-named Cristoforo Colombo Boulevard since 1987 for the neighborhood’s large Italian…