The Borough Of Brooklyn

New York City’s old slum neighbourhood, the Five Points, was notoriously known for its vice and crimes. The first organized crime group in New York City was the Forty Thieves which was led by Edward Coleman, started in 1825, in the back of a grocery store. The Dead Rabbits were an Irish gang in the Five Points area, and are most known for the riot they caused in 1857. The Eastman Gang were a Jewish group in the Five Points area, which began in the late nineteenth century, and were the rival of the Five Points Gang. The Five Points Gang was another group, started by Paul Kelly and included future famous mobsters. In Five Points, where most of New York City’s crime started, it also started some of history’s most notorious gangs, and mobsters.

The first colony in the region where New Amsterdam would be built was at first just a Dutch trading post and fort. In 1624 Dutch traders under the Dutch West India Company established the colony of New Amsterdam for their fur trading and other goods.The Dutch traders came to this region from the Netherlands to skin fur of exotic beast. Others later came to the settlement to protect the fort and to farm for the soldiers. Most of New Amsterdam population were mainly traders, soldiers, and some farmers. The New Amsterdam Colony lasted for 40 years before it was taken by British and renamed New York.

First and foremost, South-Central Brooklyn is one of the most overpopulated community within Brooklyn, it is extremely diverse with many rich cultures and traditions. Within it, lies seven neighborhoods which are Flatbush, Borough Park, Ditmas Park, Midwood, Kensington, Manhattan Terrance, and Prospect Park South. It serves Community Districts 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 17. It mostly consists of densely populated African American, Hispanic and West Indian neighborhoods. According to the 2015 U.S census bureau, the population of Brooklyn stands at 2,504,700 out of which South-Central Brooklyn has approximately 804,982 residents and it is expected to have grown gradually through the one year-period that has elapsed (United States Census Bureau, 2014). This is more than double the amount of the total number of people that was living in South- Central Brooklyn in 2000, which was only 317, 300. Presently there are 37% Caucasians, 36% African American, 16% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 2% other (Indian) living in South-Central Brooklyn. The female population is 54.6%, and the male population is 45.4% (United States Census Bureau, 2014).

I was up raised in a tight-knit Jewish community, in a suburban county in Florida. Having briefly visited New York City as a child, I become fascinated with the great city. I was simply amazed with the cultural vitality of New York, relative to the modest diversity in my neighborhood.

The city of Camden, New Jersey has been known as one of the greatest Industrial Powerhouses, and was one of the biggest Industrialization in America. Camden created some of the nation 's largest warships and helped start up the railroad industry. (City of Camden; Industrialization) These are just a couple of the many things that made Camden one of the most thriving cities in the United States back in the day. But, all things must come to an end as the saying goes, Camden that once was a successful industrial thriving city is now one of the worst areas to live in America today. Camden is ranked second on the list in the United States as one of the worst cities to live in. Camden has a violent crime rate of 87.02% and you have 1 in 11 chances of being a victim. Camden has been plagued by so many problems it is now known for its violence, drugs a failing economy, and many more. So, where did Camden go wrong? Will it ever be the city it once was again?

The State of New York is famous for its amazing city (New York City), shops, and

New Netherland was a colony created in 1614 by Governor Stuyvesant. The New Netherland colony then built a settlement called New Amsterdam. New Amsterdam was built in 1626. The New Netherland colony had another settlement called Fort Orange. In 1624 Fort Orange was built . Fort Orange was only around for one year because the Native Americans kept attacking the fort. Then, New Amsterdam was made. New Amsterdam was located near the Hudson River. This location was great because they had a harbor boats to trade and their resources were right there for them.

The Community of East Flatbush is comprised of a culturally diverse population. According to the Brooklyn Neighborhood Report, 2012, there are 143,683 residents. The demographic breakdown is as follows; Asian 1.9%, Black 88.3%, Latino 6.2%, White 1.4% and other 2.2%. The top ethnic groups are as follows: African Americans 23%, Jamaican 13.2%, African 11.4%. Haitian 10.1%, Guyanese 7% (U.S. Census 2009). According to Homan (2015), a community is a number of people who share a distinct location, belief, interest, activity, or other characteristics that clearly identifies their commonality and differentiates them from those not sharing it.

The Dutch in 1609 sent an English sea captain named Henry Hudson, who came to the findings of Delaware Bay and New York on his voyage. Along this land would be referred to New Netherland. 1626 the Dutch would also purchase Manhattan from the Native Indians. In Manhattan the Dutch would establish a territory called New Amsterdam to inhabit, New Amsterdam became the capital of New Netherland. Dutch settlements would have freedom of business and religious practices unlike the strict beliefs and government other colony’s pursed, New Netherland was filled with diversity; in addition would cause different prospective on government and living. A relinquish Peter Stuyvesant, the governor of the colony wouldn’t put up an

In 1624, New York was founded by the Dutch and named New Netherlands and the capital, Fort Orange (now called Albany), was bought by Peter Minuit a year later. Then in 1664 New Netherlands was taken over by the British with practically no resistance from Peter Stuyvesant, the governor at the time, and renamed it New York. In 1673 the Dutch took New York back without firing a bullet because their governor went back to England for a bit, but the English took it back

In 1609, Henry Hudson accidentally discovered a river (known today as the Hudson River). And in 1624, the Dutch settled by the Hudson River. Peter Minuit founded New Amsterdam, in 1626. Finally in 1664, the colony surrendered to the English and was renamed to New York. New York was named after the king's brother, the Duke of York

The Netherlands permitted so many non-Dutch to settle there, because few Danes desired to leave their country. Thus the Dutch East India Company recruited settlers from a number of European countries and transported African slaves. In 1664 the British seized New Amsterdam and renamed it New York, the city retained its remarkable mix of people. It is only fitting that New York would become the most diverse city in the world.

Many historic places have gone through numerous transformations from the start of its creation, during or after. The site underwent multiple stages of transformations. The “birth” of the location took place 1829. The Staten Island Farm Colony began with only two acres of land. With success came the need of more land, which led to another purchase of land that vastly expanded its territory. The ninety- one acre purchase of land allowed the colonists to cultivate more crops. There was so much land that there was a lot more room to experiment with. The Staten Island Farm Colony originally started as a poor farm ("NYC Farm Colony & Seaview Hospital”). The idea of this expansion came shortly after the realization that the colony was growing in

Although regarded as the `most populated city ' in the United States, the whole city has something interesting to offer everyone. It is sub divided into five boroughs , being Queens , The Bronx , Brooklyn , Manhattan , and Staten Island respectively .The landmarks in New York city are known all over the world . There is the famous Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, Wall Street, the sky scrapers, and the World Trade Center, now called ground zero. One of Manhattan’s famous landmarks is Times Square. Different kinds of lights illuminate the area, where people are

New York City is made up of five boroughs, which include the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island. Within these boroughs, there are high and low-income neighborhoods that contain either high or low status organizational structures or facilities. Each division has their own characteristics and top attractions, such as the Empire State building, Central Park, or Times Square. As New York City may be known for great food and fun attractions, New York faces infrastructure problems within each borough. New York City’s infrastructure funding is limited in lower income neighborhoods, where money needed to upkeep the city goes toward prime tourist’s areas or residents living in high status neighborhoods, such as The Upper East Side of Manhattan, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, and Lenox Hill, Manhattan. Moreover, abandoned buildings, poor sewage conditions, and rocky roads and streets are examples of low-income area infrastructure problems that may hinder neighborhood growth both structurally and economically. Harlem, East Brooklyn, and South Bronx are low-income parts of New York that lack new and refined facilities, roads, plumbing, and fundamental structures, which contribute to high crime and arrests.