Williamsburg, Brooklyn

A Closer Look at the Brooklyn Bridge The Brooklyn Bridge is a landmark within New York City that has captivated millions and has become a large part of the history of New York. It is one of the many things that people from all over the world come to experience for themselves and is a major part of this historic city and nation. While the Brooklyn Bridge was intended as an experimental way to connect Brooklyn and Manhattan, it has become an iconic structure of New York City representing American

There are a lot of excellent significant landmarks that can be commemorated by a coin by the colonial Williamsburg foundation; but here are the four structures that are worthy of being commemorated: The Bruton Parish Church, the Capitol, the Governor's Palace, and the Magazine. Commemorate means to honor a certain place or a person. All these structures are important, but the most significant structure to commemorate is clearly the Magazine. According to my research, the Magazine is the best choice

The neighborhood of Flatlands, in central Brooklyn, is a densely populated community, which contains an estimated about 206,963 people. As suggested by the following data, this community is one of the most racially and ethnically diverse in the Brooklyn county; for which 59.6% are Black, 29.2% are White, 2.6 %are Asian, 7.1% are Latino, and 1.5% belong to another racial identity (possibly the recent influx of Orthodox Jews). Due to so richly diverse composition, and the fact that, 39.0% of the local

Red Hook had declined from a vibrant, working-class waterfront community into a notorious hotbed of drug-related violence, cut off from the rest of New York City and the rest of Brooklyn by an elevated highway and a lack of public transportation, the citizens of Red Hook were despite for a much needed change. By looking at the success that followed from Manhattan’s first community court, the citizens of Red Hook believed that the same success could be achieved in their neighborhood as well. Thus

Over the years, Bensonhurst has diversified and experienced a remarkable amount of change, especially in terms of the population. Bensonhurst’s diversity is not limited to just those particular ethnic groups mentioned above, there are also a lot of Albanians, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and more.  According to the statistics of the residents in Bensonhurst & Bath Beach Puma, NY, the most common country of origins is China, Ukraine, and Italy (“BENSONHURST & BATH BEACH PUMA, NY,” n.d.). While, there

was straight textured and skin complexion that was fare. Because of this the first girlfriends I selected where light skinned and had hair that was naturally straight in an attempt to please my mother and support her ideal. At a very basic level all human beings are animals and I hate to use this analogy because of the negative connotation of using a animal in relation to ethnic people, but there is no other way for me to express the connection between our humanity, preference and genetics, if

The literary device of symbols is vital to a story because of the added depth they provide to mundane and regular objects. In “The Sixth Borough”, by Jonathan Safran Foer, the separation of the islands of the sixth borough and Manhattan represents the transition from childhood to adulthood. In “The Minister's Black Veil”, by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the veil represents the secret sin of Mr. Hooper, the town's minister. Both symbols, although seem plain on the outside, hide a deeper meaning that give

Living with strangers When moving from a small community, into a larger alien community, a whole new ruleset applies. When you move from a small town in Minnesota to an enormous city such as New York, you are very likely to feel alienated and out of place. In Minnesota, Siri Hustvedt greeted every person she passed on the street, not because she wanted to, but because if she didn’t, she would be seen as a snob. When she moved to New York, she quickly discovered how impractical and unsound it would

mostly Staten Island is could be described as a great place to live with a whole family. Staten Island is private sector; there are almost no apartment buildings. There, people are more prosperous, mostly the one that have lived in apartments in Brooklyn, for example, and then bought their own home in Staten Island. This is a typical America that people see in the movies about small towns. It's a great

Introduction The Kosciuszko bridge, named after the Polish-American patriot Tadeusz Kosciuszko, is the bridge that carries the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway across Newtown Creek, and is situated between Brooklyn and Queens. The current bridge carries over 160,000 vehicles every day, and it is recognized as being essential infrastructure for commerce on both a local and regional scale. The bridge is 75 years old, and has been continually maintained by New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT)