Williamsburg, Brooklyn

beautiful home was added onto several times to accommodate his nine children and five stepchildren. It is said that Tucker was the first in Williamsburg to construct a bathroom. Another interesting fact about the Tucker house is that they were the first in Williamsburg to put a Christmas tree in the house in 1842. Sadly, the St. George Tucker is not a Colonial Williamsburg exhibition

A comparison of Brian Friel’s Philadelphia, Here I Come & Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge Both Brian Friel’s Philadelphia, Here I Come, and Arthur Miller’s A View From the Bridge bear a resemblance to each other as plays, particularly in certain areas. For example, both plays are set at a similar time, in similarly isolated, and to a certain extent impoverished setting. Dramatic tension is used to great effect in both plays, to hold the audiences attention. The key moment, or climax

The neighborhood of Flatlands, on central Brooklyn, is a densely populated community, which contain 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 other racial identity (possibly the recent influx of Orthodox Jews). Due to so richly diverse composition, and the fact that, 39.0% of the local

When I tell other students from New York City that I live in Bensonhurst, they often tell me they have never heard of it. Often, I have never heard of the neighborhood they live in, even though we all live in the same city. I think we all live in and interact in our respective bubbles, and besides the periods we spend at work or school, we tend to keep ourselves exclusive to people outside of them. There is nothing wrong with being selective with who you interact with, but those self-isolating behaviors

the spring and Fall and one class over the summer. I maintained a GPA over 3.0. I had 3.54 the spring, I passed my summer class and I maintained a 3.94 for the fall . I transferred from there due to the distance and I attended my first semester at Brooklyn College. So many elements affected me and I must be honest and say this was a very hard adjustment for me. My toddler son had contracted pink eye on three separate occasions. One of my closest friends experienced a horrible anxiety attack where

In Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Whitman attempts to transcend time and place, “The similitudes of the past and those of the future”. This becomes even more apparent when the second stanza is read, when he speaks of others, “Others will enter the gates of the ferry and cross from shore to shore, Others will watch the run of the flood-tide, Others will see the shipping of Manhattan north and west, and the heights of Brooklyn to the south and east. It is here that Whitman

Each borough has individual neighborhoods -- some of only a few blocks in size -- that have personalities lauded in music and movies. Where you live, work and play in New York says something to New Yorkers about who you are. The five boroughs are: Brooklyn Queens The Bronx Staten Island Manhattan (more info by neighborhood here) Understand Most people think of Manhattan when they think of New York City, also known as The City. New York City is actually spread across five different counties - one borough

3 Parallel Events: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close The book Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close contains many aspects of the real-life hardships of 9/11 and the Holocaust, as well as the mystery of the Sixth Borough of New York. These events help create a better understanding of life under the influence of conflict and the choices characters are forced to make as a result of the conflict. Jonathan Safran Foer 's novel focuses on a boy named Oskar who loses his father in the destruction of the

Our next adventure was Brooklyn, NY. Although this borough was just a 20-minute train ride away I never really had many opportunities to visit it. I was excited to visit the borough because growing up I always heard that it had the best food in all of New York City. The borough is also known as Kings County and is home to nearly three million people. This makes Brooklyn the second most populous boroughs in New York. It is said that if the Borough were an independent city it would be the third most

family services, and youth services. It was formed in 1975 by tenants and homeowners who sought to address the physical deterioration of the neighborhood. FTC is a coalition of tenant associations that aims to build tenant power in central and south Brooklyn. Collectively, members work to improve the lives of low- to-moderate income tenants in the community, who are subject to undesirable living conditions, displacement, and harassment from landlords. FTC supports the growth of tenant associations and