Ask a historian: What happened to Brooklyn’s trolleys?
Constance from Bay Ridge asks: “When did trolleys disappear from Bay...
Ask a historian: the Waterfall Apartments, the Mosaic House and more
Occasionally several questions are submitted that cannot, by themselves, fill a column...
Ask a historian: What’s the nautical history of southern Brooklyn?
Gena of Sheepshead Bay asks: “I’d like to know more about...
Ask a historian: Where in New York did the Dutch settle?
MZLJV asks: Where did the Dutch settle? Who were they? Good to...
Ask a historian: Where were Brooklyn’s battle sites during the Revolutionary War?
John from Fort Greene asks: “Which battles of the American Revolution were...
Ask a historian: What writers lived in Brooklyn Heights?
Lauren from Brooklyn Heights asks: What writers lived in Brooklyn Heights? Great...
Ask a historian: Did the Thunderbolt’s namesake once run a brothel?
Dennis from Sea Gate asks: Did Mike Norton [a New York politician...
Ask a historian: What’s the story of fireworks in Brooklyn?
Joan from DUMBO asks: I just love the Fourth of July fireworks...
Ask a historian: Who checked into the ritzy Manhattan Beach hotels of old?
Michael from Manhattan Beach asks: What guests visited the Manhattan and Oriental...