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Carroll Gardens history

Here's Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church in Carroll Gardens. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan

Carroll Gardens, settled first by Irish then Italians, was renamed to preserve community amid change after the 1957 BQE divided the area.

How Carroll Gardens got its name

Carroll Gardens on a rain day. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Bill Kotsatos

Carroll Gardens honors Charles Carroll, a Maryland signer of the Declaration, and Maryland soldiers lost in the Battle of Brooklyn.

Community celebrates St. Paul’s 175th anniversary with pie face-off

The two blue ribbon winners were the Strawberry Rhubarb Pie and Samosa Pie, and attendees voted between the two to determine the final winner. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Ashlyn Beck

CARROLL GARDENS — In its 175 years in Carroll Gardens, the stained glass of St. Paul’s has seen many things: two world wars, the Great Depression, and radical shifts in the neighborhood. Now, it has also seen a pie contest.  As part of the celebration of 175 years of continuous service, St. Paul’s invited the community […]