Aaron Copland: Music born from the streets of Brooklyn
November 17, 2025
At the end of the 19th century, Brooklyn neighborhoods rang the musical diversity of throngs of immigrants. Many came from Eastern Europe.
At the end of the 19th century, Brooklyn neighborhoods rang the musical diversity of throngs of immigrants. Many came from Eastern Europe.
The tour starts at 11 a.m. at Brooklyn Borough Hall and ends at the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. The tour is free.
Dandia is a community organizer and educator who teaches New York City history at CUNY Guttman Community College in Midtown Manhattan.
The project was constructed in 1950-1951 as part of NYCHA’s response to post-World War II housing shortages.
The collection, stored in warehouses in Bushwick and upstate, includes over 11,000 objects tied to the borough’s history.
COMMUNITY ADVOCATES IN Bedford-Stuyvesant are racing to save the Stuyvesant Mansion, the home of pioneering OB-GYN Dr. Josephine English.
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN CELEBRATED THE 140TH ANNIVERSARY OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS PARISH in Flatlands on Sunday.
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF BROOKLYN CELEBRATED THE 140TH ANNIVERSARY OF ST. THOMAS AQUINAS PARISH in Flatlands on Sunday.
A TOUR OF BROOKLYN’S HISTORIC NEW UTRECHT CEMETERY, also known as the Old New Utrecht Cemetery, will be presented this Saturday.
The state Department of Veterans’ Services and the Jackie Robinson Museum have partnered to present a panel on the legend’s activism.
The North Brooklyn Parks Alliance is set to host its annual fall gala on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. at Under the K Bridge Park.
BROOKLYN’S HISTORY-RICH HARBOR DEFENSE MUSEUM, housed in Fort Hamilton, could possibly become the victim of military budget cuts.
The Prospect Park Alliance and Éenda-Lŭnaapeewáhkiing Collective have partnered to launch a new exhibit at the Lefferts Historic House.
Photographer Christopher Payne has captured the New York Sign Museum’s efforts to preserve decades-old signage at Noble Signs.
ASIAN NEW YORKERS JOINED COUNCILMEMBER SUSAN ZHUANG in presenting a resolution for Chinese American Railroad Workers Memorial Day.
A new City Council resolution would recognize May 10 annually as Chinese American Railroad Workers Memorial Day in New York City.
Students should choose a Scandinavian person who lived in the colony of New Netherlands and describe why they were drawn to that person.
GRAY seal pups have started appearing on Coney Island’s shoreline, marking the start of seal season, experts noted this week.
NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS WILL HONOR THE LEGACY of ‘Mama Joy’ Chatel’s work to preserve 227 Duffield St. at a gathering on Sunday, Feb. 2,
GEORGE WASHINGTON IS coming back to Bensonhurst on his 293rd birthday, with a free show by experienced Washington portrayer Michael Grillo.
FLOYD BENNETT FIELD — Dozens of around-the-world and trans-Atlantic flights started or ended on Floyd Bennett Field’s runways in the 1930s-40s, including those piloted by Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and
FLOYD BENNETT FIELD — Dozens of around-the-world and trans-Atlantic flights started or ended on Floyd Bennett Field’s runways in the 1930s-40s, including those piloted by Charles Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and
Throughout generations, Brooklyn has seen numerous budding talents take root and sprout into theatrical legends. None had germination as perfectly metaphoric as that of six-year-old David Daniel Kaminsky, who made
George Gershwin, one of America’s most renowned composers, was born in Brooklyn on Sept. 26, 1898, just nine months after the independent city of Brooklyn consolidated with the other boroughs
Attorney General Letitia James and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos announced a $100,000 grant for educational environmental programs at the Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center in
NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, Jackie Young had been searching. Orphaned as an infant, he spent the first few years of his life in a Nazi internment camp in
Fred of Park Slope asks: “Tell us about the history of Pilgrim Laundry in Windsor Terrace.” It’s a very interesting, modern history, Fred. And a positive story about Brooklyn chutzpah.
“I’ve been coming here as long as I can remember.”
Eye on Real Estate: Halloween is coming. What a perfect time for a walk in a Brooklyn graveyard. Why not visit the place where American icon Jackie Robinson was laid
“I’m new to Williamsburg and Brooklyn. I heard that many of the Williamsburg streets are named after signers of the Declaration of Independence. I can’t find Keap among the original
‘Bang the drum slowly’ for a beloved Brooklyn baseball historian. Baseball historian and Brooklynite Thomas Knight, who wrote a weekly column for The Brooklyn Spectator and other publications called “Diamond
The Vitagraph Studios smokestack stood tall above Midwood long before the Kentile Floors and Eagle Clothes signs were ever erected, but now residents past and present are afraid the local
One local politician is calling the upcoming half-century birthday party for the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge – connecting South Brooklyn with Staten Island since 1964 – “terribly one-sided.” “We may not like
One local politician is calling the upcoming half-century birthday party for the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge – connecting South Brooklyn with Staten Island since 1964 – “terribly one-sided.” “We may not like
COMPILED BY GARY NILSEN AND HELEN KLEIN This week, we decided to delve into our own history, with the front page of the very first issue of The Spectator, dated
COMPILED BY GARY NILSEN AND HELEN KLEIN This week, we decided to delve into our own history, with the front page of the very first issue of The Spectator, dated