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Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library

Archive-It Partner Since: Oct, 2017

Organization Type: Public Libraries & Local Governments

Organization URL: https://www.bklynlibrary.org/brooklyncollection   

Description:

Drawing on its unique collection of physical and digital primary source materials and artifacts, the Center for Brooklyn History inspires discovery, advances research, and preserves the history and cultural heritage of Brooklyn’s diverse communities. Through regular high-profile events, exhibits, and educational programs at 128 Pierrepont Street, online, and in branch libraries throughout Brooklyn, the Center also serves as a hub for residents, students, and scholars interested in the history and civic life of their borough and city. We are part of the Community Webs program. Submit suggestions for Brooklyn-related web content we should collect using this form.

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Title: Arts East New York

URL: http://artseastny.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: Arts East New York is committed to presenting promoting and preserving multicultural arts and to address socio-economic issues that hinder the growth and development of our community. The organization was founded in 2009 by East New York resident Catherine Green and its mission is rooted in the idea that inspiring a community through Arts & Culture sets a sustainable pattern of resident-led development. Through community beautification, youth programs, and cross-sector initiatives AENY has a proven track record of bringing out the best in East New York.

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Subject:   East New York Arts Community Organizations

Title: Bangladeshi American Community Development & Youth Services (BACDYS)

URL: http://bacdys.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: Bangladeshi American Community Development & Youth Services (BACDYS) is the leading nonprofit organization in City Line, Brooklyn that focuses on improving the lives of immigrants, women, and low-income residents. City Line is a diverse neighborhood of hardworking people who need access to information that will improve how they live. Our services are designed to address their specific needs and help them overcome the barriers—big and small—that sometimes place them on the fringes of society.

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Subject:   Community Organizations Flatbush

Title: Bay Ridge Community

URL: http://bayridge.net/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: This was the first web site for Bay Ridge Community. It was started July of 1996. One of the biggest projects is the Bay Ridge Directory or Yellow Pages for businesses.

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Subject:   Neighborhood News Bay Ridge

Title: Brooklyn Genealogy Information Page

URL: http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/index.html

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

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Title: Brooklyn Public Library

URL: http://bklynlibrary.org

Collection: Brooklyn Public Library Institutional Web Archive

Description: The website of Brooklyn Public Library.

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Title: Boerum Hill Association

URL: http://boerumhillassociation.org/home.aspx

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: The Boerum Hill Association, a volunteer organization of residents of Boerum Hill, seeks to preserve and enhance the unique qualities of our neighborhood through advocacy, education and community building.

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Subject:   Boerum Hill Neighborhood Organizations

Title: Brokelyn

URL: http://brokelyn.com/

Collection: Brooklyn News

Description: Brokelyn is a webmag devoted to living the best possible life in Brooklyn regardless of one’s means. It was founded in 2009 as a post-crash survival guide by Faye Penn, a writer and editor. Since then, Brokelyn has evolved into a general interest destination whose irreverent mix of news and humor have made it essential reading for people who live, work and go out in Brooklyn, plus other people who just want to.

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Title: Brooklyn Public Library celebrates 5th anniversary of book matching service

URL: http://brooklyn.news12.com/story/40919828/brooklyn-public-library-celebrates-5th-anniversary-of-book-matching-service

Collection: Brooklyn Public Library Press Clips

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Title: Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival blog

URL: http://brooklynfilm.blogspot.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: The Brooklyn film & arts festival is the first original Brooklyn-focused film and arts festival. We present programs that illuminate the rich, diverse cultural history of Brooklyn. Since the first screening of Brooklyn films in 2007, the Brooklyn film & arts festival has presented Brooklyn-focused film and Brooklyn-literature programs. In 2011 the Brooklyn non-fiction prize,the first of its kind Brooklyn-focused literature project was established by the Brooklyn film & arts festival.

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Title: Brooklyn Heights Blog

URL: http://brooklynheightsblog.com

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: Brooklynheightsblog is the brainchild of Homer Fink, known for his irreverent blog The Fink File. Feeling the pangs of “civic duty” he decided to fill a gap in the blog world (“Feh with that ‘blogosphere’ word,” he says) by compiling and covering events in Brooklyn Heights. Homer Fink is such a great name it’s probably made up. Well in this case it sure is! The moniker is the “nom de blog” of media executive John Loscalzo.

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Subject:   Neighborhood News Brooklyn Heights

Title: University Open Air at Center for Brooklyn History This Weekend

URL: http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/99422

Collection: Brooklyn Public Library Press Clips

Description: This Friday through Sunday (April 19 – April 21), CBH is hosting University Open Air, which provides “immigrant teachers, professors, and academics, who were trained outside of the U.S., an opportunity to share their knowledge with the public by welcoming students to enjoy free classes.”

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Subject:   Events CBH

Title: Brooklyn History and Culture Blog

URL: http://brooklynhistory.blogspot.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: A compilation of information about Brooklyn's fascinating history and culture.

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Title: Brooklyn Historical Photos blog

URL: http://brooklynimages.blogspot.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: Illuminating Brooklyn's rich cultural history through archival photographs.

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Title: Brooklyn Reporter

URL: http://brooklynreporter.com/

Collection: Brooklyn News

Description: Home to the latest in breaking news, dining, nightlife & more. Powered by the Home Reporter & Brooklyn Spectator.

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Subject:   Neighborhood News

Title: Bushwick Daily

URL: http://bushwickdaily.com/

Collection: Brooklyn News

Description: Bushwick Daily is an independent media company based in New York City that launched in 2009 to focus on community issues, events, food, art, and culture in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick. The publication is a progressive local resource for the thriving communities of Bushwick, Ridgewood, and East Williamsburg. Five days a week, Bushwick Daily publishes articles from a diverse team of local contributors about neighborhood events and hyperlocal news. Bushwick Daily was listed as the number-one New York Neighborhood Website by Thrillist in 2017, and as one of the 25-best New York Neighborhood Blogs in 2015 and 2016 by Brick Underground. In 2013, the publication won an Independent Press Award for photography. Bushwick Daily has been featured and regularly quoted by a wide range of media outlets, including The New York Times, New York Magazine, Brooklyn Magazine, Gothamist, DNAInfo, Rolling Stone, and NY Observer. Katarina Hybenova founded Bushwick Daily in 2009. In February 2018, Alec Meeker became the majority owner of the publication.

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Subject:   Bushwick Neighborhood News Politics

Title: Community Board 3

URL: http://cb3brooklyn.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Politics

Description: Community Board 3 is the voice, eyes, and ears of Bedford Stuyvesant.

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Subject:   Community Boards Bedford-Stuyvesant

Title: Center for the Study of Brooklyn blog

URL: http://center-for-the-study-of-brooklyn.blogspot.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: The now-defunct blog of the Center for the Study of Brooklyn, Based at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, a public policy research center that puts Brooklyn issues first.

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Subject:   Brooklyn history

Title: Citizens Defending Libraries

URL: http://citizensdefendinglibraries.blogspot.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog documenting issues around the three public library systems in New York City.

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Title: Cobble Hill Association

URL: http://cobblehill.nyc/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: Since 1958, the Cobble Hill Association has been a non-profit, volunteer-run organization dedicated to preserving, protecting, and enhancing the quality of life in this unique urban neighborhood.

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Subject:   Neighborhood Organizations Cobble Hill

Title: Develop--Don't Destroy. Brooklyn

URL: http://dddb.net/php/latestnews_ArchiveDate.php

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: Our coalition consists of 21 community organizations and there are 51 community organizations formally aligned in opposition to the Ratner plan [Atlantic Yards].

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Subject:   Community Organizations Real Estate

Title: East Brooklyn Congregations - Industrial Areas Foundation (EBC-IAF)

URL: http://ebc-iaf.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: East Brooklyn Congregations (EBC) is a non-partisan organization composed of dues-paying member institutions, including congregations, schools, and homeowners associations. We have deep membership bases in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brownsville/Ocean-Hill, Bushwick, Crown Heights and East New York.

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Subject:   Bedford-Stuyvesant Brownsville Ocean Hill Bushwick Crown Heights East New York Community Organizations

Title: Equality for Flatbush - tumblr

URL: http://equalityforflatbush.tumblr.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: The tumblr page for Equality for Flatbush, which does affordable housing, anti-gentrification and police accountability organizing in Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Flatbush Community Organizations

Title: Flatbushed

URL: http://flatbushed.com

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: Headquartered in the Prospect Lefferts Gardens section of Brooklyn, *Flatbushed.com* broadcasts an eclectic selection of irresistible items related to America’s foremost stretch of urban lunacy. We eschew irony, sarcasm, and ranting. We espouse sincerity, empathy, and decorum. Our rumpled but earnest staff has an abiding love and respect for Brooklyn, its denizens, and quality hip hop.

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Subject:   Flatbush Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood News Brooklyn history

Title: Flatbush Gardener

URL: http://flatbushgardener.blogspot.com

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: Urban Gardening with Native Plants

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Subject:   Flatbush Ecology

Title: Forgotten NY - Tag Archives: Brooklyn

URL: http://forgotten-ny.com/tag/brooklyn/

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: Forgotten NY is a blog about New York City history. It began principal photography throughout 1998 and launched in March 1999.

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Subject:   Brooklyn history Photography

Title: Free Williamsburg

URL: http://freewilliamsburg.com/

Collection: Brooklyn News

Description: FREEwilliamsburg was established in 1998 by Robert Lanham. FREEwilliamsburg was the first publication to cover the growing arts community of Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Williamsburg Neighborhood News

Title: Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund (GCEF)

URL: http://gcefund.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: The Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund (GCEF) is a joint program of the New York State Office of the Attorney General and Department of Environmental Conservation. The GCEF program is an environmental grant program created by the State of New York with monies obtained through a settlement with ExxonMobil over its Greenpoint oil spill.

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Subject:   Greenpoint Ecology Neighborhood Organizations Community Organizations

Title: Greenpoint Gazette

URL: http://greenpointnews.com/

Collection: Brooklyn News

Description: Since 1973, the Greenpoint Gazette has been “the Voice of Greenpoint.” Covering local politics, entertainment, civic organizations, schools, real estate, and business, we are the longest running English language paper dedicated to the Greenpoint/Williamsburg communities.

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Subject:   Neighborhood News Greenpoint Williamsburg

Title: Greenpoint Star

URL: http://greenpointstar.com/

Collection: Brooklyn News

Description: Our papers cover events, meetings and news which shape the quality of life throughout Brooklyn. With a circulation of 15,000, the Greenpoint Star and News of Williamsburg's Northside is a staple in Greenpoint and Williamsburg.

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Subject:   Neighborhood News Greenpoint Williamsburg

Title: Older Americans Celebration Fair at Brooklyn Public Library

URL: http://greenpointstar.com/bookmark/27812223/

Collection: Brooklyn Public Library Press Clips

Description: The Central Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library (10 Grand Army Plaza) was transformed into a festival grounds this past Friday for the Older Americans Celebration Fair.

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Title: Libraries hold book display contest

URL: http://greenpointstar.com/bookmark/27829323/

Collection: Brooklyn Public Library Press Clips

Description: The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), Queens Public Library (QPL), and New York Public Library are participating in a citywide book display contest. From now until November 12, 130 branches across the three systems will showcase unique and innovative display pieces that celebrate the arts and culture of their neighborhood.

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Title: Justin Brannan, New York City Councilman

URL: http://justinbrannan.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Politics

Description: Website for New York City Council member Justin Brannan, who represents the 43rd New York City Council district (South Brooklyn).

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Subject:   Bay Ridge Dyker Heights Bensonhurst Bath Beach City Council

Title: Local Development Corporation of Crown Heights

URL: http://ldcch.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: The Local Development Corporation of Crown Heights’ mission is to enhance the quality of life for the residents of the community we serve through social services and stewardship of resources. We will provide services to meet the needs of our residents that are least able to help themselves, in the spirit of empowering people to overcome hardship and serving the broader public interest.

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Subject:   Crown Heights Neighborhood Organizations

Title: Neighbords Allied for Good Growth (NAG)

URL: http://nag-brooklyn.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (formerly Neighbors Against Garbage) developed out of our neighborhood’s desire to recapture its waterfront, reduce local environmental hazards, and advocate for public policies promoting healthy mixed-use communities. We advocate with and for the people who live and work in the North Brooklyn neighborhoods of Greenpoint and Williamsburg. Our approach to these issues is guided by the principle that our entire community is entitled to participate in decision-making and negotiation processes affecting our neighborhood, leadership of local mobilization efforts, and the design of a future vision for our community. The organization is now North Brooklyn Neighbors.

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Subject:   Greenpoint Williamsburg Neighborhood Organizations Community Organizations

Title: Nostrand Avenue Merchants Association

URL: http://nostrandavemerchants.blogspot.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: The Nostrand Avenue Merchants Association was founded in 1990s to help preserve and promote commercial revitalization on Nostrand Avenue from Eastern Parkway to Linden Boulevard in the Crown Heights South Neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.

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Subject:   Crown Heights Neighborhood Organizations

Title: Our BK Social

URL: http://ourbksocial.com/

Collection: Brooklyn News

Description: Bringing to the forefront all the events, restaurants, nightlife, and not to mention the people of this amazing borough to the light. Such great things that you don’t know about, happening in your own backyard.

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Subject:   Neighborhood News

Title: Park Slope Civic Council

URL: http://parkslopeciviccouncil.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: The Park Slope Civic Council promotes the health, vitality and character of the Park Slope neighborhood and advocates for the interests of residents, businesses and others with a stake in the community.

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Subject:   Park Slope Neighborhood Organizations

Title: Sephardic Pizmonim Project

URL: http://pizmonim.org/

Collection: The Brooklyn Jewish History Project

Description: As a person who has lived away from the Syrian community for a few years in pursuit of a professional career, this great website provided me with an excellent avenue to maintain my connection to the Syrian Jewish heritage; accomplishing my life goal of making Gabriel A Shrem "great." It is my deepest hope that this great website is used as a tool throughout the world to reconnect with this great heritage of Syrian Jewry. We hope that this endeavor promotes a deeper appreciation of pizmonim and enhances your experiences during the Shabbat prayers.

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Title: Queen of the Click

URL: http://queenoftheclick.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A neighborhood blog written by a Bay Ridge resident.

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Subject:   Bay Ridge Neighborhood News

Title: Reconnect Brooklyn

URL: http://reconnectbrooklyn.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: Reconnect Brooklyn was founded to address a neighborhood need: too many good young men were having too many bad life outcomes.

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Subject:   Community Organizations Bedford-Stuyvesant

Title: Tapped Out, Yawning: Plague Journal, Day 78: "Stay safe"

URL: http://tappedoutyawning.blogspot.com/2020/05/plague-journal-day-78-stay-safe.html

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog post documenting Black Lives Matter protest actions in Brooklyn during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Tapped Out, Yawning: Plague Journal, Day 79: “You Ain’t Shit When It Comes To Policing”

URL: http://tappedoutyawning.blogspot.com/2020/05/plague-journal-day-79-you-aint-shit.html

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog post documenting life in Brooklyn as Black Lives Matter protests continue during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Tapped Out, Yawning: Plague Journal, Day 102: Who’s Singing #BLM Anthems?

URL: http://tappedoutyawning.blogspot.com/2020/06/plague-journal-day-102-whos-singing-blm.html

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog post documenting life in Brooklyn as Black Lives Matter protests continue during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Tapped Out, Yawning: Plague Journal, Day 109: Occupying City Hall

URL: http://tappedoutyawning.blogspot.com/2020/06/plague-journal-day-109-occupying-city.html

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog post documenting life in Brooklyn as Black Lives Matter protests continue during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Tapped Out, Yawning: Plague Journal, Day 80: “Be prepared to escalate"

URL: http://tappedoutyawning.blogspot.com/2020/06/plague-journal-day-80-be-prepared-to.html

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog post documenting life in Brooklyn as Black Lives Matter protests continue during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Tapped Out, Yawning: Plague Journal, Day 81: The Kid's heart races; Mom questions a photo op

URL: http://tappedoutyawning.blogspot.com/2020/06/plague-journal-day-81-heart-racing.html

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog post documenting life in Brooklyn as Black Lives Matter protests continue during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Tapped Out, Yawning: Plague Journal, Day 82: Prayerful Protest Photo Essay

URL: http://tappedoutyawning.blogspot.com/2020/06/plague-journal-day-82.html

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog post documenting life in Brooklyn as Black Lives Matter protests continue during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Tapped Out, Yawning: Plague Journal, Day 84: Carrying the #BLM banner, thinking of Mom

URL: http://tappedoutyawning.blogspot.com/2020/06/plague-journal-day-84-carrying-blm.html

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog post documenting life in Brooklyn as Black Lives Matter protests continue during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Tapped Out, Yawning: Plague Journal, Day 85: Protests, choppers, storage, curfew

URL: http://tappedoutyawning.blogspot.com/2020/06/plague-journal-day-85-protests-choppers.html

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog post documenting Black Lives Matter protest actions in Brooklyn during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Tapped Out, Yawning: Plague Journal, Day 89: Reopening, With Trepidation

URL: http://tappedoutyawning.blogspot.com/2020/06/plague-journal-day-89-reopening-with.html

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog post documenting Black Lives Matter protest actions in Brooklyn during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Tapped Out, Yawning: Plague Journal, Day 90: Trolling, Dabbling in the Social Media Wars

URL: http://tappedoutyawning.blogspot.com/2020/06/plague-journal-day-90-trolling-dabbling.html

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog post documenting life in Brooklyn as Black Lives Matter protests continue during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Tapped Out, Yawning: Plague Journal, Day 91: What Happens Next?

URL: http://tappedoutyawning.blogspot.com/2020/06/plague-journal-day-91-fingerprinting.html

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog post documenting Black Lives Matter protest actions in Brooklyn during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Tapped Out, Yawning: Plague Journal, Day 92: Coming Back To Life: We Walk, Ride, Protest, Dine

URL: http://tappedoutyawning.blogspot.com/2020/06/plague-journal-day-92-coming-back-to.html

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog post documenting life in Brooklyn as Black Lives Matter protests continue during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Tapped Out, Yawning: Plague Journal, Day 94: What's With The Explosions?

URL: http://tappedoutyawning.blogspot.com/2020/06/plague-journal-day-94-whats-with.html

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog post documenting life in Brooklyn as Black Lives Matter protests continue during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Tapped Out, Yawning: Plague Journal, Day 97: Cutting bolts on the playground gates

URL: http://tappedoutyawning.blogspot.com/2020/06/plague-journal-day-97-cutting-bolts-on.html

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog post documenting life in Brooklyn as Black Lives Matter protests continue during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Tapped Out, Yawning: Plague Journal, Day 112: Dining Out, Feeling Our Way To A New Normal

URL: http://tappedoutyawning.blogspot.com/2020/07/plague-journal-day-112-dining-out.html

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog post documenting life in Brooklyn during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Title: Brooklyn Neighborhood Improvement Association (BNIA)

URL: http://thebnia.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: BNIA’s service area spans Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Ocean Hill/Brownsville and the adjacent neighborhoods. The boundaries are Flatbush Avenue (west) East New York Avenue (east), Atlantic Avenue (north), Eastern Parkway (south). Both Community Boards 8 and 16 and the contiguous areas can be characterized as communities which are ethnically diverse with African Americans being the largest ethnic group. According to U.S. Census Bureau 2000 Data, these areas are reported to be populated with low and moderate income earners with incomes that are below the citywide average. BNIA’s mission is to empower low and moderate income residents of Central Brooklyn and its surrounding areas; to encourage and support leadership, neighborhood development and community participation in order to address the housing and economic development needs of the area.

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Subject:   Prospect Heights Crown Heights Brownsville Ocean Hill Neighborhood Organizations Community Organizations

Title: The Q at Parkside

URL: http://theqatparkside.blogspot.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: News and Nonsense from the Brooklyn neighborhood of Lefferts and environs, or more specifically a neighborhood once known as Melrose Park. Sometimes called Lefferts Gardens. Or Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Or PLG. Or North Flatbush. Or Caledonia (west of Ocean). Or West Pigtown. Across From Park Slope. Under Crown Heights. Near Drummer's Grove. The Side of the Park With the McDonalds. Jackie Robinson Town. Home of Lefferts Manor. West Wingate. Near Kings County Hospital. Or if you're coming from the airport in taxi, maybe just Flatbush is best.

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Subject:   Neighborhood News Prospect-Lefferts Gardens Flatbush Lefferts

Title: The Weekly Nabe

URL: http://theweeklynabe.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog chronicling visiting each of the 80 Brooklyn neighborhoods listed by the Department of City Planning, chosen randomly.

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Title: Williamsburg Greenpoint News+Arts

URL: http://thewgnews.com/

Collection: Brooklyn News

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Subject:   Neighborhood News Greenpoint Williamsburg

Title: West Indian American Day Carnival Association (WIADCA)

URL: http://wiadcacarnival.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: WIADCA's mission is to promote, develop and celebrate Caribbean culture, arts, history and traditions through year-round programs which culminate with a week-long display of festivities and a grand finale Carnival parade expanding our cultural reach throughout the world.

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Title: 377 Union

URL: http://www.377union.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: A blog created by two attorneys to detail information about Paul Manafort's real estate transactions in New York, particularly in relation to a specific Brooklyn property, the address of which the blog is named for.

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Subject:   Real Estate Politics

Title: Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation (AALDC)

URL: http://www.atlanticave.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: The mission of the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation (AALDC) is to further economic development, historic preservation, and cultural enrichment on Atlantic Avenue, in Brooklyn, New York, from Fourth Avenue to the Waterfront and the surrounding community. The AALDC provides information, advocacy, and produces events and projects that promote economic growth and vitality, for the preservation and development of the local community.

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Subject:   Neighborhood Organizations Community Organizations

Title: Atlantic Avenue Business Improvement District (AABID)

URL: http://www.atlanticavebid.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: The purpose of a BID is to improve conditions for businesses in a specific area, attract and retain businesses, generate jobs and improve quality of life for those who use the district. A BID enables stakeholders to decide which services to provide in order to meet their district’s specific needs. Our BID, known as the AABID, was signed into law in September 2011 after garnering overwhelming support from stakeholders, Community Boards 2 & 6, and various City Council committees and City agencies. Operations launched in April 2012 to meet our Mission & Vision.

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Subject:   Community Organizations

Title: The mysterious affair of Stiles

URL: http://www.bklynlibrary.org/blog/2019/06/11/mysterious-affair-stiles/

Collection: Brooklynology Blog

Description: Hunting down the identity of a statue found at Central Library, the author identifies it as Henry R. Stiles and explores his life.

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Subject:   People Arts

Title: Gowanus Lounge

URL: http://www.bobguskind.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: Gowanus Lounge covers Brooklyn neighborhood news, real estate and development, retail and dining, events and other happenings. GL was created by Robert Guskind in April, 2006 and has more than 100,000 unique visitors a month. GL’s coverage ranges widely across Brooklyn, both geographically and by subject matter, and it has many regular contributors.

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Subject:   Gowanus Neighborhood News Photography

Title: Brooklyn Arts Council

URL: http://www.brooklynartscouncil.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: Brooklyn Arts Council's mission is to act as a coordinating, educational, and service organization to promote and encourage the knowledge, appreciation, and practices of the arts through public educational and cultural activities, and to provide support and services to artists and arts organizations.

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Subject:   Arts Community Organizations

Title: Community Board 11

URL: http://www.brooklyncb11.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Politics

Description: Serving the residents of Bath Beach, Bensonhurst, Gravesend and Mapleton.

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Subject:   Community Boards Bath Beach Bensonhurst Gravesend Mapleton

Title: Community Board 5

URL: http://www.brooklyncb5.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Politics

Description: Brooklyn Community Board 5 covers all areas of East New York, including Cypress, Spring Creek, Starrett City, Gateway and Highland Park.

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Subject:   Community Boards East New York

Title: Community Board 8

URL: http://www.brooklyncb8.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Politics

Description: Serving the neighborhoods of Prospect Heights and Crown Heights North.

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Subject:   Community Boards Prospect Heights Crown Heights

Title: Brooklyn Downtown Star

URL: http://www.brooklyndowntownstar.com/

Collection: Brooklyn News

Description: Our papers cover events, meetings and news which shape the quality of life throughout Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Downtown STAR has a circulation of 15,000, The STAR is available at more than 150 locations in Downtown, Fort Greene, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope and Bushwick. We are circulated primarily in zip codes11205, 11217, 11238 and 11201. The Brooklyn Downtown STAR also covers news important to the entire borough of Brooklyn like no other weekly newspaper.

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Subject:   Neighborhood News Politics

Title: Brooklyn Daily Eagle

URL: http://www.brooklyneagle.com/

Collection: Brooklyn News

Description: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle is published five days a week as a morning newspaper. We are the only daily in New York City devoted exclusively to Brooklyn.

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Subject:   Neighborhood News Politics Real Estate

Title: Brooklynian

URL: http://www.brooklynian.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: Brooklynian.com started in 2005 as one of the first and only neighborhood-oriented online communities in the borough. It was shut down in April 2018.

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Subject:   Brooklyn history Neighborhood News

Title: Brooklyn Speaks

URL: http://www.brooklynspeaks.net/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: BrooklynSpeaks is an initiative of civic associations, community-based organizations, and advocacy groups concerned about the future of development at the Atlantic Yards site.

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Subject:   Community Organizations

Title: The Brownstone Detectives

URL: http://www.brownstonedetectives.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: The Brownstone Detectives is a for-hire research team that focuses on the social and physical histories of old homes. They maintain a blog with Brooklyn history stories on their website.

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Subject:   Brooklyn history

Title: Brownstoner

URL: http://www.brownstoner.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Blogs

Description: Launched in 2004, Brownstoner began by chronicling Brooklyn’s rapid evolution through the lens of real estate and renovation. As Brooklyn transitioned from “outer borough” to primary destination, Brownstoner grew from a pioneering blog to a respected digital publication. Today, it is the Brooklyn media brand that people trust to help them find or sell a home, make a home better, and learn about the past, present and future of Brooklyn.

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Title: Brownsville Heritage House

URL: http://www.brownsvilleheritagehouse.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: Located in Brownsville Brooklyn one can find a hidden treasure on the second floor of the historic first children's library built in 1914 by Andrew Carnegie for the Stone Avenue Branch (Formerly the Brownville Children's Library) of the Brooklyn Public Library. Brownsville Heritage House functions as a Multi-Cultural Center that focus on the arts,culture, education and history. Here you will find ongoing exhibits featuring historical figures, local artists, sculptures and photo collages depicting Brownsville and surrounding communities.

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Subject:   Brownsville Arts Neighborhood Organizations Community Organizations

Title: Brownsville Youth Association

URL: http://www.bvilleyouthassociation.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: Brownsville Youth Association (BYA) is a community-based, non-profit organization located in Brooklyn, New York dedicated improving quality of life in Brownsville through youth empowerment.

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Subject:   Brownsville Community Organizations Neighborhood Organizations

Title: Community Board 14

URL: http://www.cb14brooklyn.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Politics

Description: Serving the communities of Flatbush, Midwood and parts of Kensington.

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Subject:   Community Boards Flatbush Midwood Kensington

Title: Community Board 9

URL: http://www.communitybrd9bklyn.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Politics

Description: Serving the Neighborhoods of South Crown Heights, Prospect, Lefferts Gardens, Wingate and portions of North Flatbush.

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Subject:   Crown Heights Community Boards Prospect Lefferts Gardens Flatbush

Title: Coney Island History Project

URL: http://www.coneyislandhistory.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: The Coney Island History Project, founded in 2004, is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization that aims to increase awareness of Coney Island's legendary and colorful past and to encourage appreciation of the Coney Island neighborhood of today. Our mission is to record, archive and share oral history interviews; provide access to historical artifacts and documentary material through educational exhibits, events and a website; and honor community leaders and amusement pioneers through our Coney Island Hall of Fame. Emphasizing community involvement, the History Project teaches young people about local history and develops programs in conjunction with local schools, museums, senior centers, and other organizations.

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Subject:   Coney Island Brooklyn history Community Organizations Neighborhood Organizations

Title: CORE NYC

URL: http://www.corenyc.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: A History of the New York City chapters of the Congress of Racial Equality

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Title: Crown Heights North Association

URL: http://www.crownheightsnorth.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: The Crown Heights North Association, Inc. (CHNA) is a charitable organization dedicated to the preservation of the historic buildings of the Crown Heights North community, and the revitalization, economic advancement, housing stabilization and cultural enhancement of its residents.

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Subject:   Crown Heights Neighborhood Associations

Title: Cypress Hills Child Care Corporation

URL: http://www.cypresshillschildcare.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: Cypress Hills Child Care Corporation (CHCCC) has served the Cypress Hills community of Brooklyn, New York, since 1990. The mission of CHCCC is to strengthen families in our community by increasing the availability of quality, affordable child care for low-income families and creating entrepreneurship opportunities for low-income women.

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Subject:   Neighborhood Organizations Cypress Hills

Title: Diaspora Community Services

URL: http://www.diasporacs.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: Diaspora Community Services is a social support service agency that empowers families and individuals to maximize their abilities to succeed through culturally sensitive health promotion, family support services and advocacy.

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Subject:   Community Organizations Bedford-Stuyvesant Crown Heights East New York Brownsville Flatbush East Flatbush Canarsie Bushwick Prospect Heights Sunset Park Red Hook Gowanus Fort Greene

Title: Dyker Heights Civic Assocation, Inc. (DHCA)

URL: http://www.dykerheightscivicassociation.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: The Dyker Heights Civic Association was established in 1928 and is one of the oldest civic organizations in Brooklyn. Our goal is to serve as the voice of the Dyker Heights community and provide a platform to address the concerns of the residents of Dyker Heights. Our membership is open to residents of Dyker Heights as well as anyone with an interest in the community including local business owners and those who work in the community. The officers and board of governors of the Dyker Heights Civic Association are all volunteers.

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Subject:   Neighborhood Organizations Dyker Heights

Title: Equality for Flatbush

URL: http://www.equalityforflatbush.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: Equality for Flatbush does affordable housing, anti-gentrification and police accountability organizing in Brooklyn. We’ve organized “No Eviction Zones” in 9 neighborhoods in Brooklyn — including Bedford-Stuyvesant/Clinton Hill, Bushwick, Crown Heights, East Flatbush, East New York, Flatbush, Park Slope, Prospect Heights and Sunset Park.

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Subject:   Bedford-Stuyvesant Clinton Hill Bushwick Crown Heights East Flatbush East New York Flatbush Park Slope Prospect Heights Sunset Park Community Organizations

Title: Fifth Avenue Committee

URL: http://www.fifthave.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: The mission of Fifth Avenue Committee, Inc. (FAC) is to advance economic and social justice in South Brooklyn principally by developing and managing affordable housing and community facilities, creating economic opportunities, organizing residents and workers, providing student-centered adult education, and combating displacement caused by gentrification.

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Subject:   Sunset Park Community Organizations Red Hook Gowanus Prospect Heights Carroll Gardens Park Slope

Title: Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival

URL: http://www.filmbrooklyn.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: The Brooklyn Film & Arts Festival is the very first original Brooklyn-focused film and arts festival. We present programs that illuminate the rich and diverse cultural history of Brooklyn through the moving image and spoken word.

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Title: Gowanus Alliance

URL: http://www.gowanusalliance.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: We are an organization dedicated to the enhancement and development of the Residential, Retail, Commercial, and Industrial life of our Gowanus neighborhood. We are working towards attracting new businesses to the area and assisting existing businesses with expansion plans that will result in much needed job creation in the area, thereby reducing the current high level of unemployment. We plan to keep members informed and updated about initiative programs and tax abatement available to businesses.

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Subject:   Gowanus Neighborhood Organizations

Title: Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club

URL: http://www.gowanuscanal.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: Our mission is to assemble and educate a diverse group of individuals, businesses and organizations to improve the Gowanus waterfront in Brooklyn and foster awareness of issues affecting New York- New Jersey harbor. The Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club intends to contribute to transforming a dilapidated, historically significant estuary into a self-sustaining, environmentally friendly and healthy waterfront to be enjoyed and treasured by current and future generations.

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Subject:   Gowanus Environmentalism Neighborhood Organizations

Title: Greenpoint USA, Welcome to Greenpoint

URL: http://www.greenpointusa.com/

Collection: Brooklyn News

Description: The "Welcome To Greenpoint" website was established in 1994 (actually a "shell version" of the site was online in 1992) by native and still current Greenpointer, webmaster Joe C. At its peak, the site was receiving nearly 350 thousand "hits" per month, and became famous for its interactive bulletin board known as The White Wall.Unfortunately, sometime in 2001 GreenpointUsa closed down its active content updates. Today its content is more historic than current.

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Subject:   Neighborhood News Greenpoint Brooklyn history

Title: Friends of Historic New Utrecht

URL: http://www.historicnewutrecht.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: Our mission is to perpetuate the historical and cultural contributions of the Town of New Utrecht through education, preservation and restoration. It is through the collaborative efforts of the Friends of Historic New Utrecht (FHNU) that this is possible. Let us honor our forefathers and bring back their sense of community spirit. It was their past determination that drives us to motivate future generations to plan, protect, preserve and honor. Our highest priority is to reach students in Brooklyn and beyond with tours, discussions, question & answer sessions and actual hands on learning. Friends of Historic New Utrecht supports the efforts of other historical societies in Brooklyn, New York to educate, preserve and restore Brooklyn's rich history.

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Subject:   Brooklyn history Community Organizations

Title: This Ultra-Green Library Offers Hands-On Environmental Learning

URL: http://www.ilovelibraries.org/article/ultra-green-library-offers-hands-environmental-learning/

Collection: Brooklyn Public Library Press Clips

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Title: Local Development Corporation of East New York (LDCENY)

URL: http://www.ldceny.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: The Local Development Corporation of East New York (LDCENY) has been a catalyst for economic development in East Brooklyn since 1979. Our commitment to the East New York community continues to ​be the driving force to help businesses with job creation and to provide local residents with entrepreneurial services and programs that equip them with the necessary tools to take charge of their personal lives and finances.

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Subject:   East New York Neighborhood Organizations

Title: Lefferts Manor Association

URL: http://www.leffertsmanor.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: The neighborhood association for Lefferts Manor, an eight-block rectangle within Prospect Lefferts Gardens.

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Subject:   Prospect Lefferts Gardens Neighborhood Organizations Neighborhood Associations

Title: Magnolia Tree Earth Center

URL: http://www.magnoliatreeearthcenter.com/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: The Center's goal is to be urban America's leader in creating community awareness of ecological, horticultural and environmental concerns and to introduce inner city children to careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) that foster urban beautification, earth stewardship, and community sustainability.

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Subject:   Community Organizations Ecology

Title: Newtown Creek Alliance

URL: http://www.newtowncreekalliance.org/

Collection: Brooklyn Organizations & Projects

Description: The Newtown Creek Alliance is a community-based organization dedicated to restoring, revealing and revitalizing Newtown Creek. We work to restore community health, water quality, habitat, access, and vibrant commerce along Newtown Creek. Since 2002, the Alliance has served as a catalyst for effective community action. Our efforts have made a positive and enduring impact on the health and quality of life of Creek-side communities.

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Subject:   Greenpoint Ecology Neighborhood Organizations Community Organizations

Title: Community Board 1

URL: http://www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb1/

Collection: Brooklyn Politics

Description: Serving Greenpoint and Williamsburg. Community Board #1 (CB#1) is made up of a group of volunteers (no more than 50 persons) who live, work or have other interests in the area plus the City Council Members serving any part of the area. Like a town hall, public meetings of CB#1 are the place where interested citizens discuss community issues, monitor government performance, and advise city agencies on neighborhood matters.

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Subject:   Community Boards Greenpoint Williamsburg

Title: Community Board 13

URL: http://www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb13/

Collection: Brooklyn Politics

Description: Community Board 13's area consists of Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Gravesend and SeaGate.

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Subject:   Community Boards Gravesend Coney Island Brighton Beach Sea Gate

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