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NYC's 4th of July fireworks show is back for 2025 tonight. See what time it starts and the best places to watch in Manhattan ...
Some of the collection’s oldest maps include rare British surveys of the territory before the Revolutionary War, and maps from before the city of Brooklyn was incorporated into New York City in 1834, ...
Today’s Brooklyn map is a relic of a sweeping 19th-century effort to renumber every building and rename dozens of streets. The saga revealed how decisions made by bureaucrats can leave an ...
The MTA’s subway map may be getting a new look. Transit officials are quietly testing out five new maps in a display at 86th Street station in Brooklyn — including a subway diagram based off a ...
A love of biking and a passion for maps inspired graphic designer Jacqueline VanDusen to bike every street in Brooklyn and document her journey on Instagram. Originally from Philadelphia, VanDusen ...
They’re putting Brooklyn on the map — and maps on Brooklyn. A Prospect Heights artist has made a giant map of the borough out of litter she collected on Brooklyn streets. But the creator said she is ...
In 1839, Brooklyn had nine wards. By 1898, that number had boomed with the city’s population to 32. A ward map of Brooklyn in 1915. Map via Brooklyn Genealogy. In 1915, Bed Stuy composed the 23rd and ...