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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM3L_fort-stirling_Omaha-NY.html
This tablet marks the site of Fort Stirling. On this bluff in the spring of 1776, it formed one of a chain of redoubts built in Brooklyn opposite New York. This work fell into the hands of the British during the Battle of Long Island and was there…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM35_brooklyn-heights-historic-district_Rosholt-NY.html
Brooklyn Heights, with its elegant promenade and dramatic view of Manhattan, is one of the most uniformly preserved 19th century residential districts in New York City. It was developed soon after 1814, when Robert Fulton's first steam-powered fer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKU5_walt-whitman_New-York-NY.html
On this site, from 1841 to 1892, stood the offices of the Brooklyn Eagle. In its time, a powerful paper. From 1846 to 1848, Whitman, not yet 30 but a seasoned journalist, served as its editor. For his stand against slavery in newly admitted states…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKQP_the-battle-of-brooklyn_Benicia-NY.html
On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence proclaimed to the world that thirteen British colonies had joined together to create a new nation: the United States of America. Here in Brooklyn, only two months later, the survival of that new nat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKKV_eagle-warehouse_Pine-Island-NY.html
After the Brooklyn Eagle newspaper razed its original offices here, Frank Freeman (1862-1949) was commissioned to design a warehouse for the site. It was completed in 1894.
Acknowledged now as Brooklyn's greatest architect, Freeman was a master…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKK4_evacuation-site-fulton-landing_Berne-NY.html
Near this location, the American army retreated across the East River to Manhattan after its disastrous defeat in the Battle of Brooklyn on August 27, 1776.
Badly outnumbered and cornered by British troops under the command of General William H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK23_brookland-ferry-landing_Annville-NY.html
This tablet marksthe Brookland Ferry Landingfrom which point the American Armyembarked during the nightof August 29th, 1776under the direction ofGeneral George Washingtonably assisted byColonel John Gloverof Marblehead, Massachusetts < Adjacent Ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK21_four-chimneys_Washington-NY.html
This tablet marks the landupon which stood "Four Chimneys," the house occupied byGeneral George Washingtonas headquartersduring the Battle of Long Island,in which the Council of Warwas held August 29th 1776, whenit was decided to withdraw theAmeri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMK1Z_ponkiesberg-fortification_Annville-NY.html
Near this place during the Revolutionary War stood the Ponkiesberg fortification from which General George Washington is said to have observed the fighting at Gowanus during the Battle of Long Island August 27, 1776. Erected in 1926 by the South B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAM_brooklyn-borough-hall_Brodnax-NY.html
Brooklyn's oldest building, this porticoed Greek Revival structure, designed by Gamaliel King, was built in 1846-51 as Brooklyn's City Hall. The cupola was added in 1898 when Brooklyn was consolidated into Greater New York City, and the building b…