In the New York Times, reporter David W. Dunlap updates the sad story of Sandy's destruction at Green-Wood.
The firm of Currier and Ives, in business from 1834 until 1907, produced over 7,000 different prints and over one million copies of those prints.
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Internationally-acclaimed avant-garde composer Elliott Carter died on November 5 at the age of 103. Carter has been interred at Green-Wood.
Fifty people, some volunteers with Green-Wood’s Civil War Project, journeyed to Antietam National Battlefield for ceremonies commemorating one hundred and fifty years since the battle.
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With 8,000 trees, Green-Wood was quite an attractive target for Hurricane Sandy. And Sandy, with her big winds, was not kind.
Missing painting? Sandy stole it from Gan Yisroel Yeshiva on the corner of CHurch and Chester Avenues
Two of the people killed by Hurricane Sandy were two young Brooklynites, Jessie Streich-Kest (24) and Jacob Vogelman (23) – both young people of extraordinary values and bright promise.
Brooklyn was the incubator of baseball in the National Pastime’s infancy, and the first national baseball hero and legend is interred at Green-Wood Cemetery.
October is a great time of year for projects on Green-Wood’s grounds. I recently checked in with Art Presson, Green-Wood’s superintendent of the grounds, who described some of the recent work.
This past Saturday, the “Angel of Music,” a great bronze angel sculpture in tribute to music giant Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1829-1869), was unveiled at his Green-Wood gravesite.
This year, for the 10th year in a row, The Green-Wood Historic Fund took part in openhousenewyork, a celebration of architecture and design in the Big Apple. But this year was different.
This Saturday and Sunday, volunteers, in character and costume, will fan out across Green-Wood’s grounds to present a production like no other: “Open ‘Houses.”
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Council will recommend changes to nit-picky regulations that vex owners, New York Post says.
In Zagat's 32-year history, this year's book has the most Brooklyn restaurants.
A 22-year-old man was struck by a minivan near Ocean Parkway and Beverley Road Tuesday night.
The new Fort Hamilton Parkway restaurant will open its doors to the hungry masses at 5 p.m.
The Windsor Terrace school received a "D" in student progress, yanking the overall grade down with it.
A man is wanted for slashing a man and stealing his iPhone near the Avenue I station.
The assemblyman said the drugstore mega-chain is in talks with a local grocer to share the space at 589 Prospect Ave.
Armando Vasquez is wanted for stabbing to death 21-year-old Alberto Garcia last year.
A Kensington orthodontics office and a Windsor Terrace nail salon are hiring.
Hundreds of volunteers turned out to help locate 17-year-old Tzvi Stolzenberg.
The community group will gather again for updates on the battle to bring fresh food back to Windsor Terrace.
The victim was stabbed in the torso and robbed of his iPhone, police said.
Your car is safe from the city for another day.
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