Jun. 24, 2025 By Susan De Vries Confident about your local knowledge? You can test your Brooklyn-specific skills with a spelling bee at the Center for Brooklyn History. The inaugural event on Tuesday, July 1 will quiz attendees on the spelling of names, streets, avenues, and more in the borough. Words historic and contemporary…
Feb. 3, 2025 By Lauren Rapp “Trace/s,” the Brooklyn Public Library’s newest exhibit, was unveiled last week in Downtown Brooklyn, connecting the legacy of slavery in the borough with its living descendants. “Slavery didn’t just happen in Brooklyn; it changed Brooklyn,” states one of the plaques on the exhibit walls. “Enslaved people in Brooklyn…
Jan. 11, 2024 By Isabel Song Beer
The Center for Brooklyn History was awarded a $105,500 grant from the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation to hire an archivist to help assist with recovering, organizing and increasing public access to the Center’s materials related to the history of Long Island.
Dec. 19, 2023 By Adam Daly
It’s a small borough after all…
Jun. 16, 2023 By Isabel Song Beer
Arthur Miller, a beloved father and local business owner, who was known as a staple in his community, was choked to death by several NYPD officers on June 14, 1978.
Apr. 10, 2023 By Jada Camille
The Brooklyn Public Library has appointed a new chief historian for the Center for Brooklyn History, who will serve as the institutional scholar for Kings County lore.
Feb. 20, 2023 By Kirstyn Brendlen
They’re making history!