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Vinegar Hill in Brooklyn, New York City, is named after the Battle of Vinegar Hill, a major clash between the United Irishmen and British forces that took place in Ireland during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. The neighborhood was named by John Jackson who was developing his land holdings on this stretch of the East River waterfront in the early Read more...
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Actor Michael K Williams was found dead, aged 54, in his penthouse apartment at the Schaefer Landing North condo building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, on September 6th, 2021. The cause of his death is believed to be a heroin overdose and he had previously spoken in interviews about his history of drug use. Williams, a native of Brooklyn, rose to prominence Read more...
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New York public radio station WNYC transmitted its AM signal from the WNYC Transmitter Park in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood for over 50 years from 1937 to 1990. When WNYC started broadcasting in 1924, it was owned by the City of New York, and broadcast from a transmitter located on the 25th floor of the Municipal Building in Manhattan. The proliferation Read more...
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For Tandon School of Engineering students, New York University’s ID card, the NYUCard, may be picked up on weekdays at the Tandon NYUCard Center on the ground floor of 2 MetroTech Center in Brooklyn. NYUCard applicants must bring government issued ID with a current photo, and an N number or NetID. New students may upload a photo via photoid.nyu.edu and Read more...
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Jane’s Carousel is a restored 1922 carousel with ornate carved horses located in the Empire Fulton Ferry section of the Brooklyn Bridge Park in Dumbo, between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. Originally installed at Idora Park in Youngstown, Ohio, the carousel was purchased in the 1980s by David Walentas, the real estate developer behind the revitalization of the Dumbo neighborhood, Read more...
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