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THE “TENDER FEET” OF STUYVESANT HEIGHTS
Charles I. Clark seemed to be all about helping womens’ tired, aching feet. From 1900 until 1923, at the intersection of Halsey Street and Broadway, sat Clark’s shoe store, above which was posted a...
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THE BROOKLYN HOUSING SHORTAGE (1946)
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Mon. 17 December 1945.When Johnny came marching home again – he found a housing shortage. As World War II ended right on the tail end of the Depression, the City of New York...
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THE DAY THE MILITIA TOOK HALSEY STREET (1895)
In 1895, Halsey Street near Saratoga Park had become a war zone. The Brooklyn Streetcar strike had begun on 15 January, and before the week was over the agitation would be in full force. The strike,...
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FIRE, FUN & FIASCOES ON THE 4th (1887)
A lot of accidents happen on the 4th of July. While it has been a day of celebration for Americans since its inception, certain citizens have tended to go a bit too far with their fireworks and other...
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WHEN BUSHWICK MET OCEAN HILL (1923)
“Ocean Hill” was still settling softly into the Brooklyn lexicon of place names as a working class suburb in 1923. Bushwick, on the other hand, was already very well-known in the borough for its German...
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SATAN’S CANDY SHOP (1911)
If a man named Hell offered you some candy – would you take it? That was Otto Herman Hell’s problem. And, yes, in fact he was about to open a confectionery in Brooklyn on Broadway. Otto and Amanda...
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BROOKLYN’S VANISHING STREET ART (2000)
Whether you liked the murals or not, they certainly bore witness to another time in our history, and existed, then, as an integral component of the neighborhood’s fabric. There were memorials to...
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SUNSETTING ON A BED-STUY BOULEVARD (1909)
In 1909, a landmark was about to be destroyed. It was quite common, though, at the time for owners to tear down the antiquated wood-frame mansions that dotted Brooklyn’s skyline. Since the new...
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GUERRILLA MARKETING IN A DRESS (1903)
When Brooklyn saloon owners saw Carrie Nation entering their Broadway establishments carrying her ax, their first thought was to protect their liquor. But when that grand and radical old figure of the...
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THE CHANGING FACE OF MACON STREET (1908)
******************************************************************************************************************************** Brownstone Detectives investigates the history of its clients’ homes....
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