Monthly Archives: February, 2025

Brooklyn’s Illusionist

In the Middle Ages, people believed in magic, often...

New York’s Leading Music Critic Hails from Brooklyn

Critics have always been met with skepticism—especially in the...

Kings Park Psychiatric Center – A Revolutionary “Farm Colony”

Kings Park Psychiatric Center, commonly known to locals as...

The Brooklyn Doctor Who Made His Crew Eat Undercooked

His name was Frederick A. Cook—a doctor known for...

The History of Midwood Sanatorium in Flatbush, Which Caught Fire Four Times

The original Midwood Sanatorium was a four-story wooden-framed building...

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Від дерев’яного воза до реанімобіля: історія швидкої Брукліну

Історію бруклінської швидкої допомоги легко недооцінити, адже в наш...

Cholera—one. Cholera—two. Cholera—three. How Brooklyn Learned to Survive

In the 19th century, cholera struck Brooklyn three times—at...

Not a sanatorium, but a death sentence: the story of the Brooklyn Home for Consumptives

If, when dreaming of a health resort, someone imagines...

How Brooklyn Learned to Keep Smiling

Dental problems among Brooklynites go way back—almost as far...

Brooklyn on life support: how COVID-19 brought life in the borough to a standstill

In the spring of 2020, New York suddenly found...
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