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Olivia Williams

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How and When the First Bicycles Arrived in Brooklyn and What Came Before

The cycling movement in Brooklyn has a long and...
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How a Young Black Girl from Brooklyn Became the Fastest Girl in New York

Mary DeSossour Sobers built an impressive collection of gold...
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Brooklyn Native Jeffrey Connor Hall – Nobel Prize Laureate

Jeffrey Connor Hall is an American geneticist and chronobiologist,...
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Brooklyn’s Illusionist

In the Middle Ages, people believed in magic, often...
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The Brooklyn Doctor Who Made His Crew Eat Undercooked

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

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Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood — the one that challenged Manhattan itself

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The Jews who immigrated to New York City from...

The first Brooklyn photo salons — heart-to-heart conversations with clients and vice grips to hold their heads

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It all started with the daguerreotype. It is an...

The revival of brewing in Brooklyn during World War II

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It is hard to imagine that any war can...

History of the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Brooklyn

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Standing proudly in Brooklyn's Grand Army Plaza, the Soldiers,...

How Brooklynites came up with the prototype of a modern slot machine

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Slot machines are considered to be one of the...
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