This post is by Harley Nemzer, a reader who grew up in southeastern Brooklyn in the 1950s and 1960s. I asked him to put together a piece after he added some information to my research on the Jamaica Bay Project, … Continue reading
Can you believe I forgot my blog’s birthday? I thought it was today. I’m such a bad person. I started The Weekly Nabe one year and one week ago. I kicked it off with the announcement of my intention to … Continue reading
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I took nearly 100 photos during my trip to Paerdegat. Here are some more.
Good Friday was good, indeed – a perfect day for a walk around a new section of Brooklyn. I took the Q to Courtelyou Rd, then waited in Ditmas Park for 20 minutes for the B103. After a quick trip … Continue reading
“With its thirty-two square miles of surface, Jamaica Bay has room enough for the principal parts of the harbors of Liverpool, Antwerp, Hamburg, and Rotterdam.” – The Times, October 22, 1930 The story of Paerdegat (the neighborhood) is best told in … Continue reading
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