HISTORY

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industry today

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF

BROOKLYNSIX DUTCH TOWNS

Gravesend, settled in 1645Breuckelen, settled in 1646

New Amersfoort (present-day Flatlands), settled in 1647Midwout (present-day Flatbush), settled in 1652

New Utrecht, settled in 1657Boswijck (present-day Bushwick), settled in 1661

Source: Kristen Goode, former About.com Guide

1801 to 1883 - Famous Landmarks are BuiltIn 1801, the Brooklyn Navy Yard opens. A little more than a decade later, in 1814, the steam ship Nassau begins service between Brook-lyn and Manhattan. Brooklyn’s economy grows, and it is incorporated as the City of Brooklyn in 1834. Soon after, in 1838, the Green-Wood Cemetery is created. Twenty years later, in 1859, the Brooklyn Acad-emy of Music is formed. Prospect Park opens to the public in 1867, and one of Brooklyn’s most famous landmarks, the Brooklyn Bridge,

is opened in 1883.

Late 1800s - Brooklyn ThrivesIn 1897, the Brooklyn Museum opens, though at the time it is known as the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. In 1898, Brooklyn merges with New York City and becomes one of its fi ve boroughs. The next year, in 1899, the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, the world’s fi rst children’s museum, opens its doors to the public.

Early 1900s - Bridges, Tunnels, and a Sports StadiumWhen the Williamsburg Bridge opens in 1903, it is the largest sus-pension bridge in the world. Five years later, in 1908, the city’s fi rst subway begins running trains between Brooklyn and Manhattan. In 1909, the Manhattan Bridge is completed. Ebbets Field opens in 1913, and the Brooklyn Dodgers, formerly known as the Bridegrooms and then the Trolley Dodgers, have a new place to play.

1929 to 1964 - A Skyscraper Comes to BrooklynBrooklyn’s tallest building, the Williamsburgh Savings Bank, is com-pleted in 1929. In 1957, the New York Aquarium comes to Coney Island, and the Dodgers leave Brooklyn. Seven years later, in 1964, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is completed, connecting Brooklyn to Staten Island.

1964 to Present - Continuing GrowthIn 1966, the Brooklyn Navy Yard closes and becomes New York’s fi rst land marked historic district. The 1980s bring about the Metro Tech Center, a high-rise development in downtown Brooklyn, the Brook-lyn Philharmonic, and the beginnings of the Brooklyn Bridge Park. Baseball comes to Brooklyn once more in 2001, with the Brooklyn Cyclones playing from Coney Island’s KeySpan Park. In 2006, the U.S. Census Bureau calculates Brooklyn’s population at 2,508,820.

1664 - The English Take ControlIn 1664, the English conquer the Dutch and gain control of Manhat-tan, along with Brooklyn, which then becomes a part of the colony of New York. On November 1, 1683, the six colonies that make up

Brooklyn are established as Kings County.

1776 - The Battle of BrooklynIt is August of 1776 when the Battle of Brooklyn, one of the fi rst skir-mishes between the British and the Americans in the Revolutionary War, takes place. George Washington positions troops in Brooklyn, and fi ghting occurs throughout many present-day neighborhoods, in-cluding Flatbush and Park Slope. The British defeat the Americans, but because of bad weather, the American troops are able to fl ee to

Manhattan. Many soldiers are thus saved.

>late 1600’sBy 1684 all Native Americans were “sold” to European settlers

1900 - 1950’sMass urbanization of the East River Shore

1776 - 1783 British occupation of NY metro area

1834 Brooklyn is officially a city

1883 Brooklyn Bridge is built

1858 water infrastructure established from Ridgewood Reservoir

1934 - 1968 Robert Moses completes 13 expressways in New York City + Brooklyn

1936 - 1964 The Brooklyn Queens Express-way is planned and complet-ed costing $137 million

Early 1900’s Fill from the excavation for the Lexington Subway line adds 103 acres of Governors Island to total 172 acres in 1912

> 1600’s Governors Island is called “Pagganck” (Nut Island) by the Manhatas Indians, who lived on the island, for the hickory, oak and chestnut trees

1966 - 1996 Governors Island is used for the National Coast Guard

2001-Now Governors Island is preserved as a national monument and public park

1920’s - 1960’s Red Hook is the busiest freight port in the world

1960’s - 1990’s “Hooverville” is a nickname given to the Red Hook neighborhood due to large numbers of homeless

1636 - 1776 Red Hook is settled by Dutch immigrants, who created tidal mill ponds in low lying areas

1840’s Entrepreneurs built ports along the coast

1600 1700 1800 1900 2000

BROOKLYN

RED HOOK

GOVERNORS ISLAND

1636 Dutch Colonization of New Amsterdam (New York) settled “Roode Hoek” (Red Hook)

1664 English Conquest of New Amsterdam (Dutch New York)

1637 Walter Van Twiller from Holland purchases Governors Island from the Lanape for 2 ax heads, a string of beads, and a handful of nails

1776 Forts constructed on Governors Island + Red Hook

1839 City of Brook-lyn publishes a plan to create streets

1964 BQE completed

1918 Governors Island rail road constructed 2001 22 acres of

Governors Island is preserved as a national monument

2001 The US government sells Governors Island to the NY public for $1

2007 Design competition to redevelop Governors Island

1990 LIFE magazine named Red Hook as “worst” neighborhood in the US

1860 Brooklyn is the third largest city in the USA

1848 the Great Fire of Brooklyn

DEVELOPMENT TIMELINE

TopographyClimate

NATURAL

ENVIRONMENT

TOPOGRAPHY

Flood zones

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temperature

solar

wInd

Land UseBuilding MassingOpen SpaceMobility

BUILT ENVIRONMENT

Commercial / Office Buildings

Transportation & Utility

Parking Facilities

Vacant Land

All Others or No Data

Industrial / Manufacturing

open Space and Outdoor Recreation

Public Facilities & Institutions

Residential Buildings

Mixed Residential & commercial Buildings

land use

Coffey Park

Waterfront Museum

Fort Jay

UPPER BAY

Atlantic

Basin

RED HOOK

GOVERNORS ISLAND

RED HOOK

278

278

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel

buIldIng massIng

A

A

B

B

C

C

Coffey Park

Valentino Park

Waterfront Museum

Gowa

nus C

anal

UPPER BAY

Atlantic

Basin

CARROL GARDENS

COBBLE HILL

GOVERNORS ISLAND

278

278

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel

C

C

A

A

B

B

open space

traffIc

marine transport

subwayDOWNTOWN MANHATTAN Stations

2011

South Ferry / Whitehall 29,583

TOTAL 191,077

Bowling Green27,015

Fulton St63,203

Broad St5,746

Rector St8,902

Rector St8,083

Wall St 22,986

Wall St 25,559

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN Stations

2011

Court St /Borough Hall38,026

TOTAL 133,427

Clark St5,596

DeKalb Av17,180

6,586

Hoyt St

High St

6,535

Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts9,760

Nevins St11,708

Jay St-MetroTech38,036

URBANEER SITE 2011

TOTAL 22,954

Bergen St11,048

Carroll St11,906

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Dwight St

Colu

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a St

Atlantic Ave

MTA - B 61

IKEA SHUTTLE

24H SERVICE7 days a week5pm - 12am Every 12 min12am - 6am Every 20 min7am - 5pm Every 7-9 min

Borough Hall subway stations from 3pm to 9pm daily Monday through Friday every half hour and Satur-day and Sunday from 11am to 9pm every 20 minutes.

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Census TracksPopulationRacial DistributionHousehold Income

OccupationProperty ValueHousing Density

SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT

Van B

runt S

treet

UPPER BAY

Atlantic

Basin

RED HOOK

GOVERNORS ISLAND

RED HOOK

278

278

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel

Gowa

nus C

anal

COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT DISTRICT

CARROL GARDENS

COBBLE HILL

Census tracks

Van B

runt S

treet

UPPER BAY

Atlantic

Basin

RED HOOK

GOVERNORS ISLAND

RED HOOK

278

278

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel

Gowa

nus C

anal

COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT DISTRICT

CARROL GARDENS

COBBLE HILL

POPULATION

RACIAL DISTRIBUTION

Source: NYTimes Mapping the 2010 Census

RACIAL DISTRIBUTIONRACIAL DISTRIBUTION

Van B

runt S

treet

Atlantic

Basin

RED HOOK

GOVERNORS ISLAND

RED HOOK

278

278

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel

Gowa

nus C

anal

COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT DISTRICT

CARROL GARDENS

COBBLE HILL

Van B

runt S

treet

Atlantic

Basin

RED HOOK

GOVERNORS ISLAND

RED HOOK

278

278

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel

Gowa

nus C

anal

COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT DISTRICT

CARROL GARDENS

COBBLE HILL

on sIteracIal dIstrIbutIon

Source: NYTimes Mapping the 2010 Census

Van B

runt S

treet

Atlantic

Basin

RED HOOK

GOVERNORS ISLAND

RED HOOK

278

278

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel

Gowa

nus C

anal

COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT DISTRICT

CARROL GARDENS

COBBLE HILL

household Income

Van B

runt S

treet

UPPER BAY

Atlantic

Basin

RED HOOK

GOVERNORS ISLAND

RED HOOK

278

278

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel

Gowa

nus C

anal

COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT DISTRICT

CARROL GARDENS

COBBLE HILL

on sItehousehold Income

Van B

runt S

treet

Atlantic

Basin

RED HOOK

GOVERNORS ISLAND

RED HOOK

278

278

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel

Gowa

nus C

anal

COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT DISTRICT

CARROL GARDENS

COBBLE HILL

OccupatIon

Source: NYTimes Mapping the 2010 Census

Van B

runt S

treet

Atlantic

Basin

RED HOOK

GOVERNORS ISLAND

RED HOOK

278

278

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel

Gowa

nus C

anal

COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT DISTRICT

CARROL GARDENS

COBBLE HILL

Property value

Source: NYTimes Mapping the 2010 Census

Van B

runt S

treet

Atlantic

Basin

RED HOOK

GOVERNORS ISLAND

RED HOOK

278

278

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel

Gowa

nus C

anal

COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT DISTRICT

CARROL GARDENS

COBBLE HILL

housIng density