The Many Lives of Industrial Brooklyn — The History of Bush Terminal in Sunset...
The massive gray buildings of the cement factory stretching along the Sunset Park waterfront between 30th and 37th Streets are the remnants of Brooklyn’s...
Next-Generation Farmers Training Program – A Brooklyn Company Shares Its Expertise
Consumers worldwide demand greater transparency about where and how their food is grown. However, most urban dwellers remain tied to an industrial food system...
The Unpopular Brooklyn Biologist: Richard Levins
Richard Levins was born in Brooklyn in 1930. Like many Brooklynites, his family had immigrated to the United States. He had both Ukrainian and...
The Complex Fishing History of Sheepshead Bay
Brooklyn is home to many fishing spots, some of which were once hubs of commercial fishing. One such place is Sheepshead Bay, a location...
The Oil Business of Charles Pratt – How Greenpoint’s Environment Was Destroyed
There is perhaps no figure in Greenpoint’s long history who had a greater impact on the neighborhood than Charles Pratt. However, his legacy is...
Flower business in Brooklyn. Local outlets that make streets vibrant and bright
In the past, flowers were an essential part of everyday life in New York, especially in Manhattan and Kings County. The thing is, in...
The Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration – a supplier of heat and power that cares...
Learning about the background of the Brooklyn Navy Yard is the same as reading about the history of the United States Navy and milestone...
The famous Brooklyn scientist and the first female president of the Geological Society of...
Doris M. Curtis is an American paleontologist, stratigrapher and geologist who became the first female president of the Geological Society of America (GSA). She...
Alan Rabinowitz – a Brooklyn zoologist who discovered four new species of mammals
He was an American zoologist who served as president, CEO and chief scientific officer of Panthera Corporation, a non-profit environmental organization engaged in protecting...
Frank Press: A Brooklyn-Born Scientist Who Advised Four U.S. Presidents
Frank Press, a geophysicist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, served as the chief science advisor to President Jimmy Carter and as the president...