The history of a private Brooklyn shipyard from the Civil War to the modern...
Important events related to the development of shipbuilding took place on both banks of the East River. Previously, many of the strongest and best...
The story of a Brooklyn Victorian rubber factory that turned into a church
The Bedford Stuyvesant and Stuyvesant Heights neighborhoods in Brooklyn were built primarily as residential areas. While there were a few outlying pieces of land...
Pianos, wallpaper, numbering machines, tea and bright beer: 5 historic Brooklyn makers
A closer look at the history of the city of Brooklyn reveals that there were many willing to create, develop and support the American...
350Brooklyn – the fight for the borough’s ecological future
Brooklyn is one of the most affected by industrial development boroughs of New York City. In the 21st century, most of the dirty enterprises...
The most interesting farms in Brooklyn: Rooftop farms as a step toward sustainable development...
When it comes to Brooklyn's agricultural communities, there is one area that particularly stands out, Flatbush. For nearly 250 years after the first Dutch...
The history of the Brooklyn wallpaper factory built by Irish immigrant Robert Graves
If you've ever restored an old house in Brooklyn and come across 19th or early 20th century wallpaper, there's a good chance it was...
North Brooklyn Historic Environmental Pollution Map: Who Created It and How It Works
Environmentalists from North Brooklyn and Pratt Institute created a map of historical pollution in Greenpoint, Williamsburg and surrounding areas. The local non-profit organization North...
Electric Vehicles in Brooklyn: Applications and Borough Environmental Impacts
Electric cars significantly help the environment as they pollute the air and affect the climate much less than gasoline-powered cars. This is true, despite...
How Brooklyn was saved from sewage. The history of sewer construction
The first prototypes of modern sewers appeared back in ancient Rome. Although it was hard to call it a sewer at the time. Cities...
Cleanliness is destroying Brooklyn’s ecology
Any production, in one way or another, harms the ecological state of the region and its location. The metallurgical industry is considered the dirtiest....