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 New York Architecture Images- SEARCH-BEDSTUY
Bedford-Stuvvesant is the amalgam of two middle-class communities of the old City of Brooklyn: Bedford, the western porĀ­tion, and Stuyvesant Heights, to the east.
By the beginning of the 1900s, greater Bedford was transforming from a suburban to an urban neighborhood.
Stuyvesant Heights took its name from its main avenue, named for Peter Stuyvesant, the last Dutch governor of New Netherlands.
www.nyc-architecture.com /BES/BedStuy.htm   (1019 words)

  
 Bed-Stuy Gateway and the Fulton-Nostrand Revitalization Project
Murder, drugs and guns were just some of the terms used by people who tried to warn us against buying a brownstone townhouse in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
The long-anticipated Applebee's Neighborhood Grill and Bar at Bedford Stuyvesant's Restoration Plaza (1368 Fulton Street, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn) will officially have its public grand opening on Wednesday, February 22, 2006.
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation has partnered with Community Food Resource Center to provide you with FREE Quality tax assistance.
www.bedstuygateway.com   (2325 words)

  
 Restoration Center for Arts and Culture
Located in Brooklyn's dynamic and historic Bedford Stuyvesant neighborhood, the Center is entering its fifth decade in service to the surrounding community.
Restoration Youth Arts Academy, a component of Restoration Center for Arts and Culture, is dedicated to delivering the arts to Bedford Stuyvesant and the Communities of Brooklyn, NY.
The Youth Arts Academy is a multi-disciplinary arts training program giving classes in dance, visual arts, drama, music and martial arts.
www.restorationarts.org   (292 words)

  
 Brooklyn real estate for sale in Brooklyn
Bedford Stuyvesant - Very large, 3 family home, with some original details, mouldings, window shutters, three year old roof, 2 year old water heater.
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LEWIS & STUYVESANT NEWLY BUILT BRICK FULLY DETACHED LEGAL 3 FAMILY 6 OVER 6 OVER 5 OVER BASEMENT!
www.nathanmezuzahhome.com   (1005 words)

  
 Bedford-Stuyvesant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bedford Stuyvesant is one of the few neighborhoods in New York City (including Harlem of the Harlem Renaissance and Jazz Age, the Lower East Side and Little Italy of The Godfather, the East Village of Rent) to posesses a larger than life identity and culture that is known to audiences outside of New York City.
Bedford Stuyvesant's larger than life neighborhood identity is due in part to the neighborhood's portrayal in a variety of popular media.
In pre-revolutionary Kings County, New York, Bedford, which now forms the heart of the community, was the first major settlement east of the then-Village of Brooklyn on the road to Jamaica and eastern Long Island.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bedford-Stuyvesant   (1107 words)

  
 Stuyvesant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Stuyvesant Heights is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York.
Stuyvesant Town is a large private housing project on the East Side.
Stuyvesant High School is a public high school formerly located on what was once Peter Stuyvesant's farm.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stuyvesant   (142 words)

  
 Preserving Footsteps: The Bedford-Stuyvesant Collection
Bedford, primarily working class, and Stuyvesant, primarily affluent, were seperate until the Brooklyn Daily Eagle in 1931 referred to the community of Bedford-Stuyvesant based on a rumor of an impending race war.
Stuyvesant, originally an avenue in Bedford, was named after Peter Stuyvesant, a Dutch governor, and became a town in 1677.
Named after Lord Bedford, a Dutch noble, the town of Bedford was established in 1635 when the Canarsie Indians sold land to the Dutch.
stevepiper.tripod.com /bed-sty/history.html   (387 words)

  
 Brooklyn Borough President
The Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, who was instrumental in bringing Foodtown to the neighborhood, is committed to strengthening the local community through business development, arts programs, youth education and more.
In Bedford Stuyvesant, the new store has hired over 120 associates from the neighborhood.
Bedford Stuyvesant residents deserve the best and, in terms of supermarkets, it doesn’t any get better than Foodtown,” said Borough President Marty Markowitz.
www.brooklyn-usa.org /Press/2004/oct14c.htm   (234 words)

  
 Jay-Z Named One Of Bedford Stuyvesant Legends!
The showcase property, 380 Lewis Avenue (between Macon and MacDonough Streets), a 112-year-old apartment building in the historic Stuyvesant Heights section of Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, debuts on Thursday, June 17, 2004 at 5:00 PM with the awards ceremony taking place at Akwaaba Mansion (347 MacDonough Street between Stuyvesant and Lewis Avenues) at 6:30 PM.
The goal of the project, scheduled to launch Thursday, is to offer affordable housing for low-to-medium income families.
Courtney Sloane, the president and creative director of the Manhattan design studio Alternative Design, will receive the 2004 BSDC Show House Design Excellence Award.
www.sixshot.com /print.asp?id=3612   (157 words)

  
 BikeSummer 2003: Event Details: Historic Bedford-Stuyvesant Gardens
Garden tour will cross the neighborhood, noting the lovely brownstone architecture, especially in the twelve-block Stuyvesant Heights Historic District, which looks just as it did in the late 19th century when the neighborhood was one of the city's most desirable.
Learn about the long history of community gardening in Brooklyn's largest African-American community, historic Bed-Stuy.
Local gardeners will talk to tour participants about the history of the neighborhood, current issues facing residents, and the role of the gardens in strengthening the community.
www.bikesummer.org /2003/calendar/detail.php?CalendarID=120   (205 words)

  
 Bedford-Stuyvesant
Bedford Stuyvesant is the combination of two old Brooklyn Communities: Bedford, and Stuyvesant Heights.
Got an announcement you'd like to share with your Bedford-Stuyvesant neighbors?
www.citylegacy.com /bkbedstuy/welcome.htm   (234 words)

  
 Brooklyn - NYWiki
3 : Bedford-Stuyvesant, Stuyvesant Heights, and Ocean Hill
www.nywiki.com /new-york-city/index.php/Brooklyn   (686 words)

  
 Illegal Search and Seizure in Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn
Yet, well over 50% of all young men in Bedford Stuyvesant have been subjected to this.
Finding nothing, the police remove the handcuffs and let them go.
It almost never happens that the police find anything.
www.ishipress.com /ilsearch.htm   (351 words)

  
 Apartment Detail Bedford Stuyvesant/Bushwick/Crown Hts/Prospect Lefferts Gardens Brooklyn
Available Bedford Stuyvesant/Bushwick/Crown Hts/Prospect Lefferts Gardens Apartment Rentals in Brooklyn
Apartment Detail Bedford Stuyvesant/Bushwick/Crown Hts/Prospect Lefferts Gardens Brooklyn
www.rent-direct.com /apartment/Brooklyn/rent-apartments-147355.html   (109 words)

  
 Bedford-stuyvesant, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY Real Estate - Schools, Data, Maps, Homes - New York Times
Community Profiles › New York &; Brooklyn County › Bedford-stuyvesant, Bushwick
Bedford-stuyvesant, Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY Real Estate - Schools, Data, Maps, Homes - New York Times
Bedford Stuyvesant's tree-lined blocks with rows of century-old brownstones contrast with decades-old low-income housing in the middle of the area.
realestate.nytimes.com /Community/Profiles/Brooklyn-Bedford-Stuyvesant-Bushwick.asp   (103 words)

  
 Walking Tours: Bedford-Stuyvesant
It would be another 60 years before the first reference to "Bedford-Stuyvesant" appeared in a Brooklyn Daily Eagle article on February 21, 1931.
When Brooklyn was incorporated in 1834, Bedford became part of a large tract of under-populated, rural land where on 666 people lived in 1835.
Bedford was a rural community well into the 1800s.
www.nyc.gov /html/hpd/html/about-us/bed-stuy-walking-tour.html   (103 words)

  
 Bushwick -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
Now it is a predominantly Hispanic and Black neighborhood bordered on the north by (additional info and facts about Williamsburg) Williamsburg, which was originally separated off from Bushwick, by (additional info and facts about Bedford-Stuyvesant) Bedford-Stuyvesant, and (additional info and facts about Ridgewood) Ridgewood, (A borough of New York City) Queens.
Bushwick is a place in the borough of (additional info and facts about Brooklyn, New York) Brooklyn, New York, (The army of the United States of America; organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare) USA.
Bushwick was the site of some of the earliest settlement in what is now Brooklyn, before the middle of the 17th century.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bu/bushwick.htm   (211 words)

  
 Bedford Stuyvesant Car Service in Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn
Welcome to Puerto Rico Car and Limo Service located in the Bushwick Bedford Stuyvesant Brooklyn area.
This Brooklyn Car Service is located in Bushwick Brooklyn and is a proud member of the Bushwick Brooklyn community directory for Bushwick Brooklyn.
The makers of this website "Searchbyzipcode.com" is working with many Brooklyn Car Service companies to make it easy for customers like you to find your Brooklyn Car Service on the Internet.
puertoricocarservice.com /company.html   (276 words)

  
 Crown Heights - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The neighborhoods that border Crown Heights are: Prospect Heights, Brooklyn (to the west); Prospect Lefferts Gardens (to the southwest), Wingate and Rugby (to the South), Brownsville (to the east); Bedford-Stuyvesant(to the north).
Crown Heights is roughly bounded by Bedford Avenue (west), Atlantic Avenue (north) and Ralf Avenue (east), Clarkson Ave (south).
Crown Heights is a neighborhood in Brooklyn in New York City.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crown_Heights   (264 words)

  
 majestic
Monday and Tuesday, proclaims this ancient car wash ad on Fulton Street and Spencer Place in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Fortunoff's, the upscale Long Island store, got its start nearly 80 years ago as a dry goods concern in East New York, Brooklyn, at Pennsylvania and Livonia Avenues, and here's a sign from (probably) the 1950s, when it was still there.
Many factories, many of them marked 'Gair" after the man who invented corrugated cardboard, are still found in DUMBO between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, and many still retain their painted signs.
www.forgotten-ny.com /ADS/brookads3/majestic.html   (264 words)

  
 Brooklyn on Encyclopedia.com
Brooklyn is a borough of well-defined neighborhoods, from the gentrified brownstone communities of Park Slope and Cobble Hill to Bedford-Stuyvesant, the largest African-American neighborhood in the city.
Kings county was established in 1683; the Brooklyn Ferry area was incorporated as the village of Brooklyn in 1816, and the entire town was chartered as a city in 1834.
The Brooklyn (1883), Manhattan, and Williamsburg bridges span the East River, connecting Brooklyn with Manhattan; beneath the river are the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (vehicular) and subway tunnels.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/section/brooklyn_history.asp   (1295 words)

  
 Brooklyn, New York Real Estate -- The New York Times
Search for Properties in Boerum Hill, Park Slope, Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn Heights and more...
By STEPHEN P. THE first time Pep Gay went to Brooklyn, he was scared.
THE 1894 City of Brooklyn Fire Headquarters at 365 Jay Street is a heroic masterpiece
topics.nytimes.com /top/classifieds/realestate/locations/newyork/newyorkcity/brooklyn/?inline=nyt-geo   (308 words)

  
 BRIC/Brooklyn Information & Culture :: Tourism & Events >> Spend A Day In Brooklyn >> Bedford - Stuyvesant
A leading symbol of the revitalized neighborhood is the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Center, home of the Center for Art and Culture of Bedford-Stuyvesant, in a renovated milk bottling plant at 1368 Fulton Street (718/636-6976).
Your chance to peek inside some of the brownstones and meet their proud owners comes every October on the annual Bedford-Stuyvesant House Tour.
Long, lovely rows of bay-fronted townhouses in the twelve-block Stuyvesant Heights Historic District look just as they did in the late 19th century, when the neighborhood was one of the city's most desirable.
brooklynx.org /tourism/day/neighborhood/bedstuy.asp   (423 words)

  
 Akashicbooks.com - Indie Literary Books
Brooklyn Noir moves from Coney Island to Bedford-Stuyvesant to Bay Ridge to Red Hook to Bushwick to Sheepshead Bay to Park Slope and far deeper, into the heart of Brooklyn's historical and criminal largesse, with all of its dark splendor.
Brooklyn Noir stories "When All This Was Bay Ridge" by Tim McLoughlin and "Case Closed" by Lou Manfredo have both been selected for Best American Mystery Stories 2005 edited by Joyce Carol Oates and Otto Penzler.
Brooklyn Noir mixes masters of genre with the best of New York's literary fiction community--and, of course, leaving room for new blood.
www.akashicbooks.com /brooklynnoir.htm   (509 words)

  
 The Brooklyn Children's Museum: Museum Team
Museum Team, recipient of the 1995 Institute of Museum and Library Services National Award for Museum Service, is open to youth ages 7-18 and targets residents of the Museum's immediate neighborhood of Crown Heights and Bedford Stuyvesant.
Museum Team is an educational, job training and employment program for youth at The Brooklyn Children's Museum, an institution established for youth in 1899.
Paid Interns (ages 14-18) work in a variety of positions throughout the Museum and in other sites in the community.
www.cominguptaller.org /profile/pr36multi.htm   (227 words)

  
 Interfaith Medical Center. Brooklyn, NY
The institution operates a newly-modernized hospital with 287 beds and ambulatory care network of 16 clinics stretching across the Central Brooklyn communities of Crown Heights and Bedford- Stuyvesant.
Interfaith Medical Center is a multi-site community teaching health care system which provides a wide range of medical, surgical, gynecological, dental, psychiatric, and pediatric and other services throughout Central Brooklyn, New York.
Each year Interfaith Medical Center serves over 250,000 patients, representing every racial, ethnic and national origin group in Central Brooklyn with the majority of people being Caribbean-Americans and African- Americans.
www.interfaithmedical.com   (183 words)

  
 Metro International Brings International Education Week to Life!
In addition to sharing in Brooklyn family life during an overnight stay in homes, the international students visited the Society for the Preservation of Weeksville and Bedford-Stuyvesant History, attended a “Cultural Extravaganza” featuring local artists and performers, and joined members of the St. Thomas congregation for a Sunday church service.
Bushwick, Brooklyn, February 27, 2005—Members of St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Bushwick opened their homes to 17 international students from around the world this weekend, for a two-day cultural and educational exchange experience.
Brooklyn Borough President, Marty Markowitz, welcomed the international students to the borough and spoke of the many varied connections between their home countries and Brooklyn.
www.metrointl.org /about/press/02_27_05.html   (524 words)

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