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 History of Brooklyn - From Village to City
The village of Brooklyn, directly across the East River from Manhattan, was the funnel through which the food grown on Long Island's rich farmlands passed to New York City.
The northern edge of Fort Greene, a center for the growing Irish community, was dubbed Vinegar Hill, after a tragic last stand in the failed Irish Rebellion of 1798.
The city of Brooklyn expanded to accommodate the new population, eventually swallowing up all of Kings County, and itself being annexed by New York City in 1898.
www.wnet.org /brooklyn/history/history3.html   (546 words)

  
 If You're Thinking of Living In/Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn; On Cobblestone Streets, History Lingers - New York Times
AS far as anyone knows, no vinegar has ever been mass-produced in Vinegar Hill, a minuscule neighborhood covering only eight blocks close to the Manhattan Bridge anchorage and abutting the Brooklyn Navy Yard on the borough's northwestern shore.
Most people moving in are 25 to 35 years old, she said.
Before the Revolutionary War, the land on which Vinegar Hill sits was owned primarily by two Dutch families: the Remsens and the Rapelyes.
query.nytimes.com /gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04EFDA1E39F932A0575BC0A9659C8B63   (726 words)

  
 Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, NY Real Estate - Schools, Data, Maps, Homes - New York Times
Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, NY Real Estate - Schools, Data, Maps, Homes - New York Times
Community Profiles › New York › Brooklyn County › Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, Cobble Hill
"Residents of Vinegar Hill concede that it looks rough but insist that they feel safe.
realestate.nytimes.com /Community/Profiles/Brooklyn-Brooklyn-Heights-Dumbo-Cobble-Hill.asp   (93 words)

  
 BrooklynPapers.com
Charging that Brooklyn Bridge Park planners have misled the community with their designs, and that they are only concerned with developing high-rise luxury housing, a group of activists this week vowed to sue.
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation, which is charged by the state with the implementation, design and self-sustaining financing of the park’s maintenance budget, announced in December the waterfront development would need more than 1,200 units of luxury condominiums to help finance it’s costs, resulting in six residential towers to be built on the site.
Friends of Brooklyn Bridge Park evolved after members of several civic groups sought unity to voice concerns to the BBPDC about the size, scope and process in which the newly added housing was designated.
www.brooklynpapers.com /html/issues/_vol28/28_35/28_35nets1.html   (969 words)

  
 Brooklyn Record: Tucked Away In Vinegar Hill: Harrison Alley
Frank Lynch, one of our favorite photo documentarians of Brooklyn's architecture and neighborhoods, recently posted a photo of a tiny corner of the borough that we had never heard of: Harrison Alley.
Posted by: Anonymous at August 16, 2006 02:32 PM The eastern edge of Vinegar Hill is so primed for gentrification it's not even funny.
Posted by: Gentri at August 16, 2006 11:36 PM The neighborhood of Vinegar Hill is indeed landmarked.
www.brooklynrecord.com /archives/2006/08/tucked_away_in.html   (349 words)

  
 Vinegar Hill in Brooklyn? - Wired New York Forum
I discovered Vinegar Hill (between DUMBO and Navy Yard)...
My ancestors were transported to Australia for their part in the Vinegar Hill rebellion in 1798.
Vinegar Hill is a very small neighborhood - I don't think there are any houses for sale anymore, but there are a lot of condos and lofts being built between V.H. and DUMBO.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?p=59807   (242 words)

  
 The Developers Group
Converted from a 1920’s toy manufacturing building, The Toy Factory Lofts are located in Downtown Brooklyn, at the center of an exciting mix of corporate headquarters, residences, restaurants and Fort Greene Park.
These condos offer a great opportunity to live in beautiful brownstone Brooklyn yet still have the ease of living in a condominium.
The Spencer is one of the first new residential buildings in the historically designated area of Clinton Hill, and is a benchmark in excellence for all that will follow.
www.thedevelopersgroup.com /buildings/buildingSold.aspx?page=2&   (433 words)

  
 BrooklynPapers.com
While several developers expressed interest in the site, RAL Development Services purchased the Brooklyn Heights property for an undisclosed sum and plans to convert the 1 million-square-foot book and video distribution center into waterfront apartments, as first reported by The Brooklyn Papers.
The Furman Street building, which rises at the end of Atlantic Avenue, between the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the East River, will serve as a gateway to the planned Brooklyn Bridge Park, a 1.3-mile commercial and recreational waterfront development between Vinegar Hill and Brooklyn Heights.
Deborah Wetzel, a spokeswoman for the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corp. (BBPDC), a subsidiary of the Empire State Development Corp. charged with building the park, said BBPDC officials are in discussions with the developer to determine whether the building should be included in the boundary of the park.
www.brooklynpapers.com /html/issues/_vol27/27_15/27_15nets3.html   (491 words)

  
 Vinegar Hill Film Festival, Charlottesville, Virginia
The 7th Annual Vinegar Hill Film Festival will take place in Charlottesville's Vinegar Hill Theatre on April 26th, 2005.
On Tuesday, April 26th, the Vinegar Hill Film Festival will showcase short films by Charlottesville and Virginia filmmakers at 7 and 9:15 pm.
This is the 7th Annual Vinegar Hill Film Festival, which began in 1999 with a program called "Six Short Films." The 2005 line-up presents twelve films, most under ten minutes long.
vinegarhillfilmfestival.com   (500 words)

  
 village voice > nyclife > Neighborhoods by Danial Adkison
In 1801, speculator John Jackson named his newly acquired chunk of Brooklyn waterfront Vinegar Hill after a 1798 battle of the Irish rebellion—and even that hill probably wasn't named after vinegar as we know it, but a type of berry.
Today, the eight-square-block oxbow of row houses and lush dooryards is a throwback to mid-1800s Brooklyn charm—blocked by the towering, monolithic Farragut Houses; hemmed by the Navy Yard; and sheltered by the power plant, with its smokestacks and acres of transformers.
The neighborhood association, as active as any in the city, is fighting to keep this nook precious, but Vinegar Hill, like its cousin Red Hook, has only retained its quiet urban-village atmosphere thanks to its obscurity.
www.villagevoice.com /issues/0449/adkison.php   (999 words)

  
 Brooklyn Neighborhood Tours Photo Gallery by Mark Warren at pbase.com
:: Vinegar Hill / DUMBO / Fulton Ferry ::
I look forward to more Brooklyn pics, showing the beauty of all of it.
It would be great if you get to all the neighborhoods in Brooklyn.
www.pbase.com /warrenmark/brooklyn   (89 words)

  
 Place in History | Brooklyn NY
In 1999, Place in History launched an initiative to explore the history and landscape of the Fulton Ferry / DUMBO / Vinegar Hill area, Brooklyn's first port neighborhood.
In the summer of 1999, Place in History installed ten viewing boxes at Brooklyn’s Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, as part of the Intervistas/Between the Bridges exhibit, sponsored by the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition.
Place in History kicked off the project by drawing up a timeline history of DUMBO, and by organizing a community workshop, at which local residents, activists, urbanists, artists, historians and developers met to discuss neighborhood history and current development plans.
www.placeinhistory.org /Projects/Dumbo/DumboMain.htm   (184 words)

  
 A Bike Network Grows in Brooklyn, Transportation Alternatives Magazine Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
To discourage wrong-way riding, the DOT should install directional arrows in the Myrtle, Third Avenue and Sands and Jay Street bike lanes because they are one-way bike lanes on two-way streets.
In June, the Department of Transportation striped seven bike lanes in Downtown Brooklyn, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Fort Greene, Gowanus and Vinegar Hill.
Five are recommendations from the Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Project and two coincide with the opening of the new Manhattan Bridge bicycle path (see page four).
www.transalt.org /press/magazine/043Summer/05brooklyn.html   (277 words)

  
 Brooklyn Real Estate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Downtown ~ DUMBO ~ Vinegar Hill ~ Williamsburg
Brooklyn Heights ~ Boerum Hill ~ Cobble Hill ~ Carroll Gardens
I stay current with what's being conceived and the current transactions in these areas.
www.mybrooklynhomes.com /bin/web/real_estate/AR12859/SKIPINTRO/realtors.html   (136 words)

  
 Scarano & Associates' Brooklyn Office Expansion Reaches for the Sky   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
From the street, you can see the bridge through the rooftop extension, as if it were part of the structure.
It’s an architectural statement that is already being referred to as Brooklyn’s Newest Landmark.”
In addition to the aesthetic value of the structure, Scarano and Associates used many sustainable design features and such innovative architectural techniques as elevated shading roof panels, low-E multiple glazing reflective membranes and LED lighting.
www.contractmagazine.com /contract/industry_briefs/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000748518   (372 words)

  
 Gothamist: BoCoCa - Not a New Cocoa
Odd, as the neighborhood already had two names -- Vinegar Hill (though its historical boundaries are really more to the east) and Fulton Ferry (which may lack some pizzazz, but at least it doesn't sound silly).
Talk to anyone over the age of sixty and all of Brooklyn south of the Heights is Red Hook.
actually even boerum hill, where i live and which is ostensibly named after a dutch farm family, was invented out of thin air to sell real estate.
www.gothamist.com /archives/2004/03/15/bococa_not_a_new_cocoa.php   (1284 words)

  
 NYCDOT - DOT Announces Plans for New Bicycle Lanes and Traffic Calming Measures in Fort Greene/Clinton Hill   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
DOT Announces Plans for New Bicycle Lanes and Traffic Calming Measures in Fort Greene/Clinton Hill
Work is scheduled to be completed in Fall 2006.
The meeting will be held at the Pratt Institute's Higgins Hall Auditorium at 65 St. James Place, near Lafayette Avenue.
www.nyc.gov /html/dot/html/about/pr2006/pr06_37.html   (460 words)

  
 dietsch: Vinegar Hill tour; Revised track maps
A couple of notable items today: Mike, of Brooklyn-based photoblog Satanand#39;s Laundromat, will lead a tour of Brooklynand#39;s Vinegar Hill neighborhood, Saturday, March 27.
Mike, of Brooklyn-based photoblog Satan's Laundromat, will lead a tour of Brooklyn's Vinegar Hill neighborhood, Saturday, March 27.
I used to housesit for a friend in Vinegar Hill for six weeks at a time.
www.michaeldietsch.com /archives/000535.html   (122 words)

  
 rachelleb.com: Forgotten NY Tour   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Yesterday, Kevin Walsh conducted Forgotten NY's 14th tour, Brooklyn Between the Bridges.
In this tour we visited Vinegar Hill, Farragut, and DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass).
Since my friends and I all had plans in Brooklyn, we skipped out of the end of the tour to get some ice cream at the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory and some chocolate at Jacques Torres.
www.rachelleb.com /001276.html   (503 words)

  
 Wired New York Forum - Vinegar Hill in Brooklyn?
August 2nd, 2005 12:34 PM It's an incredibly small neighborhood, so you're probably not going to find a lot of opinions here.
August 3rd, 2005 09:15 AM My ancestors were transported to Australia for their part in the Vinegar Hill rebellion in 1798.
August 3rd, 2005 01:27 PM Vinegar Hill is a very small neighborhood - I don't think there are any houses for sale anymore, but there are a lot of condos and lofts being built between V.H. and DUMBO.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/printthread.php?t=6840   (253 words)

  
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 The Brooklyn Historical Society Publications
After discovering the dynamic past, find the evidence yourself, by using the accompanying walking tour and map included in every Neighborhood History Guide.
Fulton Ferry, DUMBO and Vinegar Hill: Neighborhood History Guide
Copies may be ordered in our Online Store.
www.brooklynhistory.org /publications/neighborhood.html   (91 words)

  
 dietsch: Vinegar Hill tour; Revised track maps
Also, Peter Dougherty has updated his book, Tracks of the New York City Subway.
A couple of notable items today: Mike, of Brooklyn-based photoblog Satan's Laundromat, will lead a tour of Brooklyn's Vinegar Hill neighborhood, Saturday, March 27.
Dougherty plans a centennial edition for May and the fourth edition for 2005.
www.michaeldietsch.com /mt32archives/2004/03/15/vinegar_hill_tour_revised_trac.html   (167 words)

  
 Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, New York Real Estate - Trulia
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, New York Real Estate - Trulia
For a more detailed Brooklyn market overview, see Trulia's Brooklyn real estate guide.
Find property sales trends, local school comparisons, demographics, incidence of crime, and more.
www.trulia.com /NY/Brooklyn,5210,Prospect_Heights   (430 words)

  
 Discussions
posted 4/22/03 6:43:PM Does anyone know what the history of the big white wooden mansion that stands on a hill in Vinegar Hill in Brooklyn?
The house is gated and there is a lot of property around it.
It overlooks the East River and is right behind the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
www.gothamcenter.org /discussions/viewthread.cfm?ID=622&ForumID=33   (365 words)

  
 TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES: Press Release: City Council Member David Yassky Introduces Building Access Bill for ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Council Member and bicycle advocates begin Bike Week NYC by taking aim at would-be cyclists' biggest obstacle--secure parking
On Thursday afternoon, New York City Council Member David Yassky (Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Vinegar Hill, DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights, Boerum Hill and Park Slope) will announce his recently introduced bill (Intro 458-2003) that would allow New Yorkers to bring bicycles inside the buildings where they live and work.
Transportation Alternatives-NYC's advocates for cyclists, pedestrians and sensible transportation-will join Mr.
www.transalt.org /press/releases/030501buildings.html   (614 words)

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