NEW YORK (AP) — Four centuries in 30 minutes. That's what tourists get in trendy DUMBO. The history of this offbeat Brooklyn neighborhood includes Dutch settlers, George Washington, Walt Whitman ...

Brownstoner takes on Brooklyn history in Nabe Names, a series of briefs on the origins and surprising stories of neighborhood nomenclature.. Photo by Hannah Frishberg. Along Brooklyn’s watery ...

Read Parts One and Two of the Brooklyn coffee history series. John and Charles Arbuckle came to Brooklyn from Pittsburgh and built the largest coffee company in the United States. By the early years ...

An existential conundrum is brewing in the neighborhood known as “Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass”: what do you name a historic district whose name is a modern concoction? City officials are ...

DUMBO, Brooklyn (PIX11) — Kathy Wheat, a visitor from Colorado, was strolling through the Fulton Ferry Landing in Dumbo Brooklyn when she stumbled upon something unexpected. “I just hap… ...

NEW YORK -- Four centuries in 30 minutes. That's what tourists get in trendy DUMBO. The history of this offbeat Brooklyn neighborhood includes Dutch settlers, George Washington, Walt Whitman, the ...

Join us as we explore the vibrant neighborhood of DUMBO in Brooklyn and uncover the meaning behind its unique name. Delve into the area's rich history and cultural significance, and find out what ...