African Burial Ground National Monument

Week 46

In Pursuit of Freedom

In 1790, 61% of all white Households in Kings County owned slaves, representing 30% of the borough's total population. This was enough to earn it the ignominious distinction of "the highest proportion of slaveholders and slaves in the North." Our walk this week covers the grounds of Canarsie and the Flatlands where many of these slaves resided, along with the courageous and vibrant abolitionist history of Brooklyn Heights, Williamsburg and Weeksville. We'll also step into Manhattan to visit the African Burial Ground National Monument near City Hall.

Neighborhoods Bedford Stuyvesant, Weeksville, Brownsville, Remsen Village, East Flatbush, Flatlands, Midwood, Mapleton, Bensonhurst, Kensington, Windsor Terrace, South Slope, Gowanus, Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo, Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn Navy Yard, South Williamsburg, Bushwick

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Week 38

Movie Locations: Royal Tenenbaums

Episode two of our movies of NY walks focuses on a single film - the 2001 Wes Anderson comedy The Royal Tenenbaums. Anderson's fanciful version of New York hops all over Manhattan, from Battery Park to the Church of the Intercession to the Waldorf Astoria New York.

Neighborhoods Bushwick, Williamsburg, Lower East Side, Chinatown, Financial District, Lower Manhattan, SoHo, NoHo, Flatiron, Midtown, Lincoln Square, Upper West Side, Manhattan Valley, Morningside Heights, Manhattanville, Hamilton Heights, Sugar Hill, Harlem, East Harlem, Carnegie Hill, Upper East Side, Lenox Hill, Turtle Bay, Murray Hill, Kips Bay, Gramercy Park

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