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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 18

First Impressions - Lower Bay Brooklyn

This week takes us further still into the south of Brooklyn, doing a sweep of Coney Island, Brighton Beach and Manhattan Beach. Our return path skirts Sheepshead Bay, rolls straight through Homecrest and Midwood, goes up the Kings Highway and heads home.

Neighborhoods Weeksville, Wingate, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Flatbush, Kensington, Mapleton, Bensonhurst, Gravesend, Seagate, Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay, Homecrest, Midwood, Flatlands, East Flatbush, Remsen Village, Brownsville

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