Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Week 47

Most Likely to Succeed: Women Musicians and Their High Schools

Our final music-centric walk visits the high schools of Brooklyn's most famous female musicians. From Lena Horne to Barbra Streisand, Carole King to Lil' Kim, we see the institutions that made them - and sometimes made them leave.

Neighborhoods Liberty Park, Cypress Hills, Brownsville, Canarsie, Flatlands, Madison, Homecrest, Gravesend, Midwood, Kensington, Prospect Park South, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Crown Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant

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Week 30

The Battle of Brooklyn

The Battle of Brooklyn was the largest conflict of the Revolutionary War in terms of troop deployment, taking place over three days in August of 1776. This week we'll visit all the key locations, including the British landing near Fort Hamilton, Greenwood Cemetery, Prospect Park, Fort Greene, and Fulton Ferry where the Americans made their last gasp retreat.

Neighborhoods Ocean Hill, Brownsville, Remsen Village, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Prospect Park South, Kensington, Borough Park, Dyker Heights, Fort Hamilton, Bay Ridge, Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace, Gowanus, Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Boerum Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, Dumbo

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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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