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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 17

First Impressions - Upper+Some Lower Bay Brooklyn

We stay in Brooklyn this week to continue our survey walks of the area, dipping to the southeast to cover such neighborhoods as Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Fort Hamilton and Gravesend. The trip up takes us through Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Brownsville, grazing Greenwood Cemetery and Prospect Park along the way.

Neighborhoods Stuyvesant Heights, Weeksville, Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, Park Slope, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Fort Hamilton, Bath Beach, Gravesend, Bensonhurst, Borough Park, Windsor Terrace, Prospect Park South, Prospects Lefferts Gardens, Wingate

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