This past weekend’s New York Times Metropolitan section reported that Parks Department negotiations to purchase the Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead and turn it into a house museum have stalled. In 1999, the city offered $2 million for the house and its historic contents, among them a sword etched with the royal crown and initials for George Rex III and windowpanes with the initials of two Hessian soldiers [...]
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View Comments Melissa on Feb 1st 2010
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Marine Park: Mulch Madness!
Congratulations MarineParkers. We are responsible for chipping down nearly one-third of the Christmas trees (2,164 trees to be exact) sent to Brooklyn shredders during MulchFest 2010 – way to be GREEN! From New York Post/Courier Life: Marine Park was responsible for 29 percent of the 7,477 trees mulched in Brooklyn, which had the second highest [...]
View Comments Melissa on Jan 29th 2010