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The station closed in 1946,
but the museum opened here
30 years later.
The museum exhibits include
photographs, models, and
maps, as well as aged turnstiles
and a few interactive displays of
fuel technologies. Visitors can
jump on and off the various
models of the restored subway
and tram carts on the old
station platforms.
5 Red Hook
Map 23 A5. q Smith St-9th St.
Prison Ship Martyrs’ Monument at Fort Greene
First settled in by the Dutch in
1636, Red Hook (“Roode Hoek” Monument (1908), a 149-ft Flea operates at the same
in Dutch) got its name from the (45-m) column that commem- location on Sundays.
color of the soil and the shape orates the estimated 11,500 To the north, Greenpoint is
of the land, which forms a hoek Americans who died in a traditional Polish stronghold,
(corner), where the New York the floating prison camps, flooded by an artsy crowd
Bay meets the Gowanus Bay. maintained by the British during from Williamsburg. The Russian
It later became one of the the Revolutionary War. Orthodox Cathedral of the
busiest and toughest docklands The Brooklyn Academy of Transfiguration sits at North
in the US, inspiring the 1954 film Music (BAM) is the borough’s 12th Street on Driggs Avenue.
On the Waterfront, and Arthur leading cultural venue, founded A Byzantine Revival landmark
Miller’s play A View from the in 1858. It offers outstanding from 1922, the church has five
Bridge (1955). performances, often leaning patinated copper onion domes
Today, Red Hook’s waterfront towards the avant-garde. BAM’s that loom above the trees of
is a surprising blend of red-brick main building is the 1908 McCarren Park. The park itself
warehouses, cycle paths, Howard Gilman Opera House, dates back to 1903 and forms
cobblestoned blocks, and a Beaux Arts gem, designed by an unofficial boundary between
stores. Its laid-back vibe makes Herts & Tallant. The nearby 1904 Greenpoint and Williamsburg. In
it unlike any other part of the Harvey Theater stages most of addition to playgrounds, tennis
city. A handful of independent BAM’s plays. courts, and dog runs available
stores, restaurants, and cafés to the public, there is a historic
dot Van Brunt Street, the area’s swimming pool (1936) and the
busiest strip. The Red Hook 7 Williamsburg renowned McCarren Hotel.
Ball Fields host local soccer & Greenpoint
tournaments, and Latino food
stalls on summer weekends. Map 23 B2 & 23 A1. q Bedford Ave.

One of the city’s trendiest
6 Fort Greene neigh borhoods, Williamsburg
& BAM occupies much of northeast
Brooklyn. Established in 1827,
Map 23 B3. Brooklyn Academy of the area was a mix of industrial
Music: 30 Lafayette Ave. Tel (718) 636- lots, cheap clapboard homes,
4100. q Atlantic Ave, Fulton St, and tenements until recent
Pacific St. ∑ bam.org
regeneration. The main strip at
Bedford Avenue is now crowded
Home to Saturday’s Brooklyn with boutiques, record stores,
Flea, Fort Greene is historically bars, coffee shops, and
an African-American neighbor- restaurants. Big on nightlife,
hood, full of beautiful Italianate this area is especially popular
and Eastlake town houses as an indie rock venue.
built in the mid-19th century. Williamsburg’s culinary
At its heart lies Fort Greene Park, attractions include the Brooklyn
designed by Frederick Law Brewery, which opened in 1996,
Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and Smorgasburg, a food
in 1867. The park is crowned market that runs from mid-May Enjoying views from the waterfront
by the Prison Ship Martyrs’ to mid-November. The Brooklyn at Williamsburg

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