Brooklyn’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Brooklyn. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Brooklyn was home to the first seat belt law in 1966 and the first cell phone law for motorists in 1999.
The Hugo Boss Plant was closed for three months in 2009 and was going to ship the jobs overseas to Turkey; however, the union and the City of Brooklyn were able to reach a compromise and a three-year contract reopening the plant shortly after.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Brooklyn’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Brooklyn’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewAlbert H. Tinnerman, inventor of …, 1950: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Brooklyn, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Albert H. Tinnerman, inventor of the Speed Nut (1950) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.