The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-09-17
A STORY OF BROOKLYN.
H. A. WILLIAMSON.
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does not reside WllUll reasonable IrdV-
cling distance of the old city of
Brooklyn, now known as the Borough
of Brooklyn, imagines it is place of
little or no consequence, rather than
one of large extent in territory and
population. 1t is the largest compo-
nent portion comprising the city of
Greater New York being over 40 square
miles in area and peopled with over !
100000 souls. Few of the many Wis
itors to New York City ever have the
privilege of learning about Brook
Ign, or as it is commonly known,
the "City of Churches" excepting pos
sibly during the summer months when
passing through on the way to our
famous Coney Island. When resi-
dent of Brooklyn, Staten Island or
Long Island City goes travelling afar
from home, he generally registers as
being from New York, for were he to
mention his own immediate residen-
tlal location, no one would have the
least idea what part Of the state he
was from, although, all three places
just referred to, go long way to make
up the great city of New York
When reference is made to a New
Yorker" it means one who resides up
On the Island of Manhattan or in the
Borough of Manhattan which is only
four miles in width at its widest and
about twelve in length at it's longest
point, although it houses over 1,0O0,/
eco persons. By the "New Workers,
Brooklyn is called dead place" no
doubt because of the existence of so
many cemeteries, where most of them
take up a permanent residence in
the course of time This apparent
deafness" is accounted for because OF
the fact that New York is "cosmo-
politan town." where good, bad and
Indifferent, all live and mingle to-
gether; while Brooklyn, the city OF
churches and homes, boasts of an
exclusiveness, original and tightly
drawn The Negro population OF New
York is made up of mostly new
corners" and "transients' from all
over the country, with but very few
of whom can be considered our re-
preventative citizens, while in Brook
lyn can be found the descendants OF
many old and respected New Workers
some of whom can trace lineage back
to rs and over 100 years residence Ill
the development Of Manhattan. These
are representatives Of the wealth
culture and real social feature of the
greater city among its citizens OF
color an intimate acquaintance OF
whom shall be made, later on.
The extent of the territory included
in the city of Brooklyn cannot be ade
uuately described in order to give the
reader a correct and close idea as tC
i the amount of land it covers. There
are many streets the existence and 10
cation of which are unknown to many
residents. The streets of old Boston
are considered a national puzzle anC
are q joke familiar to most Americans
but those in Brooklyn are a close sec
ond, if not a good first. Many have
from two to three distinct names al
various portions of their length. Fol
illustration in one portion Of the city
known as the Eastern District, which
at one time comprised the old village
of williamsburg, one can find the
north" and south numbered streets
In the Western District of Brooklyn
proper, are the numbered streets" and
places" In South Brooklyn are the
Bay" numbered streets, the continu
alton of the regular numbered streets
and all crossed by the numbered ave
nues." Toward the Gravesend dis
trict are the west" numbered streets
while the least" numbered ones art
to be found in Shelbyshead Bay ant
Fiatbush which districts were formerly
villages of the same names. All Of
these streets you will readily
note are located in various
district portions of this great borough
The city is the location of the larges
Navy Yard; it contains at least &
dozen cemeteries some of them as
large and as beautiful as any to b.
found elsewhere; in its heart is For
Green washington Park where thu
battle of Long Island was fought dur
ing the Revolutionary War and where
lie the bones Of the famous prison
Ship" martyrs at the base of costly
monument erected to their memory
NThe largest national park (Prospec
by name) in the state and man!
smaller ones There are three differ
ent horse race courses, the Coney
Island Jockey Club at Sheepsheat
Bay has two courses, one +;
mile in circumference and thu
other a mile and three eighths
both almost adjoining and oc
cupying enough land for a fair-sizet
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