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The Brooklyn Collection presents a selection of resources on New Utrecht, an area of Brooklyn that includes the nieghborhoods of Bensonhurst, Borough Park and Bath Beach. New Utrecht is one of the six towns (along with Brooklyn, Bushwick, Flatbush, Flatlands and Gravesend) that originally formed Kings County.
1804 map of New Utrecht, Brooklyn
A digitized 1804 map of New Utrecht, courtesy of New York Public Library's American Shores digital collection.
Brooklyn Community Board 11
Website for Community Board, which serves the Bath Beach and Bensonhurst sections of Brooklyn.
Friends of Historic New Utrecht
Friends of Historic New Utrecht seeks to preserve the history and culture of New Utrecht.
Brooklyn Eagle, February 1, 1891
Brooklyn Eagle, December 16, 1900;
Brooklyn Eagle, February 15, 1890
Brooklyn Eagle, September 29, 1883
Brooklyn Eagle, April 1, 1900.
Brooklyn Eagle, October 19, 1877
Historic and beautiful Brooklyn
Brooklyn eagle
The Brooklyn eagle produced this history of Brooklyn. Each of Brooklyn's six towns (Brooklyn, New Utrecht, Gravesend, Flatlands, Flatbush and Bushwick) are discussed.
Place names in selected areas of Brooklyn : the heart of New Utrecht
Diana Benzaia
Diana Benzaia's Brooklyn College Master's Thesis explains how the streets and landmarks of New Utrecht got their names.
Welcome back to Borough Park
Oscar Israelowitz & Brian Merlis
A photographic look back at Borough Park, a modern day remnant of New Utrecht.
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