http://mentalfloss.com/article/54922/how-brooklyn-neighborhoods-got-their-names
68jk09 Joined May 6, 2010 Messages 15,743 Feb 22, 2015 #1 http://mentalfloss.com/article/54922/how-brooklyn-neighborhoods-got-their-names
F fdny1075k Joined Dec 1, 2011 Messages 4,946 Feb 24, 2015 #3 Interesting article, thanks for posting Chief.
M mack Administrator Joined Aug 8, 2009 Messages 13,431 Feb 24, 2015 #5 How Brooklyn streets got their names: http://www.brooklyn.com/streets.html http://milleravenue.org/history/history-of-brooklyn-new-york-street-names/ http://www.brooklynrevealed.com/
How Brooklyn streets got their names: http://www.brooklyn.com/streets.html http://milleravenue.org/history/history-of-brooklyn-new-york-street-names/ http://www.brooklynrevealed.com/
M mack Administrator Joined Aug 8, 2009 Messages 13,431 Feb 25, 2015 #6 Queens neighborhoods names: http://forgotten-ny.com/2014/04/the-names-of-the-neighborhoods-of-queens-part-1/
Queens neighborhoods names: http://forgotten-ny.com/2014/04/the-names-of-the-neighborhoods-of-queens-part-1/
J johnd248 Joined Jul 14, 2007 Messages 4,533 Feb 27, 2015 #7 Years ago, I heard that Flatbush got its name from women wearing pantyhose.