Neighborhood Research Links

All Neighborhoods
Brooklyn Public Library Historic photos
http://www.bklynlibrary.org/brooklyncollection

Forgotten NY -- has historical information on many neighborhoods
http://www.forgotten-ny.com/index.html

Graphs of BK demographics over time
http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/20050619_BROOKLYN_GRAPHIC/index.html?scp=3&sq=Brooklyn&st=cse

Specific to Neighborhood
Williamsburg
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/21/realestate/21livi.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/15/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-williamsburg.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/11/realestate/11livi.html

Fort Greene
http://www.nytimes.com/1984/05/06/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-fort-greene.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/01/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-fort-greene-diversity-culture-brownstones-too.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/realestate/08Livi.html

Crown Heights
http://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/20/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-crown-heights.html

Borough Parkhttp://www.nytimes.com/1986/01/19/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-borough-park.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1999/02/14/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-borough-park-brooklyn-for-many-orthodox-jews-heartland.html

Park Slope
http://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/17/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-park-slope.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1992/11/01/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-park-slope.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/22/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-park-slope-brooklyn-where-past-abiding-presence.html

Midwood
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/26/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-midwood.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/07/21/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-midwood-a-rich-ethnic-mix-in-mid-brooklyn.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/29/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-midwood-bustling-area-with-a-touch-of-country.html

Flatbush
http://www.nytimes.com/1989/06/04/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-flatbush.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/realestate/02livi.html

Prospect Park South
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/01/01/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-prospect-park-south-turn-century-brooklyn-suburb.html

Ditmas Park
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/05/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-ditmas-park-brooklyn-suburban-enclave-urban-setting.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/02/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-ditmas-park-ditmas-park-west-spirited-enclaves-with.html

Sunset Park
http://www.nytimes.com/1991/04/07/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-sunset-park.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/02/04/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-sunset-park-brooklyn-historic-character-foreign.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/29/realestate/29living.html

Red Hook
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/10/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-red-hook-isolated-brooklyn-area-starts-to-awaken.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/11/realestate/11LIVI.html

Kensington
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/05/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-kensington-an-old-neighborhood-is-rediscovered.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/realestate/25livi.html

Bed-Stuy
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/21/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-living-bedford-stuyvesant-brownstones-tree-lined-block.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/realestate/23living.html

Brownsville
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/realestate/17livi.html

Prospect Heights:

http://patch.com/new-york/prospectheights/lost-on-the-old-grid-the-history-behind-prospect-heig592b88922c

http://www.nyc.gov/html/lpc/downloads/pdf/reports/prospecthts.pdf

http://www.mas.org/tag/prospect-heights/

Sunset Park:

http://macaulay.cuny.edu/eportfolios/berger2010/sunset-park-brooklyn/katie-history/

Crown Heights:

http://bklynr.com/one-block-in-crown-heights/

http://www.chcentral.org/visitors-guide/a-brief-history-of-crown-heights/

http://www.humanityinaction.org/knowledgebase/80-a-history-of-tension-race-relations-in-crown-heights

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/20/realestate/20living.html?pagewanted=all

Far Rockaway:

http://www.rockawave.com/common/History/History.html

http://www.farrockaway.com/farrockawayhistory.pdf

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nynassa2/rockaways.htm

http://forgotten-ny.com/2013/06/a-walk-in-far-rockaway-queens/

Flatbush:

http://flatbushdiaries.wordpress.com/

http://longislandgenealogy.com/histflat.html

http://brooklynbased.com/blog/2008/12/09/whats-it-like-in-flatbush/

http://bklyn-genealogy-info.stevemorse.org/Newspaper/BSU/Anniversary/1928.Flatbush.html

Brownsville:

http://www.thenation.com/article/173886/resurrecting-brownsville

http://forgotten-ny.com/2005/06/brownsville-and-east-new-york-brooklyn/

http://www.oldnycphotos.com/brownsville.html

Brooklyn Heights:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/03/arts/03expl.html?pagewanted=all

http://macaulay.cuny.edu/student-projects/2005/neighborhoods/16/history.shtml

http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/tag/brooklyn-heights-history

Cobble Hill:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/realestate/cobble-hill-brooklyn-living-in-land-of-the-multi-no-longer-family-house.html?pagewanted=all

Bushwick:

http://www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb4/html/about/history.shtml

http://www.oldnycphotos.com/bushwick.html

http://www.city-journal.org/2008/18_2_bushwick.html

http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/44/wb_bushwickhistory_2010_10_29_bk.html

Bed-Stuy:

http://www.oldnycphotos.com/bedfords.html

Borough Park:

http://www.oldnycphotos.com/boroughpark.html

Canarsie

http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2011/44/cd_sunday_canarsiehistory_2011_10_28_bk.html

http://www.canarsiecourier.com/news/2007-07-12/TopStories/012.html

http://foseti.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/review-of-canarsie-the-jews-and-italians-of-brooklyn-against-liberalism-by-janathan-rieder/