List of New York State Historic Markers in Kings County, New York
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Marker name Image Date designated Location City or Town Marker text
1 Gravesend
Gravesend, Brooklyn
Gravesend is a neighborhood in the south-central section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, USA.The derivation of the name is unclear. Some speculate that it was named after the English seaport of Gravesend, Kent. An alternative explanation suggests that it was named by Willem Kieft for the...

Cemetery Between South Village Rd. And Neck Rd. Brooklyn, New York Settled In 1643 By English Quakers Under Lady Deborah Moody On Land Granted To Them By The Dutch Governor Of New Amsterdam
2 Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 as a rural cemetery in Brooklyn, Kings County , New York. It was granted National Historic Landmark status in 2006 by the U.S. Department of the Interior.-History:...

On 5th Ave. & 25th St. Brooklyn, New York Lt. Col. Robert Benson 1739-1823, Buried Here; Clinton In Revolution; Clerk, New York State Senate.
3 Maryland Heroes On Corner Of 7th St. between 3rd And 4th Ave. Brooklyn, New York Here Lie Buried 256 Soldiers Of The Maryland Battalion Who Fell In The Battle Of Brooklyn On The 27Th Of August, 1776
4 Mazzola Home 133 Clinton St. Brooklyn, New York Property Once Owned By Philip Livingston - Signer Declaration Of Independence Home - Brooklyn Excelsiors Baseball Champions - 1860

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