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List of New York State Historic Markers in Kings County, New York
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Listings county-wide
Marker name | Image | Date designated | Location | City or Town | Marker text | |
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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 |
See also
- List of New York State Historic Markers
- National Register of Historic Places listings in New York
- List of National Historic Landmarks in New York