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From: "Donald Lutz" <>
Subject: [NYC] Re: Williamsberg/williamsburg
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 12:17:35 -0400
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Thanks for the explaination, that really helps
Don Lutz
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Subject: Williamsberg/williamsburg


> Don Lutz & NYC-Rootsers, etc.,
>
>
> On 04/30/2000 (8:44:05 AM EDT), Don Lutz () asks,
>
>
> "Some time ago when I was asking about Williamsburg I got the impression
that
> there were two. Williamsberg in the Bronx and Williamsburg in Brooklyn.
Do
> I remember this correctly? The problem is that I can't find the people
that
> I am looking for in Williamsburg."
>
> There is the Village and City of Williamsburgh (ends in a 'gh') and the
> neighborhood of Williamsburg (ends in a "g") and both are the same place,
but
> at different times.
>
>
> In 1827, the Village of Williamsburgh incorporated within the Town of
> Bushwick, Kings County.
>
>
> In 1851, the Village of Williamsburgh secedes from the Town of Bushwick
and
> becomes the City of Williamsburgh. Kings County then includes 2 cities
> (Brooklyn and Williamsburgh) and 5 towns (Bushwick, Flatbush, Flatlands,
> Gravesend and New Utrecht).
>
> In 1854, the City of Williamsburgh and the Town of Bushwick are
consolidated
> into the City of Brooklyn. Kings County then includes 1 city (Brooklyn)
and
> 5 towns (Flatbush, Flatlands, Gravesend, New Lots and New Utrecht).
>
> After consolidation into the City of Brooklyn, the area previously in the
> City of Williamsburgh and the Town of Bushwick becomes known as the
Eastern
> District of the City of Brooklyn. Later, when the name "Williamsburg"
> reappears as a neighborhood in the City of Brooklyn, it comes back without
> its final "h".
>
>
> Regards,
>
> Walter Greenspan
>
>

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