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Barkaloo Cemetery

How an Ancient Cemetery Survived in Bay Ridge

June 4, 2018November 28, 2018 Henry  Culture, Featured Article, History  Barakloo Cemetery, cemetery, Harmanus Barkaloo, John Mackay, Mackay Place, Narrows Avenue, Revolutionary War Cemetery, Simon Cortelyou, Xaverian

The Barkaloo Cemetery, home to at least one veteran of the American Revolution, has been at the corner of Mackay Place and Narrows for almost 300 years.

Muspratt House and Well

The Gory Murder of a Shore Road Spinster

June 21, 2016April 26, 2018 Henry  Culture, History  murder, shore road, True Crime Bay Ridge, Victoria Muspratt, Xaverian  2 Comments

The tragic tale of Victoria Muspratt, who died in the crumbling mansion where she’d been born.

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