Category: Colonial
ARTICLES OF CAPITULATION On September 8th, 1664, General Peter Stuyvesant signed the Articles of Capitulation, surrendering New Amsterdam to Britain. Stuyvesant’s rule was seen as tyrannical and he…
Welkom, This section identifies some important formative moments in the history of Bensonhurst. The Dutch first colonized this area, so that explains the “Welkom.” This section was created…
The New Utrecht Reformed Church was first suggested by Dutch settlers in 1677. Before that, settlers from New Utrecht would travel to the parishes in Flatbush, Flatlands and…
New Utrecht describes current day Bensonhurst; Eighty-fourth Street between Sixteenth and Eighteenth Avenues. Bensonhurst was founded by Anthony Janszoon van Salee. He obtained the right to 200 acres…
