The Afro-Caribbeans of Eastern Parkway LandmarksFrom The Peopling of New York City
Landmarks and Popular SitesArchitectureSynagogues and Worship
770 Eastern Parkway770 Eastern Parkway is the world-renowned heart of the Chabad Lubavitcher movement. Here lies the house of the Messiah.
the Soldier's and Sailors Memorial ArchAt the intersection of Prospect Park West, Flatbush Avenue, and Eastern Parkway is the Soldiers' and Sailors Memorial Arch, in the center of Grand Army Plaza. Next to the Plaza is the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. This beaux-art building resembles an open book, with the building’s two wings representing the pages looking onto Eastern Parkway and Flatbush Avenue. Main AttractionsThe World’s Largest DreidalThe Jewish Children’s Museum, the largest of its kinds in the United States, is located on 790 Eastern Parkway. Opened in 2004, the museum is designed as a teaching tool for children of all religious denominations to learn about Jewish heritage. It’s design, including a large dreidal at its front, has received great notoriety, and has become an architectural landmark and a prominent symbol of the expression of the Jewish faith and culture. The Brooklyn Botanical Gardens[2]Perhaps the best-known and largest tourist attraction on Eastern Parkway is the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, a huge horticultural paradise located behind the Brooklyn Public Library and the Brooklyn Museum and on Eastern Parkway between Flatbush Ave. and Washington Ave. The Brooklyn Public Library [3]
Located on Schenectady Ave., the Eastern Parkway branch of the Brooklyn Library is a popular site that serves as a research and learning center for the neighborhood. Materials in Spanish, French, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Russian, and Mandarin/Cantonese, are a testament to the old and new immigrant populations being catered to by this valuable service in the community.
The Brooklyn Museum
(Here we will link to the brooklynmuseum.org website, as well as possibly some photos of the Beaux-Arts court renovation, which ties in with some of the architectural designs seen on Eastern Parkway). Eastern Parkway Itself!Eastern Parkway is a scenic landmark and popular site in and of itself. Modeled after the Champs-Élysées in Paris, it boasts an array of planted flowers, skyscraping elms, promenades, and decorative footpaths. It is one of New York City’s greatest architectural and city planning triumphs, the first parkway, and a model for future urban planning.
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