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Sunset Park Branch Library

Our first stop, two blocks north of the 53rd Street train station, is the library. The Sunset Park Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library was founded in 1905 and funded by Andrew Carnegie. At the time, it was called the South Branch and was a brick building. As you can no doubt see, this library is not made of brick. The Sunset Park Branch was actually deemed obsolete in 1970, and the building was torn down. However, it was rebuilt on the same lot in 1998 by Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden. The library's amenities feature Wi-Fi, handicap accessibility, a community meeting room, and the glass facade you see today.", "zoom":"14", "openpopup":"1", "mapwidth":"640", "mapwidthunit":"px", "mapheight":"480", "marker-createdby":"kmccallum", "marker-createdon":"2014-03-11 22:08:10", "marker-updatedby":"kmccallum", "marker-updatedon":"2014-03-12 23:45:07", "layerid":"16", "layername":"Sunset Park", "layer-createdby":"cjbudhi", "layer-createdon":"2014-03-11 21:48:14", "layer-updatedby":"kmccallum", "layer-updatedon":"2014-03-11 22:25:45", "controlbox":"1", "overlays_custom":"0", "overlays_custom2":"0", "overlays_custom3":"0", "overlays_custom4":"0", "wms":"0", "wms2":"0", "wms3":"0", "wms4":"0", "wms5":"0", "wms6":"0", "wms7":"0", "wms8":"0", "wms9":"0", "wms10":"0", "kml_timestamp":"" }}, { "type":"Feature", "geometry": { "type":"Point", "coordinates":[-73.990425,40.652179] }, "properties": { "markerid":"56", "markername":"Green-Wood Cemetery", "basemap":"osm_mapnik", "lat":"40.652179", "lon":"-73.990425", "icon":"number_02.png", "iconUrl":"http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/siegel2014/files/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/number_02.png", "address":"Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY, United States", "text":"Greenwood

Green-Wood Cemetery

Head north on 4th to 25th Street, and turn right onto 5th Avenue to reach the main entrance of our next location: the cemetery. Green-Wood Cemetery is one of the largest and most well known cemeteries in the United States. It was founded in 1838 and is 478 acres. The cemetery is home to 56,000 permanent residents. It has officially run out of grave spots. Some of it’s earliest marked stones date back to the early 1800s. Some of it’s famous residents include Leonard Bernstein, Boss Tweed, John-Michael Baptiste, as well as many civil war generals and baseball players. The cemetery has many amenities, including trolley rides on Wednesdays, a crematorium, a chapel, and occasional walking tours. It has a pond and a new garden for people’s ashes. It was also a Revolutionary War site; the battle of Long Island was fought on it’s grounds. It was declared a national historic landmark in 2006. The cemetery also sells urns, which are used in Chinese burial practices. The new urn garden will become the permanent resting place for members of the Sunset Park community.", "zoom":"14", "openpopup":"1", "mapwidth":"640", "mapwidthunit":"px", "mapheight":"480", "marker-createdby":"kmccallum", "marker-createdon":"2014-03-11 22:09:48", "marker-updatedby":"cjbudhi", "marker-updatedon":"2014-04-24 00:49:41", "layerid":"16", "layername":"Sunset Park", "layer-createdby":"cjbudhi", "layer-createdon":"2014-03-11 21:48:14", "layer-updatedby":"kmccallum", "layer-updatedon":"2014-03-11 22:25:45", "controlbox":"1", "overlays_custom":"0", "overlays_custom2":"0", "overlays_custom3":"0", "overlays_custom4":"0", "wms":"0", "wms2":"0", "wms3":"0", "wms4":"0", "wms5":"0", "wms6":"0", "wms7":"0", "wms8":"0", "wms9":"0", "wms10":"0", "kml_timestamp":"" }}, { "type":"Feature", "geometry": { "type":"Point", "coordinates":[-74.003563,40.648085] }, "properties": { "markerid":"57", "markername":"Sunset Park", "basemap":"osm_mapnik", "lat":"40.648085", "lon":"-74.003563", "icon":"number_03.png", "iconUrl":"http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/siegel2014/files/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/number_03.png", "address":"Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY, United States", "text":"Park

Sunset Park

Now let's exit the cemetery and head south on 5th Avenue to 41st Street and the Park. Sunset Park is both a park and a recreational community center. This creation of this park is what gave the Sunset Park area its name. The park has been a community institution since 1895. It has a pool, a ping pong table, and beautiful views of the Manhattan skyline. It offers the community learn-to-swim classes for all ages, adult lap times, free after school swimming instruction, as is the home training pool for Brooklyn’s swim team. The recreation center in Sunset Park has a computer recreation center, a library, a dance room, and a free indoor gym.", "zoom":"14", "openpopup":"0", "mapwidth":"640", "mapwidthunit":"px", "mapheight":"480", "marker-createdby":"kmccallum", "marker-createdon":"2014-03-11 22:11:43", "marker-updatedby":"kmccallum", "marker-updatedon":"2014-03-12 23:51:51", "layerid":"16", "layername":"Sunset Park", "layer-createdby":"cjbudhi", "layer-createdon":"2014-03-11 21:48:14", "layer-updatedby":"kmccallum", "layer-updatedon":"2014-03-11 22:25:45", "controlbox":"1", "overlays_custom":"0", "overlays_custom2":"0", "overlays_custom3":"0", "overlays_custom4":"0", "wms":"0", "wms2":"0", "wms3":"0", "wms4":"0", "wms5":"0", "wms6":"0", "wms7":"0", "wms8":"0", "wms9":"0", "wms10":"0", "kml_timestamp":"" }}, { "type":"Feature", "geometry": { "type":"Point", "coordinates":[-74.002384,40.642017] }, "properties": { "markerid":"59", "markername":"The Dumpling Place", "basemap":"osm_mapnik", "lat":"40.642017", "lon":"-74.002384", "icon":"number_04.png", "iconUrl":"http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/siegel2014/files/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/number_04.png", "address":"4801 8th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States", "text":"Dumplings

Kai Feng Fu Dumpling House

This gem is a popular place to grab a bite in the community because of it's inexpensive yet delicious food and it's convenient location. Exit the park on the 7th Avenue side and head south to 48th Street, then turn east toward 8th Avenue. Be careful, because you might just past our next location between 8th and 9th Avenues, the Kai Feng Fu Dumpling House. If you need a quick, inexpensive bite to eat, this dumpling place is the place for you. This little joint is a hidden gem. This sketchy looking, back alley food place has an A rating. You enter the joint through a sketchy looking entrance and you order at the little desk. Then, if you choose to sit down and eat, you exit to outside and walk a few steps to the right to a graffiti covered and even more sketchy looking door that leads to the seating area, where your piping hot dumplings will be waiting for you. The dumplings are four for a dollar, and you really do get the best for your buck (if you are willing to get past the sketchy exterior).", "zoom":"14", "openpopup":"1", "mapwidth":"640", "mapwidthunit":"px", "mapheight":"480", "marker-createdby":"kmccallum", "marker-createdon":"2014-03-11 22:18:51", "marker-updatedby":"cjbudhi", "marker-updatedon":"2014-04-24 00:51:09", "layerid":"16", "layername":"Sunset Park", "layer-createdby":"cjbudhi", "layer-createdon":"2014-03-11 21:48:14", "layer-updatedby":"kmccallum", "layer-updatedon":"2014-03-11 22:25:45", "controlbox":"1", "overlays_custom":"0", "overlays_custom2":"0", "overlays_custom3":"0", "overlays_custom4":"0", "wms":"0", "wms2":"0", "wms3":"0", "wms4":"0", "wms5":"0", "wms6":"0", "wms7":"0", "wms8":"0", "wms9":"0", "wms10":"0", "kml_timestamp":"" }}, { "type":"Feature", "geometry": { "type":"Point", "coordinates":[-73.998510,40.639372] }, "properties": { "markerid":"60", "markername":"Maimonides Medical Center", "basemap":"osm_mapnik", "lat":"40.639372", "lon":"-73.998510", "icon":"number_05.png", "iconUrl":"http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/siegel2014/files/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/number_05.png", "address":"Maimonides Medical Center, 10th Avenue, NY, United States", "text":"Hospital

Maimonides Medical Center

Continue on 48th toward 10th Avenue and our next location, the hospital. Maimonides Medical Center opened in 1911 by a group of women whose main concern was to cater to the poor and needy residents of their neighborhood. In 1916 they expanded their services to include medicine, which led to a need to expand their location. This issue wasn’t addressed until 1919 when they moved themselves into the land on 10th avenue and 48th to 49th street. Despite the growth of the hospital, they still tended to everyone despite race and religion. Expansion continued during 1937 after the hospital was labeled the largest Jewish Hospital. Eventually the growing hospital merged with Beth Moses Hospital on May 20 1947, and finally named themselves Maimonides Medical Center. Even to this day Maimonides Medical Center is known for its diversity in patients, tending to anyone despite their race or religion. In fact, the hospital advertises the fact that their staff represents over 70 different languages including Chinese, which is very important for this neighborhood. They also have a telephone interpreter service for about 150 languages.", "zoom":"14", "openpopup":"1", "mapwidth":"640", "mapwidthunit":"px", "mapheight":"480", "marker-createdby":"kmccallum", "marker-createdon":"2014-03-11 22:20:26", "marker-updatedby":"cjbudhi", "marker-updatedon":"2014-04-24 00:54:15", "layerid":"16", "layername":"Sunset Park", "layer-createdby":"cjbudhi", "layer-createdon":"2014-03-11 21:48:14", "layer-updatedby":"kmccallum", "layer-updatedon":"2014-03-11 22:25:45", "controlbox":"1", "overlays_custom":"0", "overlays_custom2":"0", "overlays_custom3":"0", "overlays_custom4":"0", "wms":"0", "wms2":"0", "wms3":"0", "wms4":"0", "wms5":"0", "wms6":"0", "wms7":"0", "wms8":"0", "wms9":"0", "wms10":"0", "kml_timestamp":"" }}, { "type":"Feature", "geometry": { "type":"Point", "coordinates":[-74.002686,40.637592] }, "properties": { "markerid":"61", "markername":"Confraternity of the Precious Blood", "basemap":"osm_mapnik", "lat":"40.637592", "lon":"-74.002686", "icon":"number_06.png", "iconUrl":"http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/siegel2014/files/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/number_06.png", "address":"Confraternity Precious Blood, Fort Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, NY, United States", "text":"Monastery

Confraternity of the Precious Blood

Let's head south to 53rd Street down Fort Hamilton Parkway. Don't worry about walking over, as 10th Street will end pretty soon; at that point, just head left and continue south toward our next stop, the Confraternity of the Precious Blood. This is a cloistered convent for the Sisters Adorers of the Precious Blood, which was founded in 1861 in Quebec, Canada. Convents like these are found all over Canada and the northern United States. This particular monastery was built in 1890, and became the Confraternity of Precious Blood in 1925 under the leadership of the Right Reverend Monsignor Joseph Stedman. The nuns are available for prayer in the morning and afternoon.", "zoom":"14", "openpopup":"1", "mapwidth":"640", "mapwidthunit":"px", "mapheight":"480", "marker-createdby":"kmccallum", "marker-createdon":"2014-03-11 22:25:07", "marker-updatedby":"kmccallum", "marker-updatedon":"2014-03-13 00:04:21", "layerid":"16", "layername":"Sunset Park", "layer-createdby":"cjbudhi", "layer-createdon":"2014-03-11 21:48:14", "layer-updatedby":"kmccallum", "layer-updatedon":"2014-03-11 22:25:45", "controlbox":"1", "overlays_custom":"0", "overlays_custom2":"0", "overlays_custom3":"0", "overlays_custom4":"0", "wms":"0", "wms2":"0", "wms3":"0", "wms4":"0", "wms5":"0", "wms6":"0", "wms7":"0", "wms8":"0", "wms9":"0", "wms10":"0", "kml_timestamp":"" }}, { "type":"Feature", "geometry": { "type":"Point", "coordinates":[-74.004722,40.639722] }, "properties": { "markerid":"62", "markername":"Second Evangelical Free Church", "basemap":"osm_mapnik", "lat":"40.639722", "lon":"-74.004722", "icon":"number_07.png", "iconUrl":"http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/siegel2014/files/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/number_07.png", "address":"Second Evangelical Free Church, Brooklyn, NY, United States", "text":"Church
Second Evangelical Free Church

Head up to 52nd Street and west to 8th Avenue and our next location, which also happens to be a house of religion.The Second Evangelical Free Church was founded in 1922 by the Norwegian immigrants in Sunset Park. Since then the neighborhood has changed, and so has the church. The church now offers masses in both Chinese and English. The Church is open for prayer six days a week. They have a youth group that meets once a week on Fridays for grades six through twelve. They also have a Sunday School Religious Education program for grades five through twelve in both English and Chinese, as well as a bible study group. They have events for the community such as Women’s Game Night and Leadership Community Meetings.", "zoom":"14", "openpopup":"1", "mapwidth":"640", "mapwidthunit":"px", "mapheight":"480", "marker-createdby":"kmccallum", "marker-createdon":"2014-03-11 22:27:04", "marker-updatedby":"kmccallum", "marker-updatedon":"2014-03-13 00:07:52", "layerid":"16", "layername":"Sunset Park", "layer-createdby":"cjbudhi", "layer-createdon":"2014-03-11 21:48:14", "layer-updatedby":"kmccallum", "layer-updatedon":"2014-03-11 22:25:45", "controlbox":"1", "overlays_custom":"0", "overlays_custom2":"0", "overlays_custom3":"0", "overlays_custom4":"0", "wms":"0", "wms2":"0", "wms3":"0", "wms4":"0", "wms5":"0", "wms6":"0", "wms7":"0", "wms8":"0", "wms9":"0", "wms10":"0", "kml_timestamp":"" }}, { "type":"Feature", "geometry": { "type":"Point", "coordinates":[-74.005821,40.638469] }, "properties": { "markerid":"63", "markername":"Brooklyn Chinese American Association", "basemap":"osm_mapnik", "lat":"40.638469", "lon":"-74.005821", "icon":"number_08.png", "iconUrl":"http://eportfolios.macaulay.cuny.edu/siegel2014/files/leaflet-maps-marker-icons/number_08.png", "address":"Brooklyn Chinese American Association, Brooklyn, NY, United States", "text":"BCAA

Brooklyn Chinese American Association

Head down 8th to 54th Street and our last destination on this tour. The Brooklyn Chinese-American Association was established in 1987 as a community-based not-for-profit social service agency. They have branches for Sunset park, Borough Park, and Bay Ridge. Their services range from providing after school services for children, which include a head start program and a universal pre-kindergarten program, to adult education services. The organization tries to cater to low income families by providing these free services to families with special needs. The Childhood services strive to promote early literacy in children, while also going over social communication skills. The adult programs offer a variety of classes mainly for immigrants residing around their branches. Some of these classes include basic education in english and literacy. They also provide workshops for immigrants in resume writing, interviews, and skills training in order for these people to have a better chance of employment. These programs are essential for the immigrants of Sunset Park to ease their way into American society.", "zoom":"14", "openpopup":"1", "mapwidth":"640", "mapwidthunit":"px", "mapheight":"480", "marker-createdby":"kmccallum", "marker-createdon":"2014-03-11 22:35:04", "marker-updatedby":"kmccallum", "marker-updatedon":"2014-03-13 00:09:59", "layerid":"16", "layername":"Sunset Park", "layer-createdby":"cjbudhi", "layer-createdon":"2014-03-11 21:48:14", "layer-updatedby":"kmccallum", "layer-updatedon":"2014-03-11 22:25:45", "controlbox":"1", "overlays_custom":"0", "overlays_custom2":"0", "overlays_custom3":"0", "overlays_custom4":"0", "wms":"0", "wms2":"0", "wms3":"0", "wms4":"0", "wms5":"0", "wms6":"0", "wms7":"0", "wms8":"0", "wms9":"0", "wms10":"0", "kml_timestamp":"" }}]});