STILL STONE(D) IN BEDFORD-STUYVESANT

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It looks like an ordinary Brooklyn corner, but it inadvertently memorializes some of Brooklyn history. When Bedford-Stuyvesant and southern Williamsburg’s streets were laid out and given names in the early 20th Century, many of them were given the names of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Stone Avenue, a fairly lengthy avenue running from [...]

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