THE HOWARD, Bedford-Stuyvesant
Howard Avenue runs in Bedford-Stuyvesant and Brownsville. The avenue was named for tavern keeper William Howard (1725-1777) who ran the Rising Sun Tavern at the Jamaica and Cripplebush roads, now known as Atlantic Avenue and Bedford Avenue; the inn was also called the Halfway House: halfway between Brooklyn and Jamaica. The tavern was surprisingly long-lived [...]
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