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Learn about the history and architecture of the Vanderbilt Mansion, a Beaux-Arts style house museum in Hyde Park, New York. The site was once a Hudson River estate of Frederick and Louise Vanderbilt and later became a presidential retreat during World War II.
Vanderbilt is a village in Otsego County, Michigan, named after Cornelius Vanderbilt. It has a population of 498 and a record low temperature of −51 °F.
Brooklyn is a village in Jackson County, Michigan, named after Brooklyn, New York. It is located in the Irish Hills region, near Michigan International Speedway and scenic lakes.
Fulton Street is a long east–west street in northern Brooklyn, New York City, named after Robert Fulton. It has a pedestrian mall in Downtown Brooklyn, a historic district in Brooklyn Heights, and a subway line in Bedford-Stuyvesant.
Flushing Avenue is a street running through northern Brooklyn and western Queens, beginning at Nassau Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, and ending at Grand Avenue in Maspeth. It divides the neighborhood of Williamsburg from Clinton Hill and East Williamsburg from Bushwick.
Originally known as Fort Hamilton Avenue, it was renamed by the state legislature as a parkway in 1892, along with Bay Ridge Parkway and Bay Parkway, placing the road under the jurisdiction of the Brooklyn Parks Department. [2] The renaming was intended to boost the desirability of real estate along its route.
Myrtle Avenue is a 8.1-mile-long street in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, that runs from Duffield Street to Jamaica Avenue. It has a history of commercial and residential development, transportation, and cultural significance, and is known for its revitalization and gentrification.
Coney Island Avenue is a road in the New York City borough of Brooklyn that runs north-south for a distance of roughly five miles, almost parallel to Ocean Parkway and Ocean Avenue. It begins at Brighton Beach Avenue in Coney Island and goes north to Park Circle at the southwest corner of Prospect Park, where it becomes Prospect Park Southwest.