#MapMondays! THE CITY OF BROOKLYN, 1879 Incredibly detailed "Birds-Eye-View" map of Brooklyn, showing the independent city's churches, working waterfront, parks, municipal buildings, banks, landmarks, major roads, Navy Yard and the (at the time under construction) Brooklyn Bridge. which would open four years later. At the time, Brooklyn was the third largest city in the country, following NYC and Philadelphia. Brooklyn was consolidated into New York City as a borough nine years later. #mapmonday #cartography #brooklyn #dumbo #brooklynheights #cobblehill #fortgreen #parkslope #gowanus #prospectheights #bedstuy #crownheights #williamsburg #bushwick #greenpoint #ridgewoodbrooklyn #forhamilton #urbanism #nycurbanism #brooklynhistory (at Fulton Ferry Landing) https://www.instagram.com/p/ChBOI-9OQGS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
