Fort Greene, Brooklyn, the Glossary

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1. 374 relations: A. S. W. Rosenbach, Abolitionism in the United Kingdom, Academic year, Academy Awards, Adario Strange, Adelle Waldman, Adelphi, London, Adrian Grenier, African Americans, Air pollution, Akiko Ichikawa, Al Capone, Alan Ball (screenwriter), Albert King (basketball), Alek Wek, Algonquian peoples, AllMusic, Alpine, New Jersey, Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony, American Civil War, American Revolution, American Revolutionary War, Amitav Ghosh, AmNewYork Metro, Ancestry.com, Area code 917, Area codes 718, 347, and 929, Associated Press, Astoria, Queens, Atlantic Avenue (New York City), Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station, Atlantic Terminal, Attorney General of New York, Avaaz, Barclays Center, Battle of Long Island, Ben Ratliff, Bernard King, Betty Carter, Bill Lee (musician), Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School, BMT Lexington Avenue Line, BMT Myrtle Avenue Line, Board of education, Boroughs of New York City, Branford Marsalis, BRIC Arts Media, Brick, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Academy of Music, ... Expand index (324 more) »

A. S. W. Rosenbach

Abraham Simon Wolf Rosenbach (July 22, 1876 – July 1, 1952) was an American collector, scholar, and dealer in rare books and manuscripts.

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Abolitionism in the United Kingdom

Abolitionism in the United Kingdom was the movement in the late 18th and early 19th centuries to end the practice of slavery, whether formal or informal, in the United Kingdom, the British Empire and the world, including ending the Atlantic slave trade.

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Academic year

An academic year or school year is a period that schools, colleges and universities use to measure the quantity of study that are often divided into academic terms.

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Academy Awards

The Academy Awards of Merit, commonly known as the Oscars or Academy Awards, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the film industry.

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Adario Strange

Adario Strange is a New York–based writer, film director, and artist.

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Adelle Waldman

Adelle Waldman is an American novelist, columnist and blogger.

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Adelphi, London

Adelphi (from the Greek ἀδελφοί adelphoi, meaning "brothers") is a district of the City of Westminster in London.

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Adrian Grenier

Adrian Sean Grenier (born July 10, 1976) is an American actor, producer, director, and musician.

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African Americans

African Americans, also known as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa.

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Air pollution

Air pollution is the contamination of air due to the presence of substances called pollutants in the atmosphere that are harmful to the health of humans and other living beings, or cause damage to the climate or to materials.

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Akiko Ichikawa

Akiko Ichikawa (市川 明子, Ichikawa Akiko, or アキーコー・イーチカーワ, Akiko Ichikawa) is a transdisciplinary artist, editor, and writer-activist based in New York City.

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Al Capone

Alphonse Gabriel Capone (January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1925 to 1931.

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Alan Ball (screenwriter)

Alan Erwin Ball (born May 13, 1957) is an American writer and director for film and television.

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Albert King (basketball)

Albert King (born December 17, 1959) is an American former professional basketball player.

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Alek Wek

Alek Wek (born 16 April 1977) is a South Sudanese-British model and designer who began her fashion career at the age of 18 in 1995.

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Algonquian peoples

The Algonquians are one of the most populous and widespread North American native language groups.

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AllMusic

AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database.

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Alpine, New Jersey

Alpine is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, approximately north of Midtown Manhattan.

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Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony is a 2002 documentary film depicting the struggles of black South Africans against the injustices of Apartheid through the use of music.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.

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American Revolution

The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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American Revolutionary War

The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was a military conflict that was part of the broader American Revolution, in which American Patriot forces organized as the Continental Army and commanded by George Washington defeated the British Army.

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Amitav Ghosh

Amitav Ghosh (born 11 July 1956), Encyclopædia Britannica is an Indian writer.

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AmNewYork Metro

amNewYork Metro is a free daily newspaper that is published in New York City by Schneps Media.

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Ancestry.com

Ancestry.com LLC is an American genealogy company based in Lehi, Utah.

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Area code 917

Area code 917 is a telephone area code in the North American Numbering Plan for the five boroughs of New York City: The Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island.

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Area codes 718, 347, and 929

Area codes 718, 347, and 929 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for the New York City boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island, as well as the Marble Hill section of Manhattan.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Astoria, Queens

Astoria is a neighborhood in the western portion of the New York City borough of Queens.

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Atlantic Avenue (New York City)

Atlantic Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens.

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Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station

The Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station (formerly Atlantic Avenue/Pacific Street station) is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the BMT Fourth Avenue Line, the BMT Brighton Line and the IRT Eastern Parkway Line.

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Atlantic Terminal

The Atlantic Terminal (formerly Flatbush Avenue) is the westernmost commuter rail terminal on the Long Island Rail Road's (LIRR) Atlantic Branch, located at Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City.

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Attorney General of New York

The attorney general of New York is the chief legal officer of the U.S. state of New York and head of the Department of Law of the state government.

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Avaaz

Avaaz is an American-based nonprofit organization launched in January 2007 that promotes global activism on issues such as climate change, human rights, animal rights, corruption, poverty, and conflict.

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Barclays Center

Barclays Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Battle of Long Island

The Battle of Long Island, also known as the Battle of Brooklyn and the Battle of Brooklyn Heights, was an action of the American Revolutionary War fought on August 27, 1776, at and near the western edge of Long Island in present-day Brooklyn.

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Ben Ratliff

Ben Ratliff (born 1968 in New York City) is an American journalist, music critic and author.

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Bernard King

Bernard King (born December 4, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player at the small forward position in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Betty Carter

Betty Carter (born Lillie Mae Jones; May 16, 1929 – September 26, 1998) was an American jazz singer known for her improvisational technique, scatting and other complex musical abilities that demonstrated her vocal talent and imaginative interpretation of lyrics and melodies.

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Bill Lee (musician)

William James Edwards Lee III (July 23, 1928 – May 24, 2023) was an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin, his compositions for jazz percussionist Max Roach, and his session work as a "first-call" musician and band leader to many of the twentieth-century's most significant musical artists, including Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Harry Belafonte, Peter, Paul and Mary, Simon and Garfunkel, Judy Collins, Arlo Guthrie, Billy Strayhorn, Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger, among many others.

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Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School

Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School is a private, Roman Catholic, co-educational, college-preparatory high school located at 357 Clermont Avenue in the Ft. Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.

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BMT Lexington Avenue Line

The BMT Lexington Avenue Line (also called the Lexington Avenue Elevated) was the first standard elevated railway in Brooklyn, New York, operated in its later days by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, and then the City of New York.

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BMT Myrtle Avenue Line

The Myrtle Avenue Line, also called the Myrtle Avenue Elevated, is a fully elevated line of the New York City Subway as part of the BMT division.

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Board of education

A board of education, school committee or school board is the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or an equivalent institution.

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Boroughs of New York City

The boroughs of New York City are the five major governmental districts that compose New York City.

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Branford Marsalis

Branford Marsalis (born August 26, 1960) is an American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader.

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BRIC, formerly known as BRIC Arts Media or Brooklyn Information & Culture, is a non-profit arts organization based in Brooklyn, New York founded in 1979 as the "Fund for the Borough of Brooklyn".

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Brick

A brick is a type of construction material used to build walls, pavements and other elements in masonry construction.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.

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Brooklyn Academy of Music

The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) is a multi-arts center in Brooklyn, New York City.

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Brooklyn Community Board 2 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Vinegar Hill, Fulton Mall, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Fulton Ferry, and Clinton Hill.

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Brooklyn Eagle

The Brooklyn Eagle (originally joint name The Brooklyn Eagle and Kings County Democrat, later The Brooklyn Daily Eagle before shortening title further to Brooklyn Eagle) was an afternoon daily newspaper published in the city and later borough of Brooklyn, in New York City, for 114 years from 1841 to 1955.

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Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn Heights is a residential neighborhood within the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Fort Greene, Brooklyn and Brooklyn Heights are neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Brooklyn Music School

The Brooklyn Music School is a community school for the performing arts in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York offering in person and online programming.

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Brooklyn Navy Yard

The Brooklyn Navy Yard (originally known as the New York Navy Yard) is a shipyard and industrial complex in northwest Brooklyn in New York City, New York, U.S. The Navy Yard is located on the East River in Wallabout Bay, a semicircular bend of the river across from Corlears Hook in Manhattan. Fort Greene, Brooklyn and Brooklyn Navy Yard are neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Brooklyn Nets

The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Brooklyn Public Library

The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is the public library system of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Brooklyn Technical High School

Brooklyn Technical High School, commonly called Brooklyn Tech and administratively designated High School 430, is a public high school in New York City that specializes in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

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Brooklyn–Queens Connector

The Brooklyn–Queens Connector, abbreviated the BQX, was a proposed streetcar line in New York City.

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Brownstone

Brownstone is a brown Triassic–Jurassic sandstone that was historically a popular building material.

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Bully (2011 film)

Bully (originally titled The Bully Project) is a 2011 American documentary film directed by Lee Hirsch and produced by Hirsch and Cynthia Lowen.

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Bust of Edward Snowden

The bust of Edward Snowden, called Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument 2.0 by its creators, was an ephemeral, illegally installed public sculpture of Edward Snowden, an American whistleblower who leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) and was charged with federal crimes as a result.

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Calvert Vaux

Calvert Vaux FAIA (December 20, 1824 – November 19, 1895) was an English-American architect and landscape designer.

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Canarsee

The Canarsee (also Canarse and Canarsie) were a band of Munsee-speaking Lenape who inhabited the westernmost end of Long Island at the time the Dutch colonized New Amsterdam in the 1620s and 1630s.

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Carl Hancock Rux

Carl Hancock Rux is an American writer and multidisciplinary artist, historian and social activist.

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Carla Cook

Carla Cook is an American jazz vocalist.

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Carlton House Terrace

Carlton House Terrace is a street in the St James's district of the City of Westminster in London.

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Carnegie library

A Carnegie library is a library built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.

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Carrie Mae Weems

Carrie Mae Weems (born April 20, 1953) is an American artist working in text, fabric, audio, digital images and installation video, and is best known for her photography.

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Cecil Taylor

Cecil Percival Taylor (March 25, 1929April 5, 2018) was an American pianist and poet.

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Central Park

Central Park is an urban park between the Upper West Side and Upper East Side neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City that was the first landscaped park in the United States.

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Charles Gounod

Charles-François Gounod (17 June 181818 October 1893), usually known as Charles Gounod, was a French composer.

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Charlotte Hornets

The Charlotte Hornets are an American professional basketball team based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Chris Ofili

Christopher Ofili, (born 10 October 1968) is a British painter who is best known for his paintings incorporating elephant dung.

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Chris Rock

Christopher Julius Rock (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, and filmmaker.

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Christina Ricci

Christina Ricci (born February 12, 1980) is an American actress.

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Chubb Rock

Richard Anthony Simpson (born May 28, 1968), also known as Chubb Rock, is an American rapper who released several successful hip hop albums in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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Cinematographer

The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece.

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Citizen Cope

Clarence Greenwood (born May 20, 1968), also known by his stage name, Citizen Cope, is an American songwriter, producer and singer.

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City

A city is a human settlement of a notable size.

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Clara Whitehill Hunt

Clara Whitehill Hunt (June 25, 1871 - January 10, 1958) was an American teacher, librarian, writer, and advocate for children's library services.

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Clinton Hill, Brooklyn

Clinton Hill is a neighborhood in north-central Brooklyn, a borough of New York City. Fort Greene, Brooklyn and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn are neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Colin Channer

Colin Channer (born 13 October 1963) is a Jamaican writer, often referred to as "Bob Marley with a pen," due to the spiritual, sensual, social themes presented from a literary Jamaican perspective.

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Colson Whitehead

Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist.

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Community boards of Brooklyn are New York City community boards in the borough of Brooklyn, which are the appointed advisory groups of the community districts that advise on land use and zoning, participate in the city budget process, and address service delivery in their district.

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Condé Nast Traveler

Condé Nast Traveler is a luxury and lifestyle travel magazine published by Condé Nast.

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Conrad Tillard

Conrad Bennette Tillard (born September 15, 1964) is an American Baptist minister, radio host, activist, politician, and author.

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Convenience store

A convenience store, convenience shop, bodega, corner store or corner shop is a small retail store that stocks a range of everyday items such as tea, coffee, groceries, fruits, vegetables, snacks, confectionery, soft drinks, ice creams, tobacco products, lottery tickets, over-the-counter drugs, toiletries, newspapers and magazines.

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Crack epidemic in the United States

The crack epidemic was a surge of crack cocaine use in major cities across the United States throughout the entirety of the 1980s and the early 1990s.

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Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York

The Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at the City University of New York is a public graduate journalism school located in New York City, New York, United States.

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Crime in New York City

Crime rates in New York City have been recorded since at least the 1800s.

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Croquet

Croquet is a sport that involves hitting wooden, plastic, or composite balls with a mallet through hoops (often called "wickets" in the United States) embedded in a grass playing court.

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Crypt

A crypt (from Greek κρύπτη (kryptē) crypta "vault") is a stone chamber beneath the floor of a church or other building.

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Dana Dane

Dana McCleese (born September 6, 1965), better known by his stage name Dana Dane, is an American rapper known for performance of humorous lyrics and for his fashion sense.

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David Henry Hwang

David Henry Hwang (born August 11, 1957) is an American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and theater professor at Columbia University in New York City.

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David McCullough

David Gaub McCullough (July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022) was an American popular historian.

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David Salle

David Salle (born September 28, 1952; last name pronounced "Sally") is an American Postmodern painter, printmaker, photographer, and stage designer.

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DeKalb Avenue

At Fort Greene Park DeKalb Avenue is a thoroughfare in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, with the majority of its length in Brooklyn.

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DeKalb Avenue station (BMT lines)

The DeKalb Avenue station is an interchange station on the BMT Brighton Line and BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of DeKalb and Flatbush Avenues in Downtown Brooklyn.

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Delaware

Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern region of the United States.

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Denis O'Hare

Denis Patrick Seamus O'Hare (born January 17, 1962) is an American actor, singer, and author noted for his award-winning performances in the plays Take Me Out and Sweet Charity, as well as portraying vampire king Russell Edgington on HBO's fantasy series True Blood.

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Diabetes

Diabetes mellitus, often known simply as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels.

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Digable Planets

Digable Planets is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987.

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Digital Life Design

Digital Life Design (DLD) is a global conference network, organized by Munich-based DLD Media, a company of Hubert Burda Media.

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Disposable household and per capita income

Household income is a measure of income received by the household sector.

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DNAinfo

DNAinfo was an online newspaper that focused on neighborhood news in New York City and Chicago.

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Doric order

The Doric order is one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian.

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Downtown Brooklyn

Downtown Brooklyn is the third largest central business district in New York City (after Midtown Manhattan and Lower Manhattan), and is located in the northwestern section of the borough of Brooklyn. Fort Greene, Brooklyn and Downtown Brooklyn are neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Dutch West India Company

The Dutch West India Company or WIC (Westindische Compagnie) was a chartered company of Dutch merchants as well as foreign investors, formally known as GWC (Geoctrooieerde Westindische Compagnie; Chartered West India Company).

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Eastern Time Zone

The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, and the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico.

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Eastlake movement

The Eastlake movement was a nineteenth-century architectural and household design reform movement started by British architect and writer Charles Eastlake (1836–1906).

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Edward Brush Fowler

Edward Brush Fowler (May 29, 1826 – January 16, 1896) was an officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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El-P

Jaime Meline (born March 2, 1975), better known by the stage name El-P (shortened from his previous stage name El Producto), is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer.

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Eli Pariser

Eli Pariser (born December 17, 1980) is an author, activist, and entrepreneur.

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Enrico Caruso

Enrico Caruso (25 February 1873 – 2 August 1921) was an Italian operatic first lyric tenor then dramatic tenor.

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Eric Dolphy

Eric Allan Dolphy Jr. (June 20, 1928 – June 29, 1964) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist and bandleader.

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Ernest Crichlow

Ernest Crichlow (June 19, 1914 – November 10, 2005) was an American social realist artist known for his narrative paintings and illustrations from the Depression-era, which focused on social injustice and the realities faced by African Americans.

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Ernest Dickerson

Ernest Roscoe Dickerson (born June 25, 1951) is an American director, cinematographer, and screenwriter of film, television, and music videos.

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Erykah Badu

Erica Abi Wright (born February 26, 1971), known professionally as Erykah Badu, is an American singer and songwriter.

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ESPN

ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.

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Evangelism

In Christianity, evangelism or witnessing is the act of preaching the gospel with the intention of sharing the message and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Faust (opera)

Faust is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Faust et Marguerite, in turn loosely based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust, Part One.

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Federal government of the United States

The federal government of the United States (U.S. federal government or U.S. government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic located primarily in North America, composed of 50 states, five major self-governing territories, several island possessions, and the federal district/national capital of Washington, D.C., where most of the federal government is based.

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Ferry

A ferry is a boat that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water.

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First Battle of Bull Run

The First Battle of Bull Run, called the Battle of First Manassas.

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Flatbush Avenue

Flatbush Avenue is a major avenue in the New York City Borough of Brooklyn.

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Flushing Avenue

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.

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Fordham University

Fordham University is a private Jesuit research university in New York City.

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Forest City Realty Trust

Forest City Realty Trust, Inc., formerly Forest City Enterprises, was a real estate investment trust that invested in office buildings, shopping centers and apartments in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and the greater metropolitan areas of New York City, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

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Fort Greene Historic District

Fort Greene Historic District is a national historic district in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York, New York.

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Fort Greene Park

Fort Greene Park is a city-owned and -operated park in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.

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Fortification

A fortification (also called a fort, fortress, fastness, or stronghold) is a military construction designed for the defense of territories in warfare, and is used to establish rule in a region during peacetime.

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Freddie Hubbard

Frederick Dewayne Hubbard (April 7, 1938 – December 29, 2008) was an American jazz trumpeter.

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Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass (born Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey, or February 1818 – February 20, 1895) was an American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.

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Frederick Law Olmsted

Frederick Law Olmsted (April 26, 1822 – August 28, 1903) was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator.

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Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn

Fulton Ferry is a small area adjacent to Dumbo in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Fort Greene, Brooklyn and Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn are neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Fulton Street (Brooklyn)

Fulton Street is a long east–west street in northern Brooklyn, New York City.

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Fulton Street Line (elevated)

The Fulton Street Line, also called the Fulton Street Elevated or Kings County Line, was an elevated rail line mostly in Brooklyn, New York City, United States.

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Fulton Street station (IND Crosstown Line)

The Fulton Street station is a station on the IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway, located on Lafayette Avenue between South Portland Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn.

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Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy

The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy is a joint center at New York University School of Law and the NYU Wagner School of Public Service.

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Gaby Hoffmann

Gabrielle Mary Antonia HoffmannStated on Finding Your Roots, November 21, 2017 (born January 8, 1982) is an American actress.

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Gang

A gang is a group or society of associates, friends, or members of a family with a defined leadership and internal organization that identifies with or claims control over territory in a community and engages, either individually or collectively, in illegal, and possibly violent, behavior, with such behavior often constituting a form of organized crime.

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Gary Bartz

Gary Bartz (born September 26, 1940, in Baltimore) is an American jazz saxophonist.

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Gentrification

Gentrification is the process of changing the character of a neighborhood through the influx of more affluent residents (the "gentry") and investment.

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George Washington

George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

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Georgianna Glose

Georgianna Inez Glose (December 1, 1946 – April 28, 2020) was an American activist and Dominican religious sister, based in New York City.

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Geraldine Farrar

Alice Geraldine Farrar (February 28, 1882 – March 11, 1967) was an American lyric soprano who could also sing dramatic roles.

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Gertrude Käsebier

Gertrude Käsebier (born Stanton; May 18, 1852 – October 12, 1934) was an American photographer.

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Girls (TV series)

Girls is an American comedy-drama television series created by and starring Lena Dunham, executive-produced by Judd Apatow.

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Girls Against Boys

Girls Against Boys is a post-hardcore band which formed in Washington, D.C., and subsequently relocated to New York City shortly after their formation in 1989.

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Gothamist

Gothamist is a New York City centric blog website operated by New York Public Radio.

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Government of New York City

The government of New York City, headquartered at New York City Hall in Lower Manhattan, is organized under the New York City Charter and provides for a mayor-council system.

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Governor of New York

The governor of New York is the head of government of the U.S. state of New York.

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GQ

GQ (which stands for Gentlemen's Quarterly and is also known Apparel Arts) is an international monthly men's magazine based in New York City and founded in 1931.

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Great Cumberland Place

Great Cumberland Place is a street in the City of Westminster, part of Greater London, England.

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Great Portland Street

Great Portland Street is a road in the West End of London which links Oxford Street with the A501 Marylebone Road.

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Greek Revival architecture

Greek Revival architecture was a style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, as well as in Greece itself following its independence in 1821.

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Guerrilla art

Guerrilla art is a street art movement that first emerged in the UK, but has since spread around the world and is now established in most countries that already had developed graffiti scenes.

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Gwendolyn B. Bennett

Gwendolyn B. Bennett (July 8, 1902 – May 30, 1981) was an American artist, writer, and journalist who contributed to Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life, which chronicled cultural advancements during the Harlem Renaissance.

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Hakeem Jeffries

Hakeem Sekou Jeffries (born August 4, 1970) is an American politician and attorney who has served as House Minority Leader and Leader of the House Democratic Caucus since 2023.

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Harlem

Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan in New York City.

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Harlem Renaissance

The Harlem Renaissance was an intellectual and cultural revival of African-American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, spanning the 1920s and 1930s.

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Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist.

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Health insurance coverage in the United States

In the United States, health insurance coverage is provided by several public and private sources.

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Helen Adam

Helen Adam (December 2, 1909 in Glasgow, Scotland – September 19, 1993 in New York City) was a Scottish poet, collagist and photographer who was part of a literary movement contemporaneous to the Beat Generation that occurred in San Francisco during the 1950s and 1960s.

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Hezekiah Walker

Hezekiah Xzavier Walker Jr. (born December 24, 1962) is an American gospel music artist and the pastor of Love Fellowship Tabernacle in Brooklyn, New York.

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Hip hop music

Hip hop or hip-hop, also known as rap and formerly as disco rap, is a genre of popular music that originated in the early 1970s from the African American community.

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Historic district

A historic district or heritage district is a section of a city which contains older buildings considered valuable for historical or architectural reasons.

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History of slavery in New York (state)

The trafficking of enslaved Africans to what became New York began as part of the Dutch slave trade.

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Holly Hunter

Holly Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress.

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Hypertension

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure, is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated.

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I'll Sleep When You're Dead

I'll Sleep When You're Dead is the second solo studio album by American hip hop artist El-P. It was released through Definitive Jux on March 20, 2007.

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Interstate 278

Interstate 278 (I-278) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in New Jersey and New York in the United States.

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Irondale Center

The Irondale Center for Theater, Education, and Outreach is a performance space in Brooklyn, New York.

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Italianate architecture

The Italianate style was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture.

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Italians

Italians (italiani) are an ethnic group native to the Italian geographical region.

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Jalal Mansur Nuriddin

Jalaluddin Mansur Nuriddin (July 24, 1944 – June 4, 2018) was an American poet and musician.

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Jeffrey Wright

Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American actor.

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Jennifer Egan

Jennifer Egan (born September 7, 1962) is an American novelist and short-story writer.

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Jhumpa Lahiri

Nilanjana Sudeshna "Jhumpa" LahiriMinzesheimer, Bob.

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John Flansburgh

John Conant Flansburgh (born May 6, 1960) is an American musician.

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John Leland (journalist)

John Leland (born 1959) is an author and has been a journalist for The New York Times since 2000.

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John Linnell

John Sidney Linnell (born June 12, 1959) is an American musician and one half of the Brooklyn-based alternative rock band They Might Be Giants, with John Flansburgh, which was formed in 1982.

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John Steinbeck

John Ernst Steinbeck --> (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer.

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John Wesley Harding (singer)

Wesley Stace (born 22 October 1965) is an English folk/pop singer-songwriter and author who has used the stage name John Wesley Harding.

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Johnny Temple (bassist)

Johnny Temple is an American bassist, known best for his work in the post-hardcore bands Soulside and Girls Against Boys.

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Joris Jansen Rapelje

Joris Jansen Rapelje (28 April 1604 – 21 February 1662/63) was a member of the Council of Twelve Men in the Dutch West India Company colony of New Netherland.

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José Parlá

José Parlá (born 1973 in Miami, Florida), is a Brooklyn-based contemporary artist whose work has been described as "lying between the boundary of abstraction and calligraphy." Parlá is publicly known for his permanent installations of large-scale paintings.

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Just-Ice

Joseph Williams Jr. (born June 22, 1965), better known by the stage name Just-Ice, is an American rapper from New York City.

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Justine Skye

Justine Indira Skyers (born August 24, 1995), known professionally as Justine Skye, is an American R&B singer and songwriter.

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Kara Walker

Kara Elizabeth Walker (born November 26, 1969) is an American contemporary painter, silhouettist, printmaker, installation artist, filmmaker, and professor who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence, and identity in her work.

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Karan Mahajan

Karan Mahajan (born April 24, 1984) is an Indian-American novelist, essayist, and critic.

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Kelvin Martin

Kelvin Darnell Martin (July 24, 1964 – October 24, 1987), also known as 50 Cent, was an American criminal based in Fort Greene Brooklyn, New York.

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Ken Schles

Ken Schles (born 1960) is an American photographer based in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York.

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Keri Russell

Keri Lynn Russell (born March 23, 1976) is an American actress.

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Kingdom of Great Britain

The Kingdom of Great Britain was a sovereign state in Western Europe from 1707 to the end of 1800.

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Kyle DeWoody

Kyle DeWoody is an American gallery owner and curator.

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Kyle Jean-Baptiste

Kyle Jean-Baptiste (December 3, 1993August 29, 2015) was an American actor.

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Lafayette Avenue station (IND Fulton Street Line)

The Lafayette Avenue station is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway.

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Lee Hirsch

Lee Hirsch (born 1972) is an American documentary filmmaker.

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Lester Bowie

Lester Bowie (October 11, 1941 – November 8, 1999) was an American jazz trumpet player and composer.

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Letitia James

Letitia Ann James (born October 18, 1958) is an American lawyer and politician serving since 2019 as the Attorney General of New York (NYAG), having won the 2018 election to succeed Barbara Underwood.

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Lia Neal

Lia Neal (born February 13, 1995) is a former American professional swimmer who specialized in freestyle events.

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Life expectancy

Human life expectancy is a statistical measure of the estimate of the average remaining years of life at a given age.

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Lisa Fischer

Lisa Melonie Fischer (born December 1, 1958) is an American singer and songwriter.

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List of Brooklyn neighborhoods

This is a list of neighborhoods in Brooklyn, one of the five boroughs of New York City, United States. Fort Greene, Brooklyn and list of Brooklyn neighborhoods are neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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List of Wu-Tang Clan affiliates

The following is a list of all 38 Wu-Tang Clan affiliates, collectively known as the Wu-Tang Killa Bees (occasionally spelt "Beez", an appellation originating from the 1998 compilation RZA presents Wu-Tang Killa Bees: The Swarm, Volume 1).

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Living Colour

Living Colour is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 1984.

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Long Island

Long Island is a populous island east of Manhattan in southeastern New York state, constituting a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land area.

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Long Island Rail Road

The Long Island Rail Road, often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a railroad in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island.

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Long Island University

Long Island University (LIU) is a private university with two main campuses, LIU Post in Brookville, New York, on Long Island, and LIU Brooklyn in Brooklyn, New York City.

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Lorna Simpson

Lorna Simpson (born August 13, 1960) is an American photographer and multimedia artist whose works have been exhibited both nationally and internationally.

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Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden, colloquially known as the Garden or by its initials MSG, is a multi-purpose indoor arena in New York City.

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Manhattan

Manhattan is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City.

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Marianne Moore

Marianne Craig Moore (November 15, 1887 – February 5, 1972) was an American modernist poet, critic, translator, and editor.

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Mark Morris Dance Center

The Mark Morris Dance Center is the permanent home of the international touring modern dance company, the Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG), in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.

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Mary Halvorson

Mary Halvorson (born October 16, 1980) is an American avant-garde jazz composer and guitarist from Brookline, Massachusetts.

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Mau Maus

Mau Maus was the name of a 1950s street gang in New York City.

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McKim, Mead & White

McKim, Mead & White was an American architectural firm based in New York City.

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The median income is the income amount that divides a population into two groups, half having an income above that amount, and half having an income below that amount.

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Medicaid

In the United States, Medicaid is a government program that provides health insurance for adults and children with limited income and resources.

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Michael Jordan

Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American businessman and former professional basketball player.

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Michael Weller

Michael Weller (born September 26, 1942) is a Brooklyn-based playwright and screen writer.

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Mickalene Thomas

Mickalene Thomas (born January 28, 1971) is a contemporary African-American visual artist best known as a painter of complex works using rhinestones, acrylic, and enamel.

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Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005, and is scheduled to compete once again in 2024.

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MIT Press

The MIT Press is a university press affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Moe's (bar and lounge)

Moe's was a bar in Fort Greene, Brooklyn that closed in 2011.

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MoveOn

MoveOn (formerly known as MoveOn.org) is a progressive public policy advocacy group and political action committee.

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Mucous membrane

A mucous membrane or mucosa is a membrane that lines various cavities in the body of an organism and covers the surface of internal organs.

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Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts

Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA), is a museum of contemporary art located at 80 Hanson Place in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York City.

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Music journalism

Music journalism (or music criticism) is media criticism and reporting about music topics, including popular music, classical music, and traditional music.

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Myrtle Avenue

Myrtle Avenue is a street that runs from Duffield Street in Downtown Brooklyn to Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill, Queens, in New York City, United States.

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Nathanael Greene

Major-General Nathanael Greene (August 7, 1742 – June 19, 1786) was an American military officer and planter who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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National Security Agency

The National Security Agency (NSA) is an intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense, under the authority of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI).

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Native Americans in the United States

Native Americans, sometimes called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans, are the Indigenous peoples native to portions of the land that the United States is located on.

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Native Son

Native Son (1940) is a novel written by the American author Richard Wright.

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Nelson George

Nelson George (born September 1, 1957) is an American author, columnist, music and culture critic, journalist, and filmmaker.

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Neo-Grec

Néo-Grec was a Neoclassical Revival style of the mid-to-late 19th century that was popularized in architecture, the decorative arts, and in painting during France's Second Empire, the reign of Napoleon III (1852–1870).

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New York (magazine)

New York is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, with a particular emphasis on New York City.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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New York Academy of Medicine

The New York Academy of Medicine (the Academy) is a health policy and advocacy organization founded in 1847 by a group of leading New York metropolitan area physicians as a voice for the medical profession in medical practice and public health reform.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Council

The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of New York City in the United States.

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New York City Department of City Planning

The Department of City Planning (DCP) is the department of the government of New York City responsible for setting the framework of city's physical and socioeconomic planning.

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New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (also known as NYC Health) is the department of the government of New York City responsible for public health along with issuing birth certificates, dog licenses, and conducting restaurant inspection and enforcement.

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New York City draft riots

The New York City draft riots (July 13–16, 1863), sometimes referred to as the Manhattan draft riots and known at the time as Draft Week, were violent disturbances in Lower Manhattan, widely regarded as the culmination of working-class discontent with new laws passed by Congress that year to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War.

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New York City Fire Department

The New York City Fire Department, officially the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) is the full-service fire department of New York City, serving all five boroughs.

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The New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) is a public development corporation which provides public housing in New York City, and is the largest public housing authority in North America.

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New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

The New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) is the New York City agency charged with administering the city's Landmarks Preservation Law.

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New York City Police Department

The New York City Police Department (NYPD), officially the City of New York Police Department, is the primary law enforcement agency within New York City.

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New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in the New York City boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.

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New York Daily News

The New York Daily News, officially titled the Daily News, is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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New York metropolitan area

The New York metropolitan area, broadly referred to as the Tri-State area and often also called Greater New York, is the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, encompassing.

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New York Post

The New York Post (NY Post) is an American conservative daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City.

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New York State Assembly

The New York State Assembly is the lower house of the New York State Legislature, with the New York State Senate being the upper house.

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New York State Senate

The New York State Senate is the upper house of the New York State Legislature, while the New York State Assembly is its lower house.

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New York's 8th congressional district

New York's 8th congressional district for the U.S. House of Representatives is in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.

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Nicky Cruz

Nicky Cruz (born December 6, 1938) is a Puerto Rican Christian evangelist, the founder of Nicky Cruz Outreach, an evangelistic Christian ministry.

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Nostrand Avenue

South end in Sheepshead Bay Nostrand Avenue is a major street in Brooklyn, New York, that runs for north from Emmons Avenue in Sheepshead Bay to Flushing Avenue in Williamsburg, where it continues as Lee Avenue.

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NYC Ferry

NYC Ferry is a public network of ferry routes in New York City operated by Hornblower Cruises.

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Obesity

Obesity is a medical condition, sometimes considered a disease, in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it can potentially have negative effects on health.

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Ol' Dirty Bastard

Russell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968 – November 13, 2004), better known by his stage name Ol' Dirty Bastard (often abbreviated as ODB), was an American rapper.

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Orange Is the New Black

Orange Is the New Black (sometimes abbreviated to OITNB) is an American comedy-drama television series created by Jenji Kohan for Netflix.

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Oxford Street

Oxford Street is a major road in the City of Westminster in the West End of London, running from Tottenham Court Road to Marble Arch via Oxford Circus.

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Pacific Park, Brooklyn

Pacific Park is a mixed-use commercial and residential development project by Forest City Ratner that will consist of 17 high-rise buildings, under construction in Prospect Heights, adjacent to Downtown Brooklyn, Park Slope, and Fort Greene in Brooklyn, New York City. Fort Greene, Brooklyn and Pacific Park, Brooklyn are neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Particulates

Particulates or atmospheric particulate matter (see below for other names) are microscopic particles of solid or liquid matter suspended in the air.

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Patti Smith

Patricia Lee Smith (born December 30, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter, poet, painter, author and photographer whose 1975 debut album Horses made her an influential member of the New York City-based punk rock movement.

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Pergola

A pergola is most commonly an outdoor garden feature forming a shaded walkway, passageway, or sitting area of vertical posts or pillars that usually support cross-beams and a sturdy open lattice, often upon which woody vines are trained.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the nation, with a population of 1,603,797 in the 2020 census.

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Pietro Cesare Alberti

Pietro Cesare Alberti (1608–1655) — later Peter Caesar Alburtus — was a Venetian immigrant to the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, commonly regarded as the first Italian American settler at least in what is now New York State.

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Plantation economy

A plantation economy is an economy based on agricultural mass production, usually of a few commodity crops, grown on large farms worked by laborers or slaves.

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Podium

A podium (podiums or podia) is a platform used to raise something to a short distance above its surroundings.

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Poets & Writers

Poets & Writers, Inc.

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Pratt Institute

Pratt Institute is a private university with its main campus in Brooklyn, New York.

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Preterm birth

Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age, as opposed to full-term delivery at approximately 40 weeks.

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Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument

The Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument is a war memorial at Fort Greene Park, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Prisoners of war in the American Revolutionary War

During the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), management and treatment of prisoners of war (POWs) were very different from the standards of modern warfare.

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Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

Prospect Heights is a neighborhood in the northwest of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Fort Greene, Brooklyn and Prospect Heights, Brooklyn are neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Prospect Park (Brooklyn)

Prospect Park is a urban park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Public housing

Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local.

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Queens

Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Quercus montana

Quercus montana, the chestnut oak, is a species of oak in the white oak group, Quercus sect.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States census

In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.

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Red Hook, Brooklyn

Red Hook is a neighborhood in western Brooklyn, New York City, United States, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. Fort Greene, Brooklyn and Red Hook, Brooklyn are neighborhoods in Brooklyn.

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Religious sister

A religious sister (abbreviated: Sr.) in the Catholic Church is a woman who has taken public vows in a religious institute dedicated to apostolic works, as distinguished from a nun who lives a cloistered monastic life dedicated to prayer and labor, or a canoness regular, who provides a service to the world, either teaching or nursing, within the confines of the monastery.

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Renaissance Revival architecture

Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th-century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of classicizing Italian modes.

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Rhode Island

Rhode Island (pronounced "road") is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Richard Wright (author)

Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960) was an American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction.

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Robert Mapplethorpe

Robert Michael Mapplethorpe (November 4, 1946 – March 9, 1989) was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs.

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Robert Verdi

Robert Verdi (born August 28, 1968) is an American TV personality and style expert.

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Robert Wilson (director)

Robert Wilson (born October 4, 1941) is an American experimental theater stage director and playwright who has been described by The New York Times as "'s – or even the world's – foremost vanguard 'theater artist.

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Roger Guenveur Smith

Roger Guenveur Smith (born July 27, 1955) is an American actor, director, and writer best known for his collaborations with Spike Lee.

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Romanesque Revival architecture

Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture.

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Ronald Holmberg

Ronald "Ronnie" E. Holmberg (born January 27, 1938) is a former American tennis player who competed during the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.

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Rosenbach Museum and Library

The Rosenbach is a Philadelphia museum and library located within two 19th-century townhouses.

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Rosie Perez

Rosie Perez (born Rosa Maria Perez; September 6, 1964) is an American actress.

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RZA

Robert Fitzgerald Diggs (born July 5, 1969), better known by his stage name RZA, is an American rapper, record producer, composer, actor, and filmmaker.

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Sarah Benson

Sarah Benson is a British director of avant-garde theatre productions based in New York.

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Sasha Frere-Jones

Alexander Roger Wallace "Sasha" Frere-Jones (né Jones; born 1967) is an American writer, music critic, and musician.

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Saul Williams

Saul Stacey Williams (born February 29, 1972) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, musician, poet, writer, and actor.

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Second Empire style

Second Empire style, also known as the Napoleon III style, is a highly eclectic style of architecture and decorative arts originating in the Second French Empire.

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Shanty town

A shanty town, squatter area or squatter settlement is a settlement of improvised buildings known as shanties or shacks, typically made of materials such as mud and wood.

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She Hate Me

She Hate Me is a 2004 American independent comedy drama film directed by Spike Lee and starring Anthony Mackie, Kerry Washington, Ellen Barkin, Monica Bellucci, Brian Dennehy, Woody Harrelson, Bai Ling, and John Turturro.

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She's Gotta Have It

She's Gotta Have It is a 1986 American black-and-white comedy drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Spike Lee.

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Six Feet Under (TV series)

Six Feet Under is an American drama television series created and produced by Alan Ball that premiered on the premium television network HBO on June 3, 2001, and ended on August 21, 2005, after five seasons consisting of 63 episodes.

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Sleepless in Seattle

Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American romantic comedy film directed by Nora Ephron, from a screenplay she wrote with David S. Ward and Jeff Arch.

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Slide Hampton

Locksley Wellington Hampton (April 21, 1932 – November 18, 2021) was an American jazz trombonist, composer and arranger.

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Smoking

Smoking is a practice in which a substance is combusted and the resulting smoke is typically inhaled to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream of a person.

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Social realism is the term used for work produced by painters, printmakers, photographers, writers and filmmakers that aims to draw attention to the real socio-political conditions of the working class as a means to critique the power structures behind these conditions.

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Sonya Tayeh

Sonya Tayeh is a New York City-based choreographer.

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Soulside

Soulside, also spelled Soul Side, is an American post-hardcore band from the greater Washington, D.C. area.

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South Oxford Tennis Club

The South Oxford Tennis Club was an athletic club and event space in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York which was in operation from 1981 to 1997.

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Spike Lee

Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and author.

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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated (SI) is an American sports magazine first published in August 1954.

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Steve Coleman

Steve Coleman (born September 20, 1956) is an American saxophonist, composer, bandleader and music theorist.

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Success Academy Charter Schools

Success Academy Charter Schools, originally Harlem Success Academy, is a charter school operator in New York City.

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Susan McKinney Steward

Susan Maria McKinney Steward (March 1847 – March 17, 1918) was an American physician and author.

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Taffy Brodesser-Akner

Taffy Brodesser-Akner (born Stephanie Akner) is an American journalist and author.

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Taj Gibson

Taj Jami Gibson (born June 24, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for the Charlotte Hornets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

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Talib Kweli

Talib Kweli Greene (born October 3, 1975) is an American rapper.

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Telephone numbering plan

A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunication to assign telephone numbers to subscriber telephones or other telephony endpoints.

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Tennis

Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles).

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Terraced house

A terrace, terraced house (UK), or townhouse (US) is a kind of medium-density housing that first started in 16th century Europe with a row of joined houses sharing side walls.

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The Brooklyn Paper

Brooklyn Paper is a weekly newspaper that covers news related exclusively to the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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The Last Poets

The Last Poets is a poetry collective and musical group that arose in the late 1960s as part of the African-American civil rights movement and black nationalism.

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The New York Observer

The New York Observer was a weekly newspaper established in 1987.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The New Yorker

The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry.

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The View (talk show)

The View is an American talk show created by broadcast journalist Barbara Walters.

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They Might Be Giants

They Might Be Giants, often abbreviated as TMBG, is an American alternative rock band formed in 1982 by John Flansburgh and John Linnell.

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Toshi Reagon

Toshi Reagon (born January 27, 1964) is an American musician of folk, blues, gospel, rock and funk, as well as a composer, curator, and producer.

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Touré (journalist)

Touré (born Touré Neblett; March 20, 1971) is an American writer, music journalist, cultural critic, podcaster, and television personality.

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Transparent (TV series)

Transparent is an American comedy-drama television series created by Joey Soloway for Amazon Studios that debuted on February 6, 2014.

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True Blood

True Blood is an American fantasy horror drama television series produced and created by Alan Ball.

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Truman Capote

Truman Garcia Capote (born Truman Streckfus Persons; September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and actor.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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Uli Beutter Cohen

Uli Beutter Cohen is a German-born American documentarian, living in New York City.

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Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early to mid-19th century.

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United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service (USPS), also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service, is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, its insular areas, and its associated states.

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Upworthy

Upworthy is a website that focuses on positive storytelling.

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Uzo Aduba

Uzoamaka Nwanneka "Uzo" Aduba (born February 10, 1981) is an American actress.

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Vanderbilt Avenue

Vanderbilt Avenue is the name of three thoroughfares in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Staten Island.

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Velmanette Montgomery

Velmanette Montgomery (born December 22, 1942) is an American Democratic Party politician who represented the 25th district of the New York State Senate from 1984 until 2020.

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Vernon Reid

Vernon Alphonsus Reid (born 22 August 1958) is a British-born American guitarist and songwriter best known as the founder of the rock band Living Colour.

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Villa

A villa is a type of house that was originally an ancient Roman upper class country house.

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Violent crime

A violent crime, violent felony, crime of violence or crime of a violent nature is a crime in which an offender or perpetrator uses or threatens to use harmful force upon a victim.

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Wallabout Bay

Wallabout Bay is a small body of water in Upper New York Bay along the northwest shore of the New York City borough of Brooklyn, between the present Williamsburg and Manhattan Bridges.

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Walloon church

A Walloon church (French: Église Wallonne; Dutch: Waalse kerk) describes any Calvinist church in the Netherlands and its former colonies whose members originally came from the Southern Netherlands (what is now Belgium) and northern France and whose native language is French.

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Walt Whitman

Walter Whitman Jr. (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist.

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Walt Whitman Houses

The Walt Whitman Houses are a housing project in Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York completed on February 24, 1944.

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Walter T. Mosley

Walter T. Mosley III (born September 19, 1967) is an American politician who is currently serving as Secretary of State for New York.

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom and its allies in North America.

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Wayne Shorter

Wayne Shorter (August 25, 1933 – March 2, 2023) was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and bandleader.

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Wes Montgomery

John Leslie "Wes" Montgomery (March 6, 1923 – June 15, 1968) was an American jazz guitarist.

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Western esotericism

Western esotericism, also known as esotericism, esoterism, and sometimes the Western mystery tradition, is a term scholars use to classify a wide range of loosely related ideas and movements that developed within Western society.

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Westminster

Westminster is the main settlement of the City of Westminster in London, England.

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William Quan Judge

William Quan Judge (April 13, 1851 – March 21, 1896) was an Irish-American mystic, esotericist, and occultist, and one of the founders of the original Theosophical Society.

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Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower

The Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower, also known as One Hanson Place, is a skyscraper in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City.

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Wu-Tang Clan

Wu-Tang Clan is an American hip hop musical collective formed in Staten Island, New York City, in 1992.

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Wyatt Cenac

Wyatt John Foster Cenac Jr. (born April 19, 1976) is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer.

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Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas

Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas is an American documentary television series hosted by Wyatt Cenac.

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Yasiin Bey

Yasiin Bey (born Dante Terrell Smith, December 11, 1973), formerly known as Mos Def, is an American rapper and actor.

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Zephyr Teachout

Zephyr Rain Teachout (born October 24, 1971) is an American attorney, author, political candidate, and professor of law specializing in democracy and antitrust at Fordham University.

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ZIP Code

A ZIP Code (an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan) is a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS).

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14th Regiment (New York State Militia)

The 14th Regiment New York State Militia (also called the 14th Brooklyn Chasseurs and officially known during the American Civil War as 84th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment) was a volunteer militia regiment from the City of Brooklyn, New York.

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1776 (book)

1776 (released in the United Kingdom as 1776: America and Britain at War) is a book written by David McCullough, published by Simon & Schuster on May 24, 2005.

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2000 United States census

The 2000 United States census, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 census.

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2010 United States census

The 2010 United States census was the 23rd United States census.

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2020 United States census

The 2020 United States census was the 24th decennial United States census.

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40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks

40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks is the production company of Spike Lee, founded in 1979.

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50 Cent

Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975), known professionally as 50 Cent, is an American rapper, actor, television producer, and businessman.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Greene,_Brooklyn

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