Heading west brings us into the hood known as Weeksville. It goes from Eastern Pkwy to Atlantic Ave, with Rochester, East NY, and Ralph Aves, between Albany/Ralph Aves. This hood is mostly residential. It was originally farmland for the most part until it was owned by a free black known as Henry C Thompson. In 1836, the Brooklyn & Jamaica RR was built through here to allow for transportation to both downtown Brooklyn and to Queens. In 1838, James Weeks bought a bought of land from him. Durring the US Civil, which took place in the early 1860's, there were many blacks that came to live here and didn't want to serve in it especially from those who fled from the draft riots. In 1906, it was found that Weeksville was home to the first black nurse in the state of NY and the first black police officer in NYC. In 1968, the Hunterfly Rd Houses were rediscovered and made into a heritiage center by the Pratt Neighborhood College workshop. Those houses were what was left of historic Weeksville and was saved from demolition for housing projects and even got its heritage center expanded more recently. You can get here by taking the subway to Crown Hts-Utica Ave (3, 4). Here is what you will find in Weeksville.
18th October 2008, 04:51
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