Brooklyn Preservation Council Meets

The Brooklyn Preservation Council will meet on Tuesday, December 17 at 6:30 PM at the Scotto Funeral Home, at 106 First Place in Carroll Gardens.

Agenda items include community concerns; Carroll Gardens landmarking; the Marylander Memorial Park Plan; the archaeology of the Rawley Post site; and broadening community support for the Marylander Park Plan from organizations and elected officials.

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Planning Begins for Marylander Memorial Park

During the Battle of Brooklyn in August, 1776, two hundred and fifty-six Maryland infantrymen fell heroically near the Cornelius Van Brunt homestead in today's Gowanus/Park Slope fighting an audacious rear-guard action against the British Army.

Not until 119 years later, in August, 1895, was a monument erected in Prospect Park to honor them. But if the actual gravesite of these brave soldiers,

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Brooklyn Preservation Council at Scotto's

The Brooklyn Preservation Council will meet at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, November 12 at the Scotto Funeral Home, 106 First Place in Carroll Gardens.

Agenda items include the proposed Carroll Gardens Historic District; the proposed Marylander Memorial Park; a report on the archeology of Rawley Post; and reports from the Gowanus Canal Conservancy and Community Development Corporation, Park Slope

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Brooklyn Preservation Council at Scotto's

The Brooklyn Preservation Council will host its monthly meeting at 6:30 PM on the Second Floor at the Scotto Funeral Home, 106 First Place in Carroll Gardens, on Tuesday, September 17.

On the meeting agenda are reports on the planned Marylander Memorial Park, the Sunset Park Historic District, and historic signage projects.

Your community concerns are welcome.

For more information, contact

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Brooklyn Preservation Council at Scotto's

The Brooklyn Preservation Council will meet at 6 PM on Tuesday, July 9 at the Scotto Funeral Home, 106 First Place in Carroll Gardens.

On the agenda are reports on the Marylander Memorial Park project, the proposed Sunset Park Historic District, the Charles Carroll Commemoration, and the Carroll Gardens Historic Districts.

If you have a community concern you'd like to add to the agenda, or to

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