Suggestions for Monument near Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn

Carmen N. • April 1, 2016Beautiful grounds, great for a meandering walk by the monuments.

Nate F. • September 12, 2020a monument erected by banker james brown in memory of six members of his family lost at sea in the ss arctic disaster. features a sculpture of the ship sinking in the waves

Nate F. • September 3, 2020dewitt clinton was a senator, mayor, and governor, and champion of the erie canal and abolition of slavery in new york

Nate F. • May 15, 2021niblo’s garden hosted p t barnum’s first exhibition and entry into show business

Nate F. • September 12, 2020this gothic revival pavilion was designed by richard upjohn for the pierrepont family, developers and planners of brooklyn, and founders of green-wood cemetery

Nate F. • May 26, 2021a flock of argentine monk parakeets have made their nest on the middle tower of the arch and can often be seen going about their business

Nate F. • August 19, 2020samuel morse was a leading portrait painter, pioneering photographer, and most famously the inventor of the telegraph and morse code

Nate F. • September 3, 2020john matthews was an inventor and soda water known as the “soda fountain king”

Nate F. • September 3, 2020allegedly the site of a mythical fiddle duel between an african american named joost and the devil. easiest to see from outside the cemetery on 5th avenue near 36th street

Nate F. • September 3, 2020peter cooper was an industrialist and inventor. he built america's first steam locomotive. his patent for gelatin manufacture was sold to create jell-o. he founded cooper union college.

James C. • May 19, 2012Clear view to the statue of liberty. Awesome information on battle of Brooklyn. Worth a trip.

Jennifer B. • September 6, 2013It's a great place for kids, but if there were less kids, like none, than it would really class up the joint.

Nate F. • June 11, 2021celebrated american composer, conducted historic performance of beethoven’s ninth in berlin to mark fall of the wall.

Nate F. • September 3, 2020jean-michel basquiat died of a heroin overdose at age 27 in 1988. in 2017, a 1982 painting of his sold for $110.5 million, setting a record price for any american artist

Nate F. • December 31, 2020an interpretation of william wetmore story’s angel of grief holding a wreath

Nate F. • June 29, 2021portrait artist who became famous for his paintings of anthropomorphic animals, especially bears

Nate F. • June 30, 2021stephen whitney was one of the wealthiest merchants in new york city in the first half of the 19th century

Nate F. • June 29, 2021rapper, singer, and songwriter known professionally as pop smoke, murdered in los angeles during a home invasion

Nate F. • October 9, 2020a member of the US house of representatives from new york

Nate F. • June 27, 2021the first practitioner of homeopathy in the united states

Nate F. • August 16, 2020Laura Keene was the lead actress in Our American Cousin, the play being performed at Ford Theater the night Lincoln was assassinated.

Nate F. • August 22, 2020charles ebbets was owner of the brooklyn dodgers and built their stadium, ebbets field, in flatbush

Nate F. • June 23, 2021first bicyclist to ride a mile in less than a minute

Nate F. • May 26, 2021the statue perched atop the tomb is the archangel michael

Nate F. • August 18, 2020susan smith mckinney-steward was the first female african american medical doctor in new york

Nate F. • August 22, 2020henry chadwick was a sportswriter, often called the father of baseball, who created box scores and many baseball statistics

Nate F. • October 9, 2020Only a dog, do you say, sir Critic? Only a dog but as Truth I prize, the Truest Love I have won in living lay in the Deeps of her limpid eyes.

Nate F. • September 14, 2020tomb of pianist and egyptologist albert ross parsons and his wife alice schuyler van ness