Mark Wahlberg Facts. 1  He was the frontman of the band âMarky Mark and the Funky Bunchâ. 2  He is youngest in his family and have 8 siblings. 3  Mark is a distant relative of author Nathaniel Hawthorne on his momâs side. 4  During his youth, he had an encounter with Boston Police Department about 20 to 25 times as he developed an addiction to cocaine. 5  He ...ark Wahlberg Facts. 1  He was the frontman of the band âMarky Mark and the Funky Bunchâ. 2  He is youngest in his family and have 8 siblings. 3  Mark is a distant relative of author Nathaniel Hawthorne on his momâs side. 4  He is also distantly related to Celine Dion, Halle Berry and Madonna.
Bushwick, in northeast Brooklyn, is surrounded by Bedford-Stuyvesant on the west, Williamsburgh on the north, and Ridgewood to the northeast. Like many names in Brooklyn, âBushwickâ is derived from Dutch and means âtown in the woods.â Once a separate town in Kings County, it became a part of Brooklyn in 1869.
Brooklyn's first art gallery, the Brooklyn Arts Gallery, was opened in Brooklyn Heights in 1958. In 1965, a large part of Brooklyn Heights was protected from unchecked development by the creation of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District, the first such district in New York City. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966.