What nationality were the first European settlers in Brooklyn, New York City?
New Utrecht, Brooklyn New Utrecht, Brooklyn New Utrecht () was a town in western Long Island, New York, located in the present-day Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. New Utrecht was established in 1652 by Dutch settlers in the English colony of Province of New York, the last of the original six towns to be founded in Kings County. New Utrecht ceased to exist in 1894 when it was annexed by the City of Brooklyn, and became part of the City of Greater New York when Brooklyn joined as a borough in 1898. In 1643, Anthony Janszoon van Salee, a half-Dutch, half-Moroccan
Education in New York City archive of hundreds of thousands of botanical specimens dating back more than a century. At the heart of the Garden are 40 acres (162,000 m²) of virgin woodlands which represent the last stretch of the original forest which covered all of New York City before the arrival of European settlers in the 17th century. The forest itself is split by the Bronx River and includes a riverine canyon and rapids, and along its shores sits the landmark Lorillard snuff-grinding mill dating back to the 1840s. The Brooklyn Children's Museum is a general purpose museum in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Founded in