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Brooklyn's Gold Coast: The
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310:William Howard Taft
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951:Marine Park
896:Fort Greene
841:Ditmas Park
821:Cobble Hill
791:Brownsville
766:Boerum Hill
746:Bensonhurst
405:January 29,
345:Later years
288:World War I
273:beach plums
261:Jamaica Bay
188:Plumb Beach
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1278:Categories
1076:Weeksville
991:Park Slope
976:Ocean Hill
961:Mill Basin
936:Kensington
921:Greenpoint
731:Bath Beach
381:References
377:location.
151:UTC– 05:00
72:73°55′16″W
69:40°35′02″N
1071:Wallabout
966:Navy Yard
931:Homecrest
916:Gravesend
891:Flatlands
811:Chinatown
736:Bay Ridge
661:April 22,
656:0362-4331
555:cite book
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373:and as a
303:U.S. Army
292:squatters
202:, in the
146:Time zone
1253:Category
1243:Timeline
1061:The Hole
1031:Sea Gate
1021:Red Hook
946:Mapleton
886:Flatbush
846:Downtown
801:Canarsie
796:Bushwick
715:Brooklyn
461:Archived
443:June 12,
375:cruising
240:and the
234:greenway
211:Brooklyn
159:ZIP Code
139:Brooklyn
115:New York
1263:Commons
1238:History
956:Midwood
911:Gowanus
711:borough
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