Brownstoner takes on Brooklyn history in Nabe Names, a series of briefs on the origins and surprising stories of neighborhood nomenclature. Gravesend Neck Road in 1879. Photo via the Brooklyn ...

The story: Gravesend is the only one of Brooklyn’s original six towns that was not established by the Dutch. English Anabaptists led by Lady Deborah Moody settled here in 1643. A persecuted religious ...

While dozens of names in Brooklyn have a Dutch origin, many of them were changed when the English took over. As our borough series "What's in a Name?" continues, we take a look at British influence in ...

GRAVESEND, England – American Indians from Virginia traveled to the burial place of Pocahontas on Friday as part of celebrations marking next year’s 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, the ...

A former adult education centre has been sold at auction for £1.523 million – way above its guide price of £400,000. The ...

Gravesend served up plenty of festive cheer with nine tries for a 55-10 thrashing of Canterbury 2nds in their final Regional ...

A Kent man who ran the length of England to honour his late mother says he has made "memories that will last a lifetime" during the 554-mile (891 km) challenge. Amol Randhawa, from Gravesend, ...