Road Scholars

5th Ave in Park Slope

Just four intersections along 5th Ave in Park Slope meet at an angle. These doglegs have mystified and frustrated residents for over 100 years. Why these streets? Why that angle? Find out in the third episode of Road Scholars. Resources from this episode: * Gunter’s Chain [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunter%27s_chain] * Jeremy Lechtzin’s blog post [https://oldbrooklynheights.com/2023/11/30/rose-hill-farm-in-park-slope/] * Try Ben's new game: Bracket City [https://bracket.city/] Hosted by Edwin Morris, registered NYC sightseeing guide, Ben Gross, J.D., and Max Kotelchuck, music lover.

Remsen Street

This street in Brooklyn heights is named after the Remsen family - what's their story, and where did they go? Find out in the second episode of Road Scholars. Resources from this episode: * A map of Pierrepont's estate [https://mapcollections.brooklynhistory.org/map/map-of-h-b-pierreponts-farm-in-brooklyn-as-surveyed-21st-may-1820-by-w-c-pierrepont-and-now-replotted-by-him-from-the-original-field-notes-1856-april-26/], showing the Remsen barn * Close-up of the Pierrepont garden [https://mapcollections.brooklynhistory.org/map/plan-of-large-small-gardens-at-the-pierrepont-homestead-brooklyn-as-surveyed-by-w-c-pierrepont/], showing the Remsen barn and Remsen street overlapping * Brooklyn Heights, showing only the northern half as developed [https://mapcollections.brooklynhistory.org/map/the-village-of-brooklyn-in-1816-compiled-from-the-first-village-map-of-that-date-by-jeremiah-lott-and-from-poppleton-and-lotts-map-of-the-pierrepont-estate-of-1819/] * The downsized Pierrepont estate [https://mapcollections.brooklynhistory.org/map/map-of-the-pierrepont-estate/] And more not mentioned: * The Remsens in Manhattan [http://daytoninmanhattan.blogspot.com/2018/08/the-lost-henry-remsen-mansion-cherry.html] * The Brooklyn renumbering [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/27/nyregion/brooklyn-streets-numbers-renaming.html], which may have affected Remsen addresses * Remsen's early development [https://mapcollections.brooklynhistory.org/map/map-of-property-in-the-first-ward-of-the-city-of-brooklyn-belonging-to-charles-hoyt/], by Charles Hoyt * The Ratzer map [https://mapcollections.brooklynhistory.org/map/plan-of-the-town-of-brooklyn-and-part-of-long-island-surveyed-in-the-years-1766-1767-by-b-ratzer-lieut-in-his-majestys-60th-or-royal-american-regiment/], showing Remsen's house * A map showing the Remsen descendants near the Navy Yard [https://mapcollections.brooklynhistory.org/map/map-defining-a-division-line-between-the-united-states-naval-property-and-the-property-of-abraham-a-remsen/] and another from earlier [https://mapcollections.brooklynhistory.org/map/diagram-of-the-wallabout-bay-c-from-1776-to-1783-2/] Hosted by Edwin Morris, registered NYC sightseeing guide, Ben Gross, J.D., and Max Kotelchuck, music lover.

Red Hook Lane

Red Hook Lane in Downtown Brooklyn is just one block long. Find out the origin of this road and what happened to the rest of it in this inaugural episode of Road Scholars. Hosted by Edwin Morris, registered NYC sightseeing guide, Ben Gross, J.D., and Max Kotelchuck, music lover