Before the mid-nineteenth century the neighborhood of Huguenot was originally known as Bloomingview. Huguenot got 
its name from the many Huguenots, members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France that had moved to the area. The Huguenots were being prosecuted in France for not converting to Catholicism during the mid-to-late seventeenth century, so many of them fled to America.
By 1851, the Huguenots had established and built their first church in Bloomingview, called "The Brown Church" or "The Church of the Huguenots". The church had caught on fire in 1918 and was rebuilt on the site that it sits on now, in 1924. Today, this church is a New York City Landmark and is known as The Reformed Church of Huguenot Park.
By the mid-to-late 1800s,…
home to the National Prohibition Campground Association, also known as Prohibition Park. Prohibition Park started off as a campground with some recreational facilities for its visitors. Soon, people began to settle there instead of having to visit.
The impacts of the hurricane were clearly evidenced in home sale numbers for this past November, a month after the storm. With just 182 home sales, it was a drop of over 14% from the prior month, and a whopping 33% from a year prior. However, a brighter side emerged after the storm, rebounding a little over 32% in December.
began to move to Staten Island. With the increase of Staten Island's population and housing, a decrease occurred in Staten Island's undeveloped areas and many of the natural habitats found in the borough began to disappear. Many of Staten Island's current parks would today be plots of land taken up by houses and buildings if it were not for the residents of Staten Island who did not want to see the beautiful natural habitats destroyed. If you look into the past of Staten Island's parks, you will hear many stories about how members of the communities worked together to preserve these places. One such story is that of Last Chance Pond Park, which…