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Father Giorgio Memorial
This bronze portrait plaque set in a granite stele honors Father Edward J. Giorgio (1909-1946). Ordained in 1935, Father Gior...

Father Giorgio Triangle
Father Edward J. Giorgio (1909-1946) is the namesake of this Williamsburg triangle, located at the intersection of Jackson and...

Father Kehoe Triangle
This triangle honors Reverend James F. Kehoe (1868-1943), who served as a chaplain and then as an assistant priest at four par...

Father P. Kenny Triangle
This triangle is named in honor of Reverend Patrick Joseph Kenny (1908-1986), who founded St. Bernard’s, a local church ...

Father Popieluszko Square
What was here before? This section of Brooklyn was largely rural from the 1600s to the mid-1800s. At the turn of the centur...

Father Popieluszko Statue
This statue honors Father Jerzy Popieluszko (1947–1984), a Roman Catholic priest who lived in Poland, and is best rememb...

Father Studzinski Square
Father Joseph Studzinski was born on February 12, 1887 in the province of Silesia, a coal-mining region in present day Poland ...

Fermi Playground
This playground is named in honor of Enrico Fermi (1901-1954), one of the great physicists of the 20th century whose work revo...

Fidelity Triangle
This triangle is a tribute to those brave soldiers who fought and died in World War I. For the 1921 opening of the park, the ...

Firefighter Christopher Bopp Triangle
What was here before? This site was once in the pathway of Gerritsen Creek, a freshwater creek that used to extend inland t...

Firefighter Gregory T. Saucedo Triangle
This triangle honors Firefighter Gregory T. Saucedo (1969-2001) who lived his entire life in this neighborhood, served 11 year...

First Symphony of the Sea
This 332-foot long, ten-foot tall cast-concrete sculpture wall by artist Toshio Sasaki (1946-2007) was installed on the boardw...

Fish Playground
Fish Playground derives its name from the streets that bound it. F from Fulton Street, S from Saratoga Avenue, and H from Her...

Flatbush Malls
Flatbush was one of the original six towns in Brooklyn, colonized by Dutch farmers in 1652. The name is an adaptation of the ...

Fort Greene Park
Fort Greene Park is a landmark, cherished for its history, rolling landscape, trees, and monuments. For 150 years, this nob...

Fort Greene Park - Monarch Butterflies in New York City
The monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) may seem to be one of the most delicate creatures alive. But despite its frail appea...

Fort Greene Playground
Fort Greene yesterday was crowded with people who sought, beneath the blue canopy of heaven and in the freedom of the fields, ...

Fort Hamilton Athletic Field
What was here before? During the 19th century, this land was the site of the Crescent Athletic Club. Following the Civil Wa...

Fort Hamilton Plaza
Bounded by Fourth and Fifth Avenues and 94th Street, Fort Hamilton Plaza is dedicated to the local soldiers killed in World Wa...

Fort Hamilton Senior Center
With over 700 members, Fort Hamilton Senior Center serves as a lively gathering place for senior citizens throughout Brooklyn....

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