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Encyclopedia > New Utrecht, Brooklyn
New Utrecht
New Utrecht
New Netherland series
Colonies:
Fortresses:
  • Fort Casimir
  • Fort Altena
  • Fort Wilhelmus
  • Fort Beversreede
  • Fort Nya Korsholm
The Patroon System

Rensselaerwyck
Colen Donck (Yonkers, New York)
Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1188x1725, 285 KB) Overlooking the New Utretch subsection fo the Bensonhurst, Brooklyn File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): New Utrecht, Brooklyn ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1188x1725, 285 KB) Overlooking the New Utretch subsection fo the Bensonhurst, Brooklyn File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): New Utrecht, Brooklyn ... Map based on Adriaen Blocks 1614 expedition to New Netherland, featuring the first use of the name. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam) was the name of the 17th century town which grew outside of Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island in the New Netherland territory (1614–1674) which was situated between 38 and 42 degrees latitude as a provincial extension of the Dutch Republic since 1624. ... For other uses, see Harlem (disambiguation). ... The Washington Square Arch Greenwich Village (pronounced Grennich Village; also called simply the Village) is a largely residential area on the west side of downtown (southern) Manhattan in New York City. ... Beverwyck was a fur-trading community north of Fort Orange on the Hudson River in New Netherland that was to become Albany, New York when the English took control of the colony in 1664. ... Kingston is a city in Ulster County, New York, United States. ... A few landmarks from two New York Worlds Fairs still stand in Flushing Meadows, including the US Steel Unisphere Flushing is a neighborhood within the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. ... Middleburgh is a village located in Schoharie County, New York. ... Major Mark Park Jamaica is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. ... Afternoon by the Sea (Gravesend Bay), a pastel by William Merritt Chase, ca 1888 shows traditional catboats in the bay and the Navesink Highlands across Lower New York Bay. ... Brooklyn (named for the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Flatlands is a neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. ... Midwood has a substantial population of Haredi Jews and Modern Orthodox Jews, many of whom live and worship in the side streets around Kings Highway Midwood is a neighborhood located in the south central part of the Borough of Brooklyn, New York, USA, roughly halfway between Prospect Park and Coney... Bushwick, is a neighborhood in the northeastern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. ... Old New Castle Courthouse. ... Nickname: Chemical Capital of the World Motto: A Place To Be Somebody Coordinates: County New Castle County incorporated 1739 Mayor James M. Baker (D) Area    - City 44. ... Table of Fortification, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia. ... Fort Amsterdam was the name of the Dutch fort that was constructed on the southern tip of Manhattan in 1625. ... Fort Nassau (North) was a Dutch fort constructed on an island in the Hudson River near present day Albany in 1614. ... Fort Orange (Dutch: Fort Oranje ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Fort Casimir was a Dutch settlement in New Netherland, located in what is now New Castle County, Delaware. ... A patroon was a proprietor of a tract of land in the 17th century Dutch colony of New Netherland in North America. ... Rensselaerwyck is the name of a colonial estate that was located in what is now New York, USA. The estate was land purchased by Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, a Dutch merchant and investor in the Dutch West India Company. ... Colen Donck was the title of a large Dutch-American owned estate of of 24,000 acres (a patroonship) originally owned by Adriaen van der Donck in New Netherland, located in present day New York City on the mainland north of Manhatten. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Directors-General of New Netherland:

Cornelius Jacobsen Mey (1620-1625)
Willem Verhulst (1625-26)
Peter Minuit (1626-33)
Wouter van Twiller (1633-38)
Willem Kieft (1638-47)
Peter Stuyvesant (1647-64)
This is a list of Directors, appointed by the Dutch West India Company, of the 17th century Dutch province of New Netherland (Nieuw Nederland in Dutch) in North America. ... Cornelis Jacobsz May, sometimes spelled Mey or Meij was a Dutch explorer, captain and fur trader, and namesake of Cape May, Cape May County, and the city of Cape May, New Jersey, so named first in 1620. ... Willem Verhulst was the second director of the Dutch West India Company. ... Peter Minuit (1580–August 5, 1638) was a Dutch Walloon from Wesel, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, then part of the Duchy of Cleves. ... Wouter Van Twiller was an employee of the Dutch West India Company and the director-general of the Dutch colony of New Netherland from 1633 until 1638. ... Willem Kieft (1597-1647) was a Dutch merchant and director general of New Netherland (of which New Amsterdam, later New York City, was the primary settlement), from 1638 until 1647. ... Peter Stuyvesant circa 1660 Peter Stuyvesant (circa 1600 – August 1672) served as the last Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1647 until it was ceded provisionally to the English in 1664. ...

Influential people

Adriaen van der Donck
Kiliaen van Rensselaer
Brant van Slichtenhorst
Cornelis van Tienhoven
Portrait of Adriaen van der Donck Adriaen Cornelissen van der Donck (ca. ... Kiliaen Van Rensselaer (1585 - 1643) was a Dutch merchant who was heavily involved in the Colonial American trade market. ...

New Utrecht is a neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn in New York City. Named after the city of Utrecht, Netherlands, it was first settled in 1657 and received its charter in 1661 when the entire region was part of the Dutch colony of New Netherland. New Netherland later came under British rule in 1664 as the colony of New York. In 1683, when Kings County was established within the colony of New York, New Utrecht was one of its six original towns. It was later annexed by the City of Brooklyn on July 1, 1894, which ultimately became part of the City of New York on January 1, 1898. The Five Boroughs of New York City: 1: Manhattan 2: Brooklyn 3: Queens 4: Bronx 5: Staten Island In New York City, a borough is a unique form of government used to administer the five constituent counties that make up the city; it differs significantly from other borough forms of... Brooklyn (named for the Dutch city Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Nickname: Big Apple, Gotham, NYC Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613  - Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... Utrecht ( (help· info)) is a municipality and the capital city of the Dutch province of Utrecht. ... Map based on Adriaen Blocks 1614 expedition to New Netherland, featuring the first use of the name. ... NY redirects here. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...


See also

New Utrecht Reformed Church is the fourth oldest church in Brooklyn, New York. ... New Utrecht High School is a coeducational public high school in Brooklyn, New York City, serving approximately 3250 pupils. ...

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