Abby BrenkerNov 11, 20232 min readThe History of St. Mark's Church in-the-BoweryThe thing that I love most about St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery (besides the history, which I will get to in a moment) is the fact that...
Abby BrenkerJul 6, 20232 min readThe History of Woodlawn CemeteryWoodlawn Cemetery first opened in The Bronx in 1863. It occupies over 400 acres of land and holds the remains of about 300,000 people....
Abby BrenkerSep 9, 20212 min readHaunted History: Brooklyn's Green-Wood CemeteryBrooklyn’s Green-Wood cemetery spans 478 acres of land. It opened in 1838, as one of the first rural cemeteries in the United States....