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Here’s Proof From 1643. The Brooklyn Historical Society acquires the deed giving 200 acres near Coney Island to Anthony van Salee, the first known person of Muslim origin to settle in America.

Ronnie Steele, the historical society’s treasurer, said the monument is just the first project completed in the larger effort to preserve the history of Brooklyn. There’s more to come, he said.

Until 1985, the Brooklyn Historical Society was known as the Long Island Historical Society. The building itself dates to 1878-81 and has been described as one of the city’s historical treasures.

Now, anyone with an internet connection can retrace the district’s history through a newly digitized collection of maps available via the Brooklyn Historical Society ’s (BHS) free online portal.

This 1864 copy of a 1766 map shows a “plan of the village of Brooklyn and part of Long Island.” Courtesy of the Brooklyn Historical Society Back when Brooklyn was bucolic, marshes and farmland ...