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Wikipedia =The City College of the City University of New York (more commonly referred to as the City College of New York, or simply City College, CCNY, or City) is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY) in New York City. It is the oldest of City University's twenty-four institutions of higher learning. City College's 35-acre (14 ha) Manhattan campus along Convent Avenue fro...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Manhattan, New York County, New York.Manhattan, known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. It is the urban core of the New York metropolitan area, and coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state of New York. Manhatt...
This project is the portal or master project for New York City. This project will include or link to sub-projects on New York City history and genealogy, AFTER 1674. Prior to 1674, see the New Amsterdam projects . New York Projects State of New York The Bronx Manhattan Brooklyn Queens Staten Island
Columbia University === Wikipedia = Columbia University in the City of New York , commonly referred to as Columbia University , is an American private Ivy League research university located in New York City, New York, United States. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleg...
New Lots Reformed Church and Cemetery is a historic Dutch Reformed church and cemetery at 630 New Lots Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn, New York. It was built in 1823–1824 and is a small, rectangular wood-frame building sheathed in clapboard. It has a pitched gable roof and sits on a rough stone foundation. Adjacent to the church is the cemetery divided into two sections. The older section da...
This project is for those buried in Manhasset Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Manhasset, Nassau County, Long Island, New York. The cemetery is located on 90 Plandome Road and is also known as Community Reformed Church Cemetery , Reformed Dutch Cemetery and Rosewood Cemetery . Find a Grave
Monfort Cemetery is located 250 feet east of the intersection of Port Washington Boulevard (NY 101) and Main Street in Port Washington, New York, United States. It contains 118 graves of some of the earliest Dutch settlers of Cow Neck (as today's Port Washington was then known) and their descendants, buried from 1737 to 1892. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Th...
This project is for those buried in the Reformed Church of Newtown Cemetery From Six To Celebrate : Founded by Dutch settlers, the original building for this church was a small, octagonal wooden structure with a high-pitched roof, constructed in 1731. It was in use for almost one hundred years and served as an armory for the British during the Revolutionary War. Demolished in 1831, it was re...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Queens or Queens County, New York. Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York. It is the largest borough of New York City in area and is adjacent to the borough of Brooklyn at the western end of Long Island, with Nassau County to the east. Queens also shares water borders with ...
The New York Knickerbockers commonly referred to as the Knicks , are an American professional basketball team based in New York City. The Knicks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Madison Square Garden, located in the borough of Manhattan. They are one of two NBA teams located...
Wikipedia Wagner College is a private, national liberal arts college in the New York City borough of Staten Island, New York, United States. Founded in 1883 and with a current enrollment of approximately 2,200 students, Wagner is known for its academic program, the Wagner Plan for the Practical Liberal Arts. The college is regionally accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and...
Wikipedia St. Francis College, often referred to as St. Francis or SFC, is a private, coeducational college located in Brooklyn Heights, New York, in the United States. The campus comprises five interconnected buildings, occupying half of a city block in Downtown Brooklyn. It was founded in 1859 by friars of the Order of Servant Franciscans, a Franciscan order, as the St. Francis Academy and w...
Table of contents====* Chapter 1 : Brief History * Chapter 2 : Immigrant Ships * Chapter 3 : Territorial Development * Chapter 4 : Origins * Chapter 5 : Immigrants .* Chapter 6 : Notable Citizens * Chapter 7 : Famous Descendants * Chapter 8 : Living Descendants * Chapter 9 : Lost Traces
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in The Bronx, Bronx County, New York. History & Etymology Early Names The Bronx was called Rananchqua by the native Siwanoy band of Lenape (also known historically as the Delawares), while other Native Americans knew the Bronx as Keskeskeck. It was divided by the Aquahung River. The origin of Jonas Bronck (c. 1600–43) has been con...
no·ta·ble ===* Adjective: worthy of attention or notice; remarkable* noun: a famous or important person.=== no·to·ri·ous ===* Adjective: famous or well known, typically for some bad quality or deed. Please add the profiles of prominent people who were born in the U.S. City of New York, lived in New York, or for whom New York is a significant part of their identity. ===A===* Aaliyah (1979–2001) ...
It´s all about THE SHOW BIZ on BROADWAY! A Place to collect, collaborate and research the family lines of the Actors, Actresses, Vocalists, Musicians, Dancers, etc. (even most notables, such as, Great Composers/Playwrights, Theater Owners, exceptional- Costumers, Stylists, Stage Builders and Special Friends and Supporter of Art on Broadway).Resources * ibdb provides records of productions from ...
New Netherland , or Nieuw-Nederland in Dutch, was the 17th-century colonial province of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands on the East Coast of North America. The claimed territories were the lands from the Delmarva Peninsula to extreme southwestern Cape Cod. The settled areas are now part of the Mid-Atlantic States of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut, with small outpos...
The City University of New York (CUNY /ˈkjuːni/) is the public university system of New York City, and the largest urban university system in the United States. CUNY and the State University of New York (SUNY) are separate and independent university systems, despite the fact that both public institutions receive funding from New York State. CUNY, however, is located in only New York City, while...
The Juilliard School located in the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City, is a performing arts conservatory established in 1905. It is informally referred to as Juilliard. The school annually trains about 850 undergraduate and graduate students in dance, drama, and music. It is widely regarded as one of the world's leading music schools, with...
Wikipedia A grand gesture from a queen of culture, visionary and art collector, Peggy Guggenheim. Frank Loyd Wright’s masterpiece and the masters who have dwelt within.
The Real Housewives= The Real Housewives is an American media franchise consisting of several reality television series broadcast on Bravo; they document the lives of several affluent housewives residing in varying regions throughout the United States and internationally. The first version The Real Housewives of Orange County premiered in 2006; its success resulted in spin-off series located in...
Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences. Through outstanding academic programs in architecture, art and engineering, and a Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, The Cooper Union for the...
Please add Geni profiles associated with the disease best known as "yellow fever" to this project. Collaborators, feel free to add sections to the overview. ===what it is===Yellow fever, known historically as yellow jack, yellow plague, or bronze john, is an acute viral disease. The disease is caused by the yellow fever virus and is spread by the bite of the female mosquito.Yellow fever is know...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died on Staten Island, Richmond County, New York. Official Website A home to the Lenape indigenous people, the island was settled by Dutch colonists in the 17th century. It was one of the 12 original counties of New York state. Staten Island was consolidated with New York City in 1898. It was formally known as the Borough of Richmond unti...
Wikipedia =New York Law School is an ABA-accredited private law school that was founded in 1891 in the Tribeca neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City.The current Dean of New York Law School is Anthony W. Crowell. New York Law School’s faculty includes 77 full-time and 103 adjunct professors. Notable Alumni
Wikipedia The New York University Tandon School of Engineering (commonly referred to as Tandon) is the engineering and applied sciences school of New York University. Tandon is the second oldest private engineering and technology school in the United States. The school dates back to 1854 when its predecessor institutions, the University of the City of New York School of Civil Engineering and A...
Sarah Lawrence College Wikipedia _______ Sarah Lawrence College is a private liberal arts college in the United States. It is located in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers, 15 miles north of Manhattan. The college is known for its rigorous academic standards, low student-to-faculty ratio, and highly individualized course of study. The school models its approach ...
The School of Visual Arts (SVA) is a for-profit art and design college in Manhattan, New York. It was founded in 1947 and is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. Wikipedia
Wikipedia The Sophie Davis School of Biomedical Education is a seven-year medical program (B.S./M.D.) of the CUNY Medical School at The City College of the City University of New York in New York City. It offers an integrated baccalaureate education with preclinical medical education and has a twofold mission: to expand access to medical careers among inner-city youths, particularly among unde...
Wikipedia =The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) is located in New York. It is one of the academic and spiritual centers of Conservative Judaism, and a major center for academic scholarship in Jewish studies.JTS operates five schools: Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies (which is affiliated with Columbia University and offers joint/double bachelor's degree programs with both Columbia and B...
Wikipedia =Long Island University (LIU) is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution of higher education with locations and programs spanning the New York metropolitan area, overseas, and online. The university offers more than 500 academic programs at two main campuses, LIU Post and LIU Brooklyn, as well as non-residential programs at LIU Brentwood, LIU Riverhead, and LIU Hudson at Ro...
Wikipedia Medgar Evers College is a senior college of The City University of New York (CUNY), offering baccalaureate and associate degrees. It was officially established in 1970 through cooperation between educators and community leaders in central Brooklyn. It is named after Medgar Wiley Evers, an African American civil rights leader who was assassinated on June 12, 1963. Notable Faculty
Marymount Manhattan College is a coeducational, independent, private college located on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York City. The mission of the College is to educate a socially and economically diverse student body by fostering intellectual achievement and personal growth and by providing opportunities for career development. Enrollment consists of 1,750 undergraduates, with women m...
Wikipedia =Manhattan College is a private, independent, Roman Catholic, liberal arts college located in the Bronx, New York City, United States. After originally being established in 1853 by the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Christian Brothers) as an academy for day students, Manhattan College was officially incorporated as an institution of higher education through a charter g...
Wikipedia =Lehman College is a senior college of the City University of New York (CUNY) in New York, United States. Founded in 1931 as the Bronx campus of Hunter College, the school became an independent college within CUNY in September 1967. The college is named after Herbert H. Lehman, a former New York governor, United States senator, and philanthropist. It is a public, comprehensive, coeduc...
Wikipedia =LaGuardia Community College is a two-year community college located in the Hunters Point section of Long Island City in the New York City borough of Queens, and is a component of the City University of New York. LaGuardia is named after former Congressman and New York City mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia. The college offers associate degrees in the arts, sciences, and applied sciences, a...
Wikipedia =Kingsborough Community College (KBCC), part of the City University of New York (CUNY) system, is the only community college in Brooklyn, New York. Located in Manhattan Beach, the 71-acre campus overlooks Sheepshead Bay, Jamaica Bay, and the Atlantic Ocean. It is also located on the site of the old Manhattan Beach Air Force Station.In its early years, it also had an annex, known as th...
Wikipedia =The John Jay College of Criminal Justice (John Jay) is a senior college of the City University of New York in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. John Jay was founded as the only liberal arts college with a criminal justice and forensic focus in the United States. The college is known for its criminal justice, forensic science, forensic psychology, and public affairs programs. Notable ...
Wikipedia =Hofstra University is a private, non-profit, nonsectarian institution of higher learning. Its main campus is located in the village of Hempstead, New York, United States, approximately 7 miles east of New York City. It originated in 1935 as an extension of New York University (NYU) called "Nassau College – Hofstra Memorial of New York University at Hempstead, Long Island"; in 1939, t...
Wikipedia Eugenio María de Hostos Community College of The City University of New York is a community college in the City University of New York (CUNY) system located in the South Bronx, New York City. Hostos Community College was created by an act of the Board of Higher Education in 1968 in response to demands from the Hispanic/Puerto Rican community, which was urging for the establishment of ...
Wikipedia =Hunter College is an American public university and one of the constituent organizations of the City University of New York, located in the Lenox Hill neighborhood of Manhattan's Upper East Side. The college grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in over one-hundred fields of study in five schools: The School of Arts and Sciences, The School of Education, The School of Social Work...
Wikipedia =The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (also known as HUC, HUC-JIR, and The College-Institute) is the oldest extant Jewish seminary in the Americas, and the main seminary for training rabbis, cantors, educators and communal workers in Reform Judaism.HUC-JIR has campuses in Cincinnati, Ohio, New York City, Los Angeles, California and Jerusalem. The Jerusalem campus is t...
Wikipedia =Stella and Charles Guttman Community College is the newest of City University of New York's (CUNY) seven community colleges. Located at 50 West 40th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, it was founded on September 11, 2011 and opened on August 20, 2012 as New Community College. In April 2013 the college was renamed following a $15 million endowment from the Stella and Charles ...
Wikipedia =DeWitt Clinton High School is an American high school located in the Bronx, New York City, New York. == History ==Clinton opened in 1897 at 60 West 13th Street at the northern end of Greenwich Village under the name of Boys High School, although this Boys High School was not related to the one in Brooklyn. This school was renamed for New York politician DeWitt Clinton in 1900.In 190...
Wikipedia =The Bronx Community College of The City University of New York (BCC) is a community college located in the University Heights neighborhood of The Bronx on a landmarked campus. It is part of the City University of New York system.
Wikipedia =Albert Einstein College of Medicine is a private medical school located in the Morris Park neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. Einstein currently operates as an independent degree-granting institute under the Montefiore Medical Center; it was part of Yeshiva University until 2016. Alumni
Wikipedia =Barnard College is a private women's liberal arts college in the United States and one of the Seven Sisters. Founded in 1889, it has been affiliated with Columbia University since 1900. Barnard's 4-acre (1.6 ha) campus stretches along Broadway between 116th and 120th Streets in the Morningside Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City. It is directly across B...
Wikipedia =The Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York, commonly known as Baruch College, is a constituent college of the City University of New York system located in the Gramercy Park section of Manhattan, New York City. Named for financier and statesman Bernard M. Baruch, the college operates undergraduate, masters, and Ph.D. programs through its Zicklin School of Busine...
Wikipedia =The Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) is one of seven two-year colleges within the City University of New York (CUNY) system. Founded in 1963, BMCC originally offered business-oriented and liberal arts degrees for those intending to enter the business world or transfer to a four-year college. Its original campus was scattered all over midtown Manhattan, utilizing office s...
Please add the profiles of those who died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire or were associated with it. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in Manhattan, New York City on March 25, 1911 was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history. The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers – 123 women and 23 men – who died from the f...
This project is for those buried in Prospect Cemetery, Jamaica, Queens County, New York. Many prominent families are buried in this, the oldest cemetery in NYC, such as the Brinkerhoffs, the Van Wycks, the Sutphins, The Remsens, The Nostrands and the Lefferts. Notable Burials Egbert Benson (1746-1833) - US Congress Gen. Increase Carpenter (1736-1807) - Member of the Sons of Liberty an...
A place for members of the exchange. The New York Stock Exchange (abbreviated as NYSE and nicknamed "The Big Board"), is an American stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street, Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York. It is by far the world's largest stock exchange by market capitalization of its listed companies at US$19.3 trillion as of June 2016. The average daily trading value was approximat...
This project is the second sub-project in the Ellis Island series. Please add profiles for this time period.==afterwards we will work on a master project or portal; collaborators needed!====Summary==* Immigration timeline The experience for Asian immigrants in this period was quite different. In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, severely restricting immigration from China. Since ...
This project is the first sub-project for arrivals at Ellis Island. Please add your ancestors or other relatives who arrived during this period. After 1900, the projects will encompass each succeeding decade. ==afterwards we will work on a master project or portal!== ==Summary==* Immigration timeline After 1892, nearly all immigrants came in through the newly opened Ellis Island. One immigran...
Wikipedia =Long Island National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Suffolk County, New York. Find a Grave
Goal is to add all of the Geni Profiles of the passengers of this passage of S.S. San Lorenzo - sailing from San Juan, Puerto Rico Sept. 28, 1922 to New York City, NY October 2, 1922.****************************************************************************** Please, feel free to join as a collaborator, should you locate your Ancestors / Family Members (or yourself) in the list, please, add t...
6th New York Volunteer Infantry AKA Wilson's Zouaves: Wilson (Zouave): Note: This unit was thrown out of Fort Pickens for gambling and cheating at gambling. Also, once the Confederate forces came into the camp and the 6th went to the Fort. The Confederates raided the Union camp until the 6th returned with more forces and chased the Confederates of the island.
Please add profiles of the writers, producers, performers, and guests of the Daily Show you manage to this project (must be set to "public"). Collaborators, feel free to update the project page, add resources, media, resources ... And invite more collaborators. The Daily Show (titled The Daily Show with Jon Stewart since 1999) is an American late-night satirical television program airing each M...
S.S. Marine TigerDeparted: 17 April 1947Arrived: 21 April 1947Looking to add the profiles of those listed below.Original Motivation (Many related Latin Family Names of Puerto Rico)Full Reference: Puerto Rico: My Ancestors and their Descendants. and Copyright © By: Mr. Ariel BlondetCopyright © October 2001 - 2008, Dalia Morales Revised: May 2, 2009 URL: Puerto Rico: My Ancestors and Their Descen...
Crypt for the Prison Ship Martyrs=* coordinates: 40° 41' 30" N. 073° 58' 32" W. Google Map * Type: Crypt (cemeteries, graveyards)* Location: Fort Greene Park, Myrtle to Dekalb Avenues, Edwards and Cumberland Streets* County: Kings. City: New York. Borough: Brooklyn. State: NY (New York) Country: US (United States)Please add Geni profiles of these American Patriots to this project (actions menu ...
==Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts== Please add Geni profiles associated with the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School in New York, New York to this project. They can include teachers, alumnae, public officials, etc. * Website: Address: 100 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, New York, United States* Type: Public (exam)l Established: 1936 Founder: Fiorello H. LaGuardia ...
==Stuyvesant High School== Please add Geni profiles associated with Stuyvesant High School in New York, New York to this project. They can include teachers, alumnae, public officials, etc. * Website: Stuyvesant - history * Address: 345 Chambers Street, New York, New York 10282* Type: Campus: urban Founded: 1904 as a "manual training school for boys" (co- ed: 1969) ===overview===Stuyvesant High ...
==The High School of Performing Arts== Please add Geni profiles associated with the High School of Performing Arts in New York, New York to this project. They can include teachers, alumnae, public officials, etc. * Website: Address: 120 West 46th Street, New York, New York, United States* Type: Public Alternative High school Established: 1947 Founder: Franklin J. Keller Campus: urban* Closed: 1...
Freeholders of the commonality of the town of Westchester:*William Richardson*John Hunt* Edward Waters* Robert Huestis Ponton* William Barnes*John Bugbie*John Bailey*John Tudor* John Ferris Palmer* Thomas Baxter===HistoryFrom “Colonial Bronx to the 19th Century” link > ... Most of the eastern half of the modern Bronx was bought in 1654 by Thomas Pell of Connecticut, who invited 16 families to f...
yasss, genealogy kweens... = Broad City is an American television sitcom created by and starring Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson. It was developed from their independent web series of the same name, which was produced between 2009 and 2011.The sitcom, like the web series, is based on Glazer and Jacobson's real-life friendship, and their attempt to "make it" in New York. The sitcom premiered on C...
Fort Greene Park=* coordinates: 40° 69' 19" N. 073° 97' 54" W. Google Map * Class: Park. Location: Myrtle to Dekalb Avenues, Edwards and Cumberland Streets* County: Kings. City: New York. Borough: Brooklyn. State: NY (New York) Country: US (United States)Please add Geni profiles of those associated with Fort Greene Park to this project (actions menu > add profile). Must be set to public. ==Desc...
==The High School of Music & Art== Please add Geni profiles associated with the High School of Music & Art in New York, New York to this project. They can include teachers, alumnae, public officials, etc. * Website: Address: 443-465 West 135th Street, New York, New York, United States* Type: Public Magnet High school Established: 1936 Founder: Fiorello H. LaGuardia Campus: urban* Closed: 1984 ...
Meet the Gottheimers Hamilton Jordan's original title for his memoir (published Oct 2015) was "Meet the Gottheimers" -- a startled observation finding out, after her funeral, that his maternal grandmother had been Jewish. This Geni project collects Gottheimers, not just his. Some are indeed surprising. Contributions welcome. === Gottheimer Family Profiles >===Family heads>(earliest known ances...
This project focuses on the athletes who represented Canada at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in New York City and Stoke Mandeville.