Walking Tour: A History of Brooklyn's Water Supply
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Taught by Daniel Pecoraro
Daniel Pecoraro is a historian and nonprofit manager based in New York City, focusing on urban history of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Daniel has served as a tour guide at the Louis Armstrong House Museum and the Museum of American Finance, has delivered tours as part of Jane's Walk NYC, volunteers at Interference Archive, contributes stories to Urban Archive, and has been a licensed sightseeing tour guide in the City of New York since 2019.
This walking tour focuses on the oft-understudied history of Brooklyn’s water supply during its time as an independent city.
Unlike New York City pre-consolidation, Brooklyn couldn’t go north for its water (though it tried, kinda — we’ll get into it). Instead, they went east, through what is now Queens and Nassau Counties all the way out to Massapequa. This tour will begin in Brooklyn Heights and end in the shadow of Mount Prospect Park, and will include stops key to the development of those sources of supply, and what came later as Brooklyn grew and, eventually, became one of the five boroughs.
Note: this tour includes a short (three-stop) trip on the C train to connect the two halves of the tour. Exact meeting information will be sent the day before the tour.
