ManhattanWalks

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Train with ManhattanWalks to

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Row houses from early 1800's.

Brand new and old housing, side by side.

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The Williamsburg section of Brooklyn started out as a small farming community in the early 19th century, but a thriving neighborhood quickly grew around the wharves and docks. Once the Williamsburg Bridge was completed in 1903, immigrant residents could easily commute to jobs in Manhattan, and Williamsburg became the most densely populated area of Brooklyn.

In recent years, the neighborhood has been rediscovered, and 21st-century Williamsburg offers something for everyone. The Northside is known for its art galleries, bars and boutiques, and the Southside is an ethnic gumbo of Latino, Hasidic and Italian influences.

Join ManhattanWalks for a stroll down streets named for signers of the Declaration of Independence and explore the sites and sounds of Williamsburg, including: the Williamsburg Savings Bank, designed in 1875 by architect George Post and a classic example of the 'City Beautiful' movement, New England Congregational Church, built in 1853 and the Pupa & Zehlem Matzoh Bakery, which opens for a limited time each year to prepare matzoh for the Jewish holiday of Passover.

Williamsburg Savings Bank

Domino Sugar Factory

Row house, today a shul, with traditional succoh on balcony.

Succoth is the "Jewish Thanksgiving,"

"The Festival of the Harvest."

Today Yeshiva Yesoda Hatora of K'Hal Adas Yereim,

formerly Congress Club, originally Frederick Mollenhauer House.