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ZIP Codes. 11212, 11233. Area codes. 718, 347, 929, and 917. Brownsville is a residential neighborhood in eastern Brooklyn in New York City. The neighborhood is generally bordered by Crown Heights to the northwest; Bedford–Stuyvesant and Cypress Hills to the north; East New York to the east; Canarsie to the south; and East Flatbush to the west.
Morris L. Kessler (January 6, 1912 – September 30, 1935) was an American mobster and member of Joseph Amberg's gang in Brooklyn during the early 1930s. As Amberg's personal chauffeur and bodyguard, Kessler was a close associate in his organization until he was killed alongside his boss at a Brownsville auto garage by members of Murder, Inc. in 1935.
Brooklyn Hebrew Maternity Hospital, 1395 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn [62] [63] Its prior name was Maternity Hospital of Brownsville and East New York. [62] Brooklyn Women's Hospital August 1, 1930 through 1960s. Brooklyn Home for Consumptives, Kingston Avenue and St. John's Place, Brooklyn; Brooklyn Homeopathic Hospital, 105-111 Cumberland Street ...
Murder, Inc. (Murder, Incorporated) was an organized crime group active from 1929 to 1941 that acted as the enforcement arm of the National Crime Syndicate – a closely connected criminal organization that included and was started by the Irish Mob, and included Italian-American Mafia, the Jewish Mob, and other criminal organizations in New York City and elsewhere. [1]
Bedford–Stuyvesant (/ ˈbɛdfərd ˈstaɪvəsənt /), colloquially known as Bed–Stuy, [3] is a neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Bedford–Stuyvesant is bordered by Flushing Avenue to the north (bordering Williamsburg), Classon Avenue to the west (bordering Clinton Hill), Broadway to the east ...
Abe Reles. Abraham " Kid Twist " Reles (/ ˈrɛlɪs /; May 10, 1906 – November 12, 1941) was a New York Jewish mobster who was a hit man for Murder, Inc., the enforcement contractor for Meyer Lansky's National Crime Syndicate. Reles later turned government witness and sent several members of Murder, Inc. to the electric chair.
New York mobster who led one of the top gangs in Brooklyn during the 1920s and 1930s with brothers Hyman and Louis Amberg. Amberg and an associate, Morris Kessler, were executed by Murder, Inc. in his Brownsville auto garage. [3] [4] Louis "Pretty" Amberg: No image available: 1897–1935 1919–1935
Beth Olam Cemetery. May 16, 2016. (#16000254) 2 Cypress Hills St. 40°41′26″N 73°52′48″W / 40.69069°N 73.87990°W / 40.69069; -73.87990 (Beth Olam Cemetery) Cypress Hills. Rural cemetery started in 1851 by three Jewish congregations in the city; contains many examples of architecture and funerary art.