Brooklyn Times-Union
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The Brooklyn Times-Union was launched in 1848 as the Williamsburgh Daily Times. It became the Brooklyn Daily Times when the cities of Brooklyn and Williamsburg
unified in 1855. The newspaper supported the Republican Party, and the Abolition movement. Walt Whitman
was one of their reporters, and was later the Managing Editor after he left the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
The paper was published both Daily and Sunday, and had a peak circulation that included all of Kings County, and large segments of Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
The Daily Times was renamed the Brooklyn Times-Union after it bought out the Brooklyn Standard Union in 1932, and was itself bought out by the Brooklyn Eagle
in 1937.
Brooklyn's Times Plaza at the intersections of Flatbush Avenue; Atlantic Avenue
, Fourth Avenue
, Ashland Place, State Street, and Hanson Place was named for this newspaper.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Williamsburg is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, bordering Greenpoint to the north, Bedford-Stuyvesant to the south, Bushwick to the east and the East River to the west. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 1. The neighborhood is served by the NYPD's 90th ...
unified in 1855. The newspaper supported the Republican Party, and the Abolition movement. Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
Walter "Walt" Whitman was an American poet, essayist and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works. Whitman is among the most influential poets in the American canon, often called the father of free verse...
was one of their reporters, and was later the Managing Editor after he left the Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
The paper was published both Daily and Sunday, and had a peak circulation that included all of Kings County, and large segments of Nassau and Suffolk Counties.
The Daily Times was renamed the Brooklyn Times-Union after it bought out the Brooklyn Standard Union in 1932, and was itself bought out by the Brooklyn Eagle
Brooklyn Eagle
The Brooklyn Daily Bulletin began publishing when the original Eagle folded in 1955. In 1996 it merged with a newly revived Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and now publishes a morning paper five days a week under the Brooklyn Daily Eagle name...
in 1937.
Brooklyn's Times Plaza at the intersections of Flatbush Avenue; Atlantic Avenue
Atlantic Avenue (New York City)
Atlantic Avenue is an important street in the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. It stretches from the Brooklyn waterfront on the East River all the way to Jamaica, Queens...
, Fourth Avenue
Fourth Avenue (Brooklyn)
Fourth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It stretches for south from Times Plaza, which is the triangle intersection created by Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues in Downtown Brooklyn, to Shore Road and the Belt Parkway in Bay Ridge.While southwestern Brooklyn is...
, Ashland Place, State Street, and Hanson Place was named for this newspaper.