Today Brooklyn Bridge Park exists as an 85-acre oasis along Brooklyn's East River Shoreline. But it wasn't always so. In fact, over the past two hundred years, this same scrap of land has been "a site of bustling commerce, a transportation terminal, a refuge for immigrants, an artist and activist center, and much more." This informative website, curated by Brooklyn Bridge Park and Brooklyn Historical Society, offers a wealth of information about this particular spot in New York City, with wider implications for American history. Click the photographs on the homepage to get started, then select "read on" for articles about Brooklyn's "ferry empire," the multiple fires that swept through the waterfront area between 1822 and 1952, or stories of immigration. Navigating through the interactive map via eight Tours (including Colonial Brooklyn, Ecology, and Labor and Activism) is another great way to explore this engaging and informative site.