Real Or Fake? A Pop Quiz On Brooklyn’s Weirdest, Most Contested Historical Monuments
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This one is still in dispute, but historian Bob Furman firmly believes that a mass grave of heroic Battle of Brooklyn soldiers lies under a lot on the corner of Third Avenue and Eighth Street. Unfortunately, the property’s owners and local archaeologists alike have largely shot down the theory. “There is a distinct possibility that the graves have been destroyed,” said one Brooklyn College archaeologist, and the site’s landlord calls the whole thing “gibberish.” For now, Furman is on the hunt for either funding for a dig or a city-sponsored designation of the area as a park. Results are forthcoming.