How Grace Court’s Prentice and Packer Families Shaped Brooklyn Heights
By Suzanne Spellen••Brownstoner.com
The evolution of Brooklyn Heights from grassy promontory to upscale neighborhood was in full swing by the 1840s. For centuries before the Europeans, the Lenape people called the bluffs overlooking the East River “Ihpetonga,” the “high sandy bank.” After the D…
Friends, business partners, and neighbors, the families influenced the development of the Heights and the city of Brooklyn. The evolution of Brooklyn Heights from grassy promontory to upscale neighbo…