Brooklyn, NY

Houses on Hunterfly Road District
DESCRIPTION: A free African American community, Weeksville, was founded here in 1827 shortly after the abolition of slavery in New York; now a National Historic Landmark; Susan McKinney-Stewart, New York's first black female physician and Moses P Cobb, the first black policeman in Brooklyn's 9th Ward were among the luminaries who lived here; the remaining houses (photo) built between 1840 and 1883, are being restored

ADDRESS: 1698, 1700, 1702, 1704, 1706 and 1708 Bergen Street  MAP
TRANSIT: near A & C subway lines

Jackie Robinson School
DESCRIPTION: Jackie Roosevelt Robinson (1919-1972), the barrier-breaking baseball player, lived in a house at this National Historic Landmark, before the site was razed for this elementary school in his honor; he played a huge role leading the Brooklyn Dodgers to pennants in 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953 and a World Series Championship in 1955; after retiring from baseball Jackie became Chairman of the Board of Freedom National Bank in Harlem and was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame in 1962

ADDRESS: 46 McKeever Place  MAP

TRANSIT: near B, Q, S subway lines

Queens, NY

Louie Armstrong Residence
DESCRIPTION: Satchmo’s home from 1940 to 1971 when his music helped vault jazz into the nation’s mainstream culture; this restored red-brick home is designated a National Historic Landmark; no visitors

ADDRESS: 3456 107th Street  MAP
TRANSIT: near 7 subway line

Malcolm X Residence
DESCRIPTION: Malcolm moved his family to this seven-room house in July 1960; it was owned by the Nation of Islam; in March 1964, the NOI ordered him to surrender his home and car back to the NOI; he resisted their eviction notice; on 14 February 1965; the residence was firebombed; on 18 February, the Shabazz family was evicted; private residence

ADDRESS: 23-11 97th Street  MAP

TRANSIT: none nearby, but LaGuardia Airport is very close