Several news outlets have covered the Duffield Abolitionist homes.

The Real Estate Observer gives us a nice shout out.

Curbed summarizes the last DailyGotham post.

The Gowanus Lounge also wades in, and NY Magazine offers a few words.

NoLandGrab offers original analysis by picking up a point published here. AKRF/NYCEDC chose to print a map without its legend, and NoLandGrab suggests that the missing legend offers support of the residents' oral histories.

Thanks y'all for keeping this on the burner!

Today I gave a talk to the Latvia Special Interest Group of the Jewish Genealogical Society. In it I had cause to quote a local Brooklyn politician, Bill Batson who has served on Community Board 8 and who is running for Assembly. More about that talk in another diary when I get the chance to adapt it to the blog format. The connection with Bill Batson wasn't political, but cultural, regarding the preservation of heritage and the importance of heritage.

Coincidentally, today I received Bill Batson's campaign newsletter, and in it he has a success story of preserving Brooklyn's heritage...in fact preserving AMERICA'S heritage. From the Batson campaign:

We are learning more about our ancestors' role in building New York city, especially through the African Burial Ground and the Historical Society's recent exhibit on Slavery In New York.

We were thrilled to discover an Underground Railroad Station on Duffield St. in Downtown Brooklyn. Escaping Slaves used the station as a safe house. Instead of celebrating this wonderful opportunity to teach our children about Black History in Brooklyn, the City used Eminent Domain to try and seize the URR site, knock it down, and turn it into an Underground Parking Lot for a new mall.  read more »