1850

The Brooklyn Museum Opens

1862

Hooleys Opera House (on Court and Remson) Opens

1864-1874

20, 000 buildings were erected.

1866

The construction of Prospect Park begins.

1869

70,000 students entered public day school, 10,000 were taught at night and 22,000 were taught privately.

Sept. 6 the Friederici's arrive in New York on the Steamer Minnesota from Liverpool. Ferdinand is a 41 year old laborer, Amalie 29, Jenny was a baby, while Alma celebrated her 4th birthday on the ship. Approximately 200 other people shared the Minnesota ride.

1870

Orangemen (Irish Protestants) paraded through 8th avenue Manhattan, causing riots with Irish Catholics. Riots were again followed during its one year anniversary.

The Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge Began.

1871

20 miles of streets were graded and paved. 2,600 buildings were erected in Brooklyn.

Brooklyns debt was rising.

1874

Reverend Heny Ward Beecher was being sued "upon charges assailing the integrity of Mr. Beechers relations with Mrs. Tilton." The following year offered a hung jury with the case never to be retried. Rev. Beecher continued practicing and was evidently still admired.

1875

The population of Brooklyn reached nearly 500,000.

The founder of Germania Savings Bank was elected Mayor.

1876

The Brooklyn Theatre burned claiming 295 lives, incuding 100 unclaimed bodies that were buried at Greenwood Cemetery.

1877

Brooklyn is considered to have entered its "modern period." It now included a bridge, ferries, Erie Basin, sugar industry, naval yard wallabout market, Prospect Park, Theatres, Public Schools, Brooklyn Institute, Private Institutions, churches librarys, societies, hospitals, philanthopists, academcy of music "the city of homes" grain import.

Train began running on atlantic avenue and to coney island.

Hyde and Bechman theatre opens

1880

Taxable property values grew approximately one third.

Ferdinand went by the name Fredrick, Amalie was Emily, and Alma was Elma. At 14 Alma stayed at home while her bother William 8, and her sister Jennie 12 were in school. Julia age 6, also stayed at home. They lived at 97 Tillary Street, next door to the Passenmyers'. Henry, a bootmaker, and Mary were also Prussian immigrants with a 12 daughter Mary, a 10 year old son Henry, a 7 year old son Herman and two daughters Johanna and Asma (sp?) 3 and 2 respectively. Other neighbors were Irish and American Laborers and Carpenters; an Irish tinsmith and store clerk, a Russian taylor and a 72 year old Prussian woman (probably a widower, as she was listed as a housekeeper).

1881

Gran Opera House Opens

1883

Over crowding in public schools existed, many children had no access and therefore upon admittance of the 6th grae were completely illiterate when No. 24, the new primary building opened.

1888

Amphion opens.