Abolitionist Place In the News
2025
Guides Association of NYC, Outstanding Achievement in Support of NYC (Preservation) Nomination
NPR & Epicenter NYC, The fight to preserve a Brooklyn home believed to be part of the Underground Railroad – podcast
Epicenter NYC, The fight to preserve a Brooklyn home believed to be part of the Underground Railroad
Brooklyn Eagle, Celebration of Brooklyn abolitionist landmark, 227 Duffield St., Sunday
Hunter Urban Review, Mama Joy Lives
2024
BK Reader, Brooklyn’s Abolitionist History Comes Alive With Every Step
WNYC, Creating space and connection at Flatbush African Burial Ground – podcast
about our partners FABGC featuring Shawné Lee
BK Reader, After 20-Yrs, a Park Marking The Abolitionist Movement in BK Opens Downtown
2023
Brooklyn Paper, Abolitionist Place celebrates second anniversary of landmark preservation
ABC7 New York, Archives reveal names of formerly enslaved people of Lefferts House
Brooklyn Paper, Long-awaited Abolitionist Place Park takes shape in Downtown Brooklyn
2022
Brownstoner, What’s Next for the Landmarked House at 227 Abolitionist Place-Duffield Street?
2021
CNN, New York City buys a historic home believed to have been part of the Underground Railroad
Gothamist, After Landmarking Effort, City Buys Brooklyn House With Ties To Underground Railroad
The Indypendent, Preserving Black History at 227 Abolitionist Place
6sqft, New York City buys Downtown Brooklyn’s abolitionist rowhouse for $3.2M
Brooklyn Paper, City buys Downtown Brooklyn abolitionist house after landmarking
ABC News 7, NYC home believed to be part of Underground Railroad designated historical landmark
New York Times, Home of Brooklyn Abolitionists Receives Landmark Status
Untapped New York, On Abolitionist Place 227 Duffield Street is Finally Landmarked
Amsterdam News, LANDMARK WIN: Brooklyn Underground Railroad house saved
2020
ABC 7, Activists fight to save Brooklyn home believed to be part of Underground Railroad
Eyewitness News ABC 7, Brooklyn building believed to be part of Underground Railroad
Park Slope Reader, The Protests Heard Around the World, Part One
Park Slope Reader, The Battle for 227 Abolitionist Place, Part Two
2019
Brklyner, 11th Hour Plea To Stop Demo Of ‘Abolitionist Place’ House
Untapped New York, Underground Railroad Building in Downtown Brooklyn At Risk of Demolition
NY1, Activists Fight for House in Brooklyn They Believe Was Used for the Underground Railroad
AMNY, Demolishing abolitionist home would ‘erase’ history, Brooklyn activists say
Gothamist, A Historic Brooklyn House With Ties To Underground Railroad Faces Demolition
Curbed New York, Downtown Brooklyn house with abolitionist movement ties faces demolition
News 12 Brooklyn, Activists, elected officials work to save historical building
2017
Atlas Obscura, Abolitionist Place
2015
Newsweek, New York City Would Really Rather Not Talk About Its Slavery-Loving Past
2007
Brooklyn Paper, Joy on Duffield: Deal saves ‘Underground Railroad’ home
New York Times, On the Trail of Brooklyn’s Underground Railroad
Brooklyn Rail, The Case Of The Duffield Street Homes
