Bushwick's+Beginnings

[Antique Brooklyn Map]

Bushwick was founded in 1638 by the Dutch West India Company. It was given the name of "Boswijck" in 1661 which means "little town in the woods" by Peter Stuyvesant. " Bushwick was the last of the original six Dutch Towns of Brooklyn to be established within New Netherland." [from [|Wikipedia] ] Once Bushwick and the other six towns were taken over, Bushwick came to be part of Kings County in 1683.

Current Brooklyn Map

St.Thomas Church in Bushwick, currently Chauncey Ave. (year: 1866)

Bushwick Church & Townhouse (year: 1800's)