The History of Penny Bridge Over Newtown Creek;
How US Railroads From China Ended Up In Greenpoint;
the first Greenpoint & Williamsburg Fire Departments;
North Brooklyn and 1776;
Creeks and Corpses.

featuring: the Penny Bridge Is Doomed; the Penny Bridge Tragedy of 1907; Towerman and Flagman Charged With Homicide, 1907; the Battle of Long Island; the Fire Department of Greenpoint, Engine No. 15; bark Tiber; railroads; anti-Asian xenophobia; Hong Kong Railway Society; History of the Great American Fortunes; Jay Gould; Russell Sage; revolution.

Exploding Brooklyn tells the stories of North Brooklyn's industrial history in Greenpoint and Williamsburg on Newtown Creek; and the people who lived and died amidst industrial mayhem as this backwoods of New York City became an epicenter of shipping and commerce.

Exploding Brooklyn is the first podcast from Tripping Balls Through History - podcasts using newspapers and media to bring old true stories to light.

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