It was enough to make old Peter Stuyvesant stomp around on his stump. From Brazil, 23 Jews had arrived in Governor Stuyvesant’s New Amsterdam in 1654. Peter sent off a letter to his superiors in the ...

When you step into St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery, you might not know that you’re standing on what was once the farm of Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch director-general. Or that the balcony in the church ...

Stuyvesant Square is a historic park located in the heart of Manhattan's East Village neighborhood in New York City. There are several reasons why a tourist would want to visit this park. Firstly, the ...