KINGS COUNTY.

of Brooklyn, for the encouragement of music, was incorp. May 6, 1857. The Brooklyn Horti¬
cultural Society was incorp. April 9, 1854, and holds annual fairs. The Hunt Horticultural and
Botanical Garden was incorporated April 9, 1855, with a capital of $150,000. It has a garden of
16 acres.

The Brooklyn City Hospital, on Raymond St. near De Kalb Avenue, was incorp. May 8, 1845.
Its present buildings were opened April 28, 1852. It is supported by voluntary contributions and
legislative appropriations. The Brooklyn City Dispensary, located at 109 Pineapple St., was
incorp. March 5, 1850. It is supported in the' same manner as the hospital. The Brooklyn Dis¬
pensary, (Homeopathic,) 83 Court St., was incorp. Dec. 3, 1852. It is supported by private sub¬
scriptions. The Williamsburg Dispensary, on the corner of 5th and South Sts., was incorp. March

4. 1851; 2,221 persons received medical treatment at the> institution in 1857. It is supported by
private contributions. The Brooklyn Central Dispensary, 473 Pulton St., was incorp. Dec. 11,
1855. The Brooklyn German General Dispensary is located at 145 Court St. The Brooklyn Eye
and Ear Infirmary, 109 Pineapple St., was incorp. March 27,1851.

The Orphan Asylum Society was incorp. May 6, 1834. The institution is situated upon a fine
site on Cumberland St. near Myrtle Avenue.

The Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum of Brooklyn was incorp. May 6,1834. The asylum for
boys is located at the corner of Clinton and Congress Sts., and the fysylum for girls upon Congress
St. near Clinton. The former has 120 inmates, and the latter 250. The girls are under the
Charge of the Sisters of Charity. The support of these institutions is principally derived from the
income of a large property bequeathed by Cornelius Heeney and under the charge of the Brook¬
lyn Benevolent Society.¹ *

The Brooklyn Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor was formed March 26, 1844.
It numbers about 180 visitors, whose duty it is to investigate the condition of the poor in every
part of the city, afford such temporary relief in the way of food and clothing as the cases may
warrant, and to refer the needy to the appropriate sources for permanent relief. This association
distributes $6,000 to $7,000 per year. The Brooklyn Benevolent Society, founded upon a bequest
of Cornelius Heeney, was incorp. in May, 1845. It is managed by 11 trustees, of whom the
Archbishop of N. Y. and the Mayor of Brooklyn are ex officio members. Its funds are principally
devoted to the support of various Catholic charities. The Brooklyn Society for the Relief of
Respectable and Indigent Females, incorp. in 1851, was founded by John B. Graham, who erected
a fine edifice, corner of Washington and De Kalb Sts., as a home for the unfortunates named in
the title. It derives its support from private subscriptions. The Children’s Aid Society was organ¬
ized in Feb. 1854, as an industrial school. The Brooklyn Industrial School Association, under the
management of ladies of the several churches, was incorp. April 4, 1854. It has established
schools in different parts of the city for girls who do not attend the public schools, and who are
entirely deprived of moral training. The Brooklyn Female Employment Society, an association
of ladies to furnish employment to respectable females who may be reduced to want, was incorp.
April 19, 1854. Its office and salesroom is at 65 Court St. The Church Charity Association for
the relief of the aged, sick, and indigent was incorp. in March, 1851. It is under the patronage
of the Prot. E. Church.

The churches of Brooklyn are justly celebrated for their general elegance and beauty of archi¬
tectural design. Large numbers of people doing business in New York reside in Brooklyn; and
this has led to the erection of so great a number of churches that the city has been denominated the
“ city of churches.” In 1858 there were 139 churches in the city.² Connected with these churches
are various religious and charitable societies.³ The Freemasons, Odd Fellows, and Sons of Tem-