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Borough Park history

Electus Litchfield, an architect and builder, bought some vacant land west of New Utrecht Ave. and created a community of cottages he called Blythebourne, for the Scottish words for 'happy home.' He advertised the location of his homes as 'the most accessible, agreeable and improving vicinage on Long Island.'
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