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A look at Brooklyn, then and now.<\/strong><\/p>\n William H. Reynolds was a developer like no other before or since. During the course of his life, he cut a swath through Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island and Manhattan, developing new neighborhoods right and left. He also managed to become New York State\u2019s youngest State Senator, the mayor of Long Beach, Long Island, the owner of Dreamland Amusement Park, and a convicted felon. Not to mention his expertise in the manly art of fisticuffs and other athletic competitions.<\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> | %<\/span><\/a> Single Page<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A look at Brooklyn, then and now. William H. Reynolds was a developer like no other before or since. During the course of his life, he cut a swath through Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island and Manhattan, developing new neighborhoods right and left. He also managed to become New York State\u2019s youngest State Senator, the mayor…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11099,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7665,7646],"tags":[302,6434,6603],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-174237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-borough-park","category-history","tag-borough-park","tag-history","tag-past-and-present"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Past and Present: The Borough Park Clubhouse","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/history\/past-and-present-the-borough-park-clubhouse\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/history\/past-and-present-the-borough-park-clubhouse\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Borough Park","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Suzanne Spellen"}],"creator":["Suzanne Spellen"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Brownstoner","logo":""},"keywords":["borough park","history","past and present"],"dateCreated":"2014-09-05T14:45:32Z","datePublished":"2014-09-05T14:45:32Z","dateModified":"2014-09-05T14:57:26Z"},"rendered":"