by Geoff Cobb 
Bushwick Inlet, the truncated, morose, post-industrial body of water west of Kent Avenue at North 14th Street, hardly seems worthy of the huge controversy for a shoreline park, nor would it appear to have a rich history, but the body of water is both controversial and historic. Although park protests have generated a lot of headlines, few know its history.
There was not always a Bushwick Inlet.…
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“Norman Avenue, a corruption of the name Norseman, was named Norman’s Kill by the Dutch in Volckertszen’s honor.”
It is not a “corruption” of “Norseman.” The Dutch spoke Dutch, not English. They didn’t call him “Norseman,” they used “Noorman,” the Dutch word.