The first public brewery in America was established by Peter Minuit at the Market (Marckvelt) field in lower Manhattan, New York.
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Oneida, New York has the world's smallest church with the dimensions of 3.5' X 6'.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald's literary masterpiece, The Great Gatsby, was said to capture the spirit of the north shore of Long Island (Gold Coast) in the 1920's.