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Relics Stolen From Dyckman Farmhouse

phpW5eXggPM.jpg The Dyckman Farmhouse Museum has been burgled! The NY Post reports that 43 artifacts were stolen when the Parks Department was renovating it, which was reported back in 2007. "City records obtained yesterday reveal an alarming list of period pieces, lavish décor and jewelry stolen when the Parks Department and the nonprofit Historic House Trust hauled belongings out of the Inwood museum for an interior renovation." Some items date back to 1800, some made gold, some adorned with diamonds... and even a family cradle was swiped! The case has now been closed, and the "inconclusive investigation revealed several questionable decisions by the Parks Department, such as giving keys to Dyckman to 'a lot of Parks staffers and personnel over the years' and failing to always lock up." The original home was destroyed during the Revolutionary War, so, we suppose, this too shall pass.

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  • BongoBoy

    The Parks Department is really having a great summer?!

    Take a closer look at that, King Mike!

    1)Prospect Park trashing, Parks doesn't go after the "promoters" of the mess. Grills rule in this park, in teeth and on the barbecued lawns. Heaven help you if a pug is off-leash.

    2)Ticketing a child for selling lemonade

    3)Ticketing a couple babushkas for swimming in the evenings, and threatening them with deportation.

  • Nyctini11

    Did Lindsey Lohan recently take a tour?

  • NannyState

    They had dildos in the 1800s?

  • Nyctini11

    they had Brooms didn't they?!!

  • hotstepper

    the russians did it! and the parks dept is hot on their aquatic trail.

  • mrguy

    i live two blocks from the dyckman farmhouse, and yesterday, somebody stole my doormat from outside my apartment. i can sympathize.

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