Go here to see a video produced by Channel Thirteen's The City Concealed, an online video series exploring the unseen corners of New York. This show is about Weeksville houses, an interesting piece of Brooklyn history. Here from Bijan Rezvani, producer for The City City Concealed:

"The Hunterfly Road Houses of Weeksville are the discovered remnants
of a free African-American enclave of urban tradespeople and property
owners.  The community provided safety for fugitive slaves and those
later fleeing the Civil War draft riots of lower Manhattan.  By the
time of the Emancipation Proclamation, Weeksville was a thriving area
with its own doctors, teachers, publishers, and social services.

"The Houses help fill a  historical gap between slavery and the civil
rights movement of the 1960s.  The Weeksville staff clearly promote the
idea of a successful African-American project that can be remembered
with pride."

A $3 million restoration of the Hunterfly Houses was completed
in 2005. You can take a tour of these  historic houses and attend lectures, preservation workshops, children’s
programs, cultural events and other programs rooted in the Center's
history and objects.