I live next to the largest mass grave in America – and it's delightful

Inside: Quick quips, a rant about Elon, a photo essay/deep dive on the largest mass grave in America (also my neighborhood park), and interesting quotes on entrepreneurship, strangers, and Buddhism.

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A grave situation

The Prison Ship Martyrs Monument sits atop a hill in the middle of Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Park and is there to remind us of bodies that once floated in the ocean.

To its north is Myrtle Avenue. Back in the day, i…