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Norton's Point Line at West 37th Street
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A streetcar on the Norton Point Line enters the grade crossing at West 37th Street in Coney Island, April 11, 1919. Norton's Point Line streetcars were operated by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (later the BMT) and provided service to Sea Gate, the private development at Coney Island's western end (visible in the background), via a private right of way cut between Surf and Mermaid Avenues. Streetcar service was discontinued in 1948. Prior to the 1892 establishment of the Sea Gate community, the area was known as Norton's Point, after the proprietor of a casino near the site of the Coney Island Lighthouse.
Railroad Avenue and West 35th Street
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In the late 19th and early 20th century, the Norton Point trolley line carried passengers from a terminal at Stillwell Avenue west into the community of Sea Gate. The right-of-way (or path) of the trolley was on Railroad Avenue, which sat between Surf and Mermaid Avenues. The trolley service was discontinued only a few months after this photo was captured. Following the December 1948 closure, the former right-of-way was briefly turned into a regular street, but that too disappeared after a few years. Today any vestiges of the trolley line have been lost under new developments of the last few decades.
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McMahon's Baths
Gravesend: Coney Island Boardwalk and McMahon's Baths, W. 36 Street to W. 37 Street, 1924.
Coney Island Boardwalk, W. 35 Street to W. 36 Street
Gravesend: Coney Island Boardwalk, W. 35 Street to W. 36 Street, 1924.
Railroad Avenue and West 35th Street
\[Railroad Avenue and West 35th Street, Brooklyn, NY] Intersection of Railroad Avenue and West 35th Street in Brooklyn, NY. Camera is positioned between one of two sets of trolley tracks running down the avenue.
Railroad Avenue and West 35th Street
\[Railroad Avenue and West 35th Street, Brooklyn, NY] Railroad Avenue and West 35th Street in Brooklyn, NY. Camera is positioned in the center of Railroad Avenue between the two sets of tracks.
Norton's Point Line at West 37th Street
G. C. west 37th st. Coney Island Photograph shows the original trolley line at 37th street, Coney Island.
West 33rd Street and Railroad Avenue
\[Railroad Avenue and West 33rd Street, Brooklyn, NY] Looking east on Railroad Avenue from the southeast corner of Railroad Avenue ( which was the right of way of the Norton Point Trolley until it was discontinued in 1948 and ran midway through the block between Surf Avenue and Mermaid Avenue) and 33rd Street, NY.
West 33rd Street and Railroad Avenue
\[Railroad Avenue and West 33rd Street, Brooklyn, NY] Looking east on Railroad Avenue from the southeast corner of Railroad Avenue ( which was the right of way of the Norton Point Trolley until it was discontinued in 1948 and ran midway through the block between Surf Avenue and Mermaid Avenue) and 33rd Street, NY.
West 37th Street and Mermaid Avenue, southeast corner
\[West 37th Street, Brooklyn, NY] West 37th Street, Brooklyn, NY. View of shops, cars and pedestrians.
2902 W 37th Street
\[Mermaid Avenue and West 36th Street - Brooklyn, NY] The intersection of Mermaid Avenue and West 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY, looking west. View of storefronts, automobiles, pedestrians, a child on a bicycle and the Sea Gate Garage. Image taken along the Norton's Point Shuttle Line.
2902 W 37th Street
\[Mermaid Avenue and West 37th Street - Brooklyn, NY] The intersection of Mermaid Avenue and West 37th Street, Brooklyn, NY. Image taken along the Norton's Point Shuttle Line. View of pedestrians, storefronts, the Sea Gate Garage, and a bus along the route.
Surf Avenue, looking west from W. 32 Street to W. 33 Street
Gravesend: north side of Surf Avenue, looking west from W. 32 Street to W. 33 Street, Coney Island, 1924.
3305 Mermaid Avenue
Mermaid Avenue Row of vacant, brick, three-story commercial/residential buildings with fire escapes on Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island and two African American pedestrians on sidewalk in foreground; buildings appear to have been destroyed by fire.
3305 Mermaid Avenue
Mermaid Avenue Close-up of four African American boys, all wearing jackets, one wearing mittens, standing on Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island with portions of several buildings, three with security gates over entrances, in background.
Coney Island Boardwalk, W. 31 Street to W. 32 Street
Gravesend: Coney Island Boardwalk, W. 31 Street to W. 32 Street, 1924.
3002 Surf Avenue
Brooklyn: Surf Ave. - 30th St. W. (1) 300A Surf Ave., at the S.W. corner of West 30th Street, showiwg Colonial Hall. January 1924. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, from another angle. January 1924. Eugene -. Arwbruster Collection.
3002 Surf Avenue
Brooklyn: Surf Ave. - 30th St. W. (1) 300A Surf Ave., at the S.W. corner of West 30th Street, showiwg Colonial Hall. January 1924. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, from another angle. January 1924. Eugene -. Arwbruster Collection.
Breakers Baths
Gravesend: Coney Island Boardwalk and the Breakers Baths, W. 30 Street to W. 31 Street, 1924.
Breakers Baths
Gravesend: Coney Island Boardwalk and the Breakers Baths at W. 31 Street, 1924.
3602 Neptune Avenue
\[Neptune Avenue and West 36th Street - Brooklyn, NY] The intersection of Neptune Avenue and West 36th Street, Brooklyn. View of residential homes, pedestrians. The road is slightly unpaved, and there is a horse and carriage in the distance, as well as a shuttle bus in the distance; the bus is on Norton's Point Shuttle Line.
3602 Neptune Avenue
\[Neptune Avenue and West 36th Street - Brooklyn, NY] The intersection of Neptune Avenue and West 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY. Image taken along the Norton's Point Shuttle Line. View of residential homes, pedestrians, storefronts, including a drugstore and a tailor shop, and a "Taystee Bread" delivery truck.
3602 Neptune Avenue
\[Neptune Avenue and West 36th Street - Brooklyn, NY] The intersection of Neptune Avenue and West 36th Street, Brooklyn, NY. Image taken along the Norton's Point Shuttle Line. View of residential homes, pedestrians, storefronts, including a drugstore and a tailor shop, and a "Taystee Bread" delivery truck.
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