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354 91st Street
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Firefighters battle a blaze at a partially completed apartment building on 91st Street between Third and Fourth Avenues, June 1929. The New York Times reported that "a great crowd watched the apartment house fire" on 91st Street. The apartment building was unoccupied when fire was first spotted by a police officer, late in the afternoon of June 2. However, high winds caused the blaze to spread: "Sparks swept on a stiff wind ignited a garage across the street and started roof fires, all trifling, in three frame dwellings in the vicinity. Embers were carried a quarter of a mile to the Army reservation at Fort Hamilton. A one-story warehouse of the Quartermaster Corps took fire and was burned." While firefighters fought the spread of flames, a 91st Street resident prevailed in gaining access to her imperiled home in order to recover certain valuables: "The police ordered the Seatti family to stay out of the house. Mrs. Robert Brandon, however, a tenant, insisted that valuable securities must be rescued. Firemen finally accompanied Mrs. Brandon to her quarters and she came out with the securities. They consisted of $10 and two strawberry shortcakes she had made for her son's birthday party."
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Church of St. Patrick
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Roman Catholic Church of St. Patrick and the associated parish school, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn; June 16, 1963.
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9424 4 Avenue
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Fort Hamilton Branch, BPL ca. 1939 9424 4th Avenue Designed by Lord & Hewlett, 1906 The Fort Hamilton Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library began as a small book collection donated by Mrs. Gelston of Shore Road in the 1890s. Thanks to a gift from steel magnate Andrew Carnegie in 1901, the library was expanded and this modest the building was constructed. Recently restored, the building is clad in red brick with horizontal black brick courses and features a dentilled cornice and limestone window sills and doorway surrounds.

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172 Gelston Avenue

172 Gelston Avenue
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174 Gelston Avenue
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176 Gelston Avenue
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522 92 Street

522 92 Street
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520A 92 Street

520A 92 Street
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178 Gelston Avenue

178 Gelston Avenue
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518 92 Street
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528 92 Street
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516 92 Street
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180 Gelston Avenue

180 Gelston Avenue
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182 Gelston Avenue
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182A Gelston Avenue

182A Gelston Avenue
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184 Gelston Avenue
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9213 5 Avenue
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9217 5 Avenue
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9201-09 5 Avenue
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FDNY Engine 242

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FDNY Engine 242

9219 5 Avenue
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FDNY Engine 242

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FDNY Engine 242

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FDNY Engine 242

Brooklyn 166, Engine Co. \_242, 9219 5th Ave; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
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188 Gelston Avenue

188 Gelston Avenue
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9221 5 Avenue
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9225 5 Avenue

9225 5 Avenue
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171 Gelston Avenue

171 Gelston Avenue
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9229 5 Avenue
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159-67 Gelston Avenue
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179 Gelston Avenue
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9235 5 Avenue

9235 5 Avenue
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183 Gelston Avenue
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200 Gelston Avenue
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153-55 Gelston Avenue

153-55 Gelston Avenue
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9325 Fifth Avenue

Brooklyn: 5th Avenue - 92nd Street 9325 Fifth Ave., east side, between 94th and 92nd Streets. The view shows a frame house. May 10, 1929. P. L. Sperr.
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199 Gelston Avenue

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208 Gelston Avenue

208 Gelston Avenue
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548 92 Street

548 92 Street
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9317 5 Avenue

9317 5 Avenue
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9210 Fort Hamilton Parkway

9210 Fort Hamilton Parkway
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541 92 Street

541 92 Street
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9220 Fort Hamilton Parkway

9220 Fort Hamilton Parkway
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9224 Fort Hamilton Parkway

9224 Fort Hamilton Parkway
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