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1147 49th Street
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1147 49th Street, 1958.
New Utrecht Avenue and 45th Street
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New Utrecht Avenue looking north, showing west sidewalk, between Fort Hamilton Parkway (at corner) and 45th Street (behind the camera), March 25, 1914. In 1914 the small triangle block formed by 45th Street, Fort Hamilton Parkway and New Utrecht Avenue was occupied by a small structure, the corner of which is visible at the left side of the frame. In 1914 the "public area" at this intersection had its title transferred to the city, along with similar such plots along the planned route of the new elevated BMT West End Line. Today this triangle includes only a small plot of greenery and one of the staircases from the Fort Hamilton Parkway Station of the D train.
50th Street and New Utrecht Avenue
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Looking north at the intersection of 50th Street, New Utrecht Avenue, and 12th Avenue, March 25, 1914.
5020 13th Avenue
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Borough Park Club House, ca. 1912. The neighborhood now known as Borough Park, was once called, for a short period of time in the 19th century, Blythebourne. It was the creation of a developer named Electus B. Litchfield. He had established a small cottage community in 1887 from the sprawling farmland that dominated this part of Brooklyn. A different developer, William H. Reynolds, arrived on the scene in the 1880s and bought, schemed, and constructed a new, larger community around Blythebourne, calling it Borough Park. The community had a suburban feel, with small wood-frame homes as well as large Queen Anne and Colonial Revival detached houses. The Borough Park Club House was conceived by Reynolds and designed by Benjamin Dreisler 1898. The Queen Anne/Colonial Revival building with a large wraparound porch was the center of activity for the neighborhood. It hosted events organized by fraternal organizations, church and synagogue, scouts, teachers, sports clubs, social clubs, union organizations, and political clubs. The clubhouse survived in its original form until World War II, after which it was converted in to a Jewish Center and then school, serving the booming Orthodox Jewish community that had moved into the neighborhood mid century. During these years the large porch was removed, two-story wings were added to the building, and the surrounding grass was cemented over. In the 1980s the building was demolished and replaced.
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4510 13th Avenue
Sample of vandalism Man in suit reaching up to touch ripped awning on commercial street; automobiles and row of strorefronts in background. Caption: "SAMPLE OF VANDALISM: Max Grossberg, partner in National Gift Shop at 4510 13th Ave., examines slashed awning in front of store, one of 11 awnings cut during weekend in five-block stretch of Borough Park business street."
Bay Ridge Savings Bank
4724 13th Avenue. Bay Ridge Savings Bank, exterior.
1250 42nd Street
Brooklyn: 42nd Street - 12th Avenue 1250-42nd Street, south side, between Thirteenth Avenue (left) and Twelfth Avenue (right), showing the home of Jacob Keiser in 1922. August 5, 1922. W. B. Wernam
1145 47th Street
Water damage Caption: "Water damage: Michael DeFilippo carries his year-old daughter, Carol Anne, out of basement apartment at 1145 47th St., flooded waist-high by water from hoses of firemen battling four-alarm fire in nearby abandoned theater."
FDNY Engine 282
Brooklyn 170, Engine Co. \_282, 4210 12th Ave; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
FDNY Engine 282
Public School 164
Brooklyn: 14th Avenue - 42nd Street 14th Avenue, east side, from 42nd to 43rd Streets, showing Public School No. 164. Board of Education of the City of New York Early 1930's
48th Street and New Utrecht Avenue
Camera 55 feet south of south curb of 48th Street, looking north, showing east intersection of 48th Street and New Utrecht Avenue. Image prior to construction of the elevated BMT West End Line. This line was built under the Dual Contracts of 1913. The original surface railroad tracks of the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad can be seen in the photograph. At the time of the photo, the BRT operated elevated trains over these tracks using trolley wired electricity. These tracks were retained for use by trolley lines after the elevated was built over them.
4901 New Utrecht Avenue
\[New Utrecht Avenue during Dual Contract construction] Camera on center line New Utrecht Avenue, 14 feet south of south curb of 49th Street, looking east, showing intersection of 49th Street and New Utrecht Avenue at southeast corner. Image prior to construction of the elevated BMT West End Line. This line was built under the Dual Contracts of 1913. The original surface railroad tracks of the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad can be seen in the photograph. At the time of the photo, the BRT operated elevated trains over these tracks using trolley wired electricity. These tracks were retained for use by trolley lines after the elevated was built over them.
5020 13th Avenue
1147 49th Street
\[#1147 49th Street.] \#1147 49th Street, between New Utrecht Avenue and 11th Avenue (north side of street.)
50th Street and New Utrecht Avenue
Camera 35 feet south of south curb of 50th Street, looking north, showing east intersection of 50th Street and new Utrecht Avenue. Image prior to construction of the elevated BMT West End Line. This line was built under the Dual Contracts of 1913. The original surface railroad tracks of the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad can be seen in the photograph. At the time of the photo, the BRT operated elevated trains over these tracks using trolley wired electricity. These tracks were retained for use by trolley lines after the elevated was built over them.
50th Street and New Utrecht Avenue
\[12th Avenue during Dual Contract construction] Camera on west curb line of 12th Avenue, 30 feet south of south curb of 50th Street, looking north east, showing intersection of 50th Street and New Utrecht Avenue, and 12th Avenue. Image prior to construction of the elevated BMT West End Line. This line was built under the Dual Contracts of 1913. The original surface railroad tracks of the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad can be seen in the photograph. At the time of the photo, the BRT operated elevated trains over these tracks using trolley wired electricity. These tracks were retained for use by trolley lines after the elevated was built over them.
4928 New Utrecht Avenue
Camera at 333+10 centerline of New Utrecht Avenue between 50 and 51st Streets looking north. Image prior to construction of the elevated BMT West End Line. This line was built under the Dual Contracts of 1913. The original surface railroad tracks of the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad can be seen in the photograph. At the time of the photo, the BRT operated elevated trains over these tracks using trolley wired electricity. These tracks were retained for use by trolley lines after the elevated was built over them.
Congregation Beth El of Borough Park
\[Synagogue of Congregation Beth El of Borough Park] Synagogue at 12th Ave. and 41st St. with two projecting rectangular towers, sloping roof, and wooden stoop; large medallion over entrance reads, "Congregation Beth El of Borough Park"; man standing on bare plot before temple.
Universal Theater
Universal Theatre Image represented is one of a related set (THEA 0089), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two architectural renderings, in different sizes, of the Universal Theatre located at 4515 New Utrecht Avenue. It was both a vaudeville theater and a movie theater. Note: The 16th Street Theater, located at 166 16th Street, was also known as the Universal Theater.
Universal Theater
Battle blaze from El Six or seven firemen on elevated subway tracks directing streams of water to burning building level with them; other firemen around raised ladder and fire truck in foregound. Caption: "Battle blaze from El: Firemen perched atop BMT West End Line el structure pour water into blazing building at New Utrecht Ave. and 46th St. Service was halted for nearly four hours while fire in abandoned movie house was being quenched."
Universal Theater
Universal Theatre Image represented is one of a related set (THEA 0089), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two architectural renderings, in different sizes, of the Universal Theatre located at 4515 New Utrecht Avenue. It was both a vaudeville theater and a movie theater. Note: The 16th Street Theater, located at 166 16th Street, was also known as the Universal Theater.
1127 49th Street
\[North side of 49th Street between New Utrecht Avenue and 11th Avenue.] North side of 49th Street between New Utrecht Avenue and 11th Avenue.
45th Street, Eleventh Avenue, and New Utrecht Avenue
Camera at 317+10 between 45 & 46 Street centerline of New Utrecht Avenue looking north. Image prior to construction of the elevated BMT West End Line. This line was built under the Dual Contracts of 1913. The original surface railroad tracks of the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad can be seen in the photograph. At the time of the photo, the BRT operated elevated trains over these tracks using trolley wired electricity. These tracks were retained for use by trolley lines after the elevated was built over them.
45th Street, Eleventh Avenue, and New Utrecht Avenue
\[New Utrecht Avenue during Dual Contract construction] Camera on center line of New Utrecht Avenue, 24 feet south of center line of 11th Avenue, looking north showing intersection of 45th Street and New Utrecht Avenue and 11th Avenue. Image prior to construction of the elevated BMT West End Line. This line was built under the Dual Contracts of 1913. The original surface railroad tracks of the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad can be seen in the photograph. At the time of the photo, the BRT operated elevated trains over these tracks using trolley wired electricity. These tracks were retained for use by trolley lines after the elevated was built over them.
Public School 131
PS 131 Facade of PS 131, a large, three-story, limestone building and one-story addition on right, located at 4305 Fort Hamilton Parkway, with three utility poles and one tree in snow-covered foreground.
Public School 131
War's influence Caption: "War's influence--Young girls now are making model airplanes, long a boy's hobby. Ann Kabram, left, and Joyce Bernhardt, each 8 years old, inspect a plane they built at Public School 161, 330 Crown St;" large instructional chart on wall in background.
Public School 131
Brooklyn 171, P.S. 131, 4305 Fort Hamilton Parkway; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
5012 New Utrecht Avenue
Camera at 335+75 between 51 & 52nd Streets centerline of New Utrecht Avenue looking north. The station in this photograph should be changed from 334+50 to 335+50. Image prior to construction of the elevated BMT West End Line. This line was built under the Dual Contracts of 1913. The original surface railroad tracks of the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad can be seen in the photograph. At the time of the photo, the BRT operated elevated trains over these tracks using trolley wired electricity. These tracks were retained for use by trolley lines after the elevated was built over them.
New Utrecht Avenue and 45th Street
\[45th Street during Dual Contract construction] Camera 20 feet north of north curb of 45th Street, looking north, showing west sidewalk, between Fort Hamilton Parkway and 45th Street. Image prior to construction of the elevated BMT West End Line. This line was built under the Dual Contracts of 1913. The original surface railroad tracks of the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad can be seen in the photograph. At the time of the photo, the BRT operated elevated trains over these tracks using trolley wired electricity. These tracks were retained for use by trolley lines after the elevated was built over them.
Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market
\[Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market] View of entrance and large sign of Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market, with three women, one man, and a boy pushing a baby carriage on the sidewalk, and portions of two parked automobiles in foreground. The location was Borough Park.
Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market
The sanitary way Caption: "The sanitary way--The 13th Avenue Retail Market, pictured here, \[with produce stands and several shoppers] replaced a neighborhood pushcart market and brought the peddlers inside. Here the food is kept free from dust, dirt and flies. ..." The market was located in Borough Park.
Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market
Thirteenth Ave. Retail Market Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1593), some of which may also be described in this new record; Inscription (1593): "Markets Commissioner William Fellowes Morgan, Jr., Mayor LaGuardia & Borough President Ingersoll (left to right) at the opening of Brooklyn's first municipal retail market, 13th Ave., btwn 3d & 40th Sts. It will eliminate the large pushcart market in that neighborhood." Caption (1594): "... The picture shows \[left to right] Anthony Fiduccia, one of the dealers, with Mayor LaGuardia and Borough President Ingersoll, inspecting one of the 137 stands in the new market." There are several other people, including one police officer, in the background of each image.
Thirteenth Avenue Retail Market
Thirteenth Ave. Retail Market Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1593), some of which may also be described in this new record; Inscription (1593): "Markets Commissioner William Fellowes Morgan, Jr., Mayor LaGuardia & Borough President Ingersoll (left to right) at the opening of Brooklyn's first municipal retail market, 13th Ave., btwn 3d & 40th Sts. It will eliminate the large pushcart market in that neighborhood." Caption (1594): "... The picture shows \[left to right] Anthony Fiduccia, one of the dealers, with Mayor LaGuardia and Borough President Ingersoll, inspecting one of the 137 stands in the new market." There are several other people, including one police officer, in the background of each image.
4401-4409 New Utrecht Avenue
\[New Utrecht Avenue, Looking from 46th Street Towards Fort Hamilton Parkway] New Utrecht Avenue looking from 46th Street towards Fort Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, NY.
3905 13th Avenue
Pushcart market Aerial view of pushcart market in business/residential district on 13th Avenue from 39th Street to 41st Street. Image also includes several vehicles including one horse-drawn wagon.
4223 Fort Hamilton Parkway
Youngsters' delight Caption: "Youngsters' delight--Sundaes, sodas, sandwiches, etc., are highballed to the booths in Ben Lewanda's Parkway Sandwich Shop aboard oversized electric trains. Here, a pair of happy customers avail themselves of unique service."
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