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Bay Ridge Savings Bank
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Bay Ridge Savings Bank 5323 Fifth Avenue 1926 The most prominent commercial building along this section of Fifth Avenue, this Classical Revival limestone bank features Ionic columns and pilasters along both its Fifth Avenue and 54th Street façades and grand arched window openings. Though it now functions as a Chase Bank, the original company name, foundation date and date of the building’s construction still grace its crown.
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Tunis Bergen House
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"Cat on Steps of Tunis Bergen House, ca. 1905." Dr. Ralph Irving Lloyd was a Brooklyn ophthalmologist and amateur photographer whose collection of lantern slides is housed at the Brooklyn Historical Society. Lloyd, who died in 1969, spent much of his life in Brooklyn, and was an avid photographer of historic 17th, 18th, and 19th century houses. One can imagine that Lloyd was likely also a cat lover as there is a large selection of cat photographs, though most do not pinpoint the location beyond the neighborhood. This feline photo is credited as being taken at the Tunis Bergen House, a 18th century homestead on 58th Street, in what is now called Sunset Park.
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5824 Fourth Avenue
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59th Street and Fourth Avenue, Sunset Park, Brooklyn; June 25, 1962. Outside the Central Restaurant (No. 5824, center-right) is an entrance the the 59th Street station of the BMT Fourth Avenue Line (N/R). The Gowanus Expressway is visible in the distance, at left.
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Zion Norwegian Lutheran Church
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North-facing survey photograph of Fourth Avenue at 64th Street, October 17, 1912. The Zion Norwegian Lutheran Church is visible at upper right. The cornerstone of the one-story church was laid in October 1910, two years after the congregation was founded. A new church was built on the same site in 1937. Since then, southern Brooklyn's once-prominent Scandinavian population has dwindled. The final service at Zion was held in January 2014, by which point the congregation numbered in the teens.

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5724 Fifth Avenue

Sign for Kartevold, jewelers, 5718 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, undated \[ca. April 1919]. Photographed for Lawrence L. Strauss.
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5718 Fifth Avenue

Sign for Kartevold, jewelers, 5718 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, undated \[ca. April 1919]. Photographed for Lawrence L. Strauss.
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471 58th Street

\[North side of 58th Street between 4th and 5th Avenue. ] North side of 58th Street between 4th and 5th Avenue. #471 first apartment at right.
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5821 Fifth Avenue

Good Friday notice Caption: "Good Friday notice--Dominick S. Fiorino of 5821 5th Ave. places sign in \[his shoe repair shop] window stating intention to observe Good Friday. Fire Department Anchor Club is distributing the signs in a campaign for a more reverent observance of the day."
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450 59 STREET

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411 59th Street

\[View of north side of 59th Street.] View of north side of 59th Street between 4th and 5th Avenues looking east.
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Miraculous medal shrine Young man standing on scaffolding painting mural in church. Caption: "Miraculous medal shrine--Bishop Thomas E. Molloy will dedicate and bless the new shrine to Our lady of Perpetual Help and the Miraculous Medal in the Church of the Transfiguration \[Marcy Avenue and Hooper Street; citation: Brooklyn daily eagle almanac (1889-1929)], Sunday at 4 p.m. During the past week artists have been putting the finishing touches on the setting for the shrine. ..."
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help

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Our Lady of Perpetual Help

R. C. Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 59th St. and 5th Ave Aerial view from right of large masonry church in Sunset Park with raised entrance portal and grassy plot at right; several pedestrians on sidewalk in foreground.
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help

New church, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Facade of Our Lady of Perpetual Help and church school, 59th Street and 5th Avenue, with wood fence along two sides, telephone poles and lines in foreground, fire hydrant in left foreground, and residential buildings in left background. (Image appears to be a rear view of school and church. A new church building was erected on this same site in two stages: 1910 and 1928.).
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6001 5 Avenue

6001 5 Avenue
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Our Lady of Perpetual Help R. C View from left of large masonry church with raised entrance portal at 59th Street and 5th Avenune in Sunset Park; utility poles and wires in foreground; patches of snow on church steps and in street; automobile in left background.
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help

First graduating class 1907 Group of young women and young men; front row are sitting with man wearing clerical attire in center; others are standing. Caption: "First graduating class 1907 from O. L. P. H. School, Bay ridge. Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, 59th St. at 6th Ave., will celebrate its Golden Jubilee with a week of spiritual and social programs from Nov. 1 to 7 ... the school is conducted by the Sisters of St. Joseph under the direction of the Redemptorist Fathers. The Very Rev. Augustine J. Aylward, C.SS.R., is rector. ..."
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Shades of yesteryear Two men and one woman wearing costumes standing in front of theatrical set; men each hold hat with one hand and woman's hand with the other. Caption: "Shades of yesteryear--'The Red Mill,' by Victor Herbert, with a cost of 75, will be presented tonight by Our Lady of Perpetual Help Dramatic Society at the church, 5th Ave. and 59th St., with (left to right) Thomas O'Donnell, Theresa Brown and George McClosky."
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Consecration Three men in clerical attire and three altar boys (two carry candles, one carries cross). Caption: "Consecration--Shown in the procession at the annual consecration of the Legion of Mary to the Blessed Virgin in Our lady of Perpetual Help R. C. Church, 59th St. and 6th Ave., are bishop Thomas E. Molloy, center, flanked by the Rev. Joseph A. Breslin and the Rev. John Brennan, rector and assistant rector of Our Lady Church, preceded by altar boys."
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help

New church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Interior, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 59th Street and 5th Avenue, with many rows of pews, supporting pillars, chandelier, portion of ceiling, and altar (?) in center background. (A new church building was erected on this same site in two stages: 1910 and 1928.).
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help

Church of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Facade of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, 526 59th Street, with street light and signs in left foreground, small tree and fire hydrant in right foreground, portion of residential (?) building on far right, and intersecting streets.
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518 60 Street
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6011 5 Avenue

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522 60 Street

522 60 Street
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415 60th Street

\[North side of 60th Street.] North side of 60th Street between 4th 5th Avenues looking east.
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524 60 Street
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