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3823 13th Avenue
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Church Avenue Poultry Company, 1933. This local business (which provided services and products that are no longer necessary in the New York of C-Towns and Trader Joes) was open from sometime before 1920 through the late 1970s. Owned in the later part of the 20th century by Nathan Brookstein, his daughter had this to say about her time at the Poultry Company, "It was an exciting place for a little girl to be. Haggling women speaking many different languages, sawdust on the floor, barrels of chicken feed as tall as me, and not just live chickens but turkeys, rabbits, and pigeons."
508 McDonald Avenue
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Gravesend Avenue (known as McDonald Avenue since 1933), looking south toward Kensington Junction, from a point outside No. 508, the Prosperity Meat Market; May 8, 1929. The Gravesend Avenue trolley line tracks, originally operated by the Prospect and Coney Island Railroad, ran from Green-Wood Cemetery to Coney Island. Although the surface line was largely made redundant by the opening of the IND Culver Line subway, in 1933, the McDonald Avenue trolley remained in operation until the final day of Brooklyn streetcar service, on October 30, 1956.
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1359 37th Street
\[Old New Utrecht Road and Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY] Church Avenue Line trolley tracks at the intersection of Church Avenue and Old New Utrecht Road, Brooklyn, NY. Unity Lumber Company is featured prominently in the photo. Behind the lumber yard is the elevated 13 Avenue Station on the Culver Line.
3823 13th Avenue
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.
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.
508 McDonald Avenue
\[Gravesend Avenue Roadway: IND Crosstown Line] Survey negative documents the sidewalk and roadway of Gravesend Avenue as part of the maintenance and construction of the IND Crosstown Line. Shows sidewalk, street, trolley tracks, storefronts, pedestrians, and automobiles.
600 McDonald Avenue
\[Gravesend Avenue Between Avenue C and Cortelyou Road: IND Crosstown Line] Survey negative documenting the planning and construction of the IND Crosstown Line in Brooklyn. Image shows track and roadway conditions at Gravesend Avenue. Logbook reads: Camera set at west rail of west track at Gravesend Avenue at station 85+75, looking north showing roadway, Gravesend Avenue between Avenue C and Cortelyou Road.
3550 12th Avenue
\[#3550 12th Avenue.] \#3550 12th Avenue (left) and #3548 12th Avenue (north side, between Chester Avenue and 36th Street).
43 Chester Avenue
\[#43-47 Chester Avenue.] \#43-47 Chester Avenue (at northeast corner of 12th Avenue and Chester Avenue).
644 McDonald Avenue
\[Gravesend Avenue Between Avenue C and Cortelyou Road: IND Crosstown Line] Survey negative documenting the planning and construction of the IND Crosstown Line in Brooklyn. Image shows track and roadway conditions at Gravesend Avenue. Logbook reads: Camera set at west rail of west track at Gravesend Avenue at station 87+75, looking north showing roadway, Gravesend Avenue between Avenue C and Cortelyou Road.
101 Church Avenue
Greater New York Savings Bank Image represented is one of a related set (BANK 0101), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two architectural renderings, in different sizes, of the Flatbush Branch of Greater New York Savings Bank constructed at the intersection of Church Avenue and McDonald Avenue. 0101 is not dated.
Windsor Theater
\[Windsor Theatre] Image represented is one of a related set (THEA 0091), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two similar exterior views, in different sizes, of the Windsor Theatre located at 4001 15th Avenue. It opened, presumably as a vaudeville theater, later becoming a movie theater. 0091 is a close-up view of the marquee and entrance; 0092 shows the marquee as entrance as well as two parked automobiles and a group of people. 0091 is not dated. The theater opened in 1928 and closed in the 1950's.
Windsor Theater
\[Windsor Theatre] Image represented is one of a related set (THEA 0091), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two similar exterior views, in different sizes, of the Windsor Theatre located at 4001 15th Avenue. It opened, presumably as a vaudeville theater, later becoming a movie theater. 0091 is a close-up view of the marquee and entrance; 0092 shows the marquee as entrance as well as two parked automobiles and a group of people. 0091 is not dated. The theater opened in 1928 and closed in the 1950's.
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
130 Church Avenue
\[Church Avenue at corner of Beverley Road.] Church Avenue at corner of Beverley Road.
Dahill Road and Cortelyou Road
\[Dahill Road and Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn, NY] Photograph of Dahill Road and Cortelyou Road, in Brooklyn, New York. BMT Culver Line El in background seen curving onto McDonald Av. Elevated connection to IND Church Av station (lower structure) also in view. This connection was built but not yet opened due to ensuing WWII (Will open in 5 years- 1954)
Dahill Road and Cortelyou Road
\[Dahill Road and Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn, NY] Photograph of Dahill Road and Cortelyou Road, in Brooklyn, New York. Overhead wires (no tracks) belong to the 16 Av-Cortelyou Rd trolley coach line, a car of which has just turned off 16 Av and is headed north on Dahill Rd.
150 Minna Street
\[#150 Minna Street.] \#150 Minna Street (north side of street).
158 Minna Street
\[#158 Minna Street.] \#158 Minna Street (north side of street).
1157 39th Street
\[#1157 39th Street.] \#1157 39th Street (left) and #1159 39th Street (right), Brooklyn L.I.
148 Minna Street
\[#148 Minna Street.] \#148 Minna Street (north side of street).
U.S. Post Office, Kensington Station
\[Kensington Station P.O., McDonald Avenue.] Kensington Station P.O., McDonald Avenue.
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