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1640 Nostrand Avenue
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Aftermath of a cave-in during subway construction on Nostrand Avenue, north of Beverly Road, July 14, 1916. Runoff from heavy rains on the afternoon of July 13 overwhelmed the Nostrand Avenue sewer system, destabilizing the pillars supporting the temporary wooden roadway. A BRT streetcar — carrying only four people, including crew, thanks to a timely evacuation order — fell through the roadway into the excavation cut.
Cave-ins, Crashes, and Other Transit Accidents
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Subway construction and operation is and has always been a complicated undertaking. Accidents happen, either through human error or mechanical failure. This collection looks at some of the transit system's early mishaps. 🚆💥
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Public School 181
Brooklyn: New York Avenue - Tilden Avenue New York Avenue, east side, between Tilden and Snyder Avenues, showing Public School No. 181. Board of Education of the City of New York March 21, 1921
3101 Snyder Avenue
3101 Snyder Ave Facades of three, attached, two-story row houses on Snyder Avenue at East 31st Street with four pedestrians (two women standing at corner, women with baby carriage and boy on right), street light and parked automobile. Caption: "The Flatbush Community League will open its health clinic in this building \[far left] at 3101 Snyder Ave. as soon as furniture in installed, within a few days. No treatment will be given, but children will be examined by physicians and nurses assigned by the Health Department. ..."
149 East 31st Street
Flatbush: northeast corner of E. 31st Street and Tilden Avenue, 1922.
149 East 31st Street
Brooklyn: 31st Street (East) - Tilden Avenue East 31st Street at the N.E. corner of Tilden Ave., showing building known as Thomas MaGuire's Hotel in 1873. This building is no longer in existence. 1922\. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.
1500 Nostrand Avenue
Brooklyn: Nostrand Avenue - Erasmus Street Nostrand Ave., at the S.W. corner of Erasmus Street. Built by the King's County Real Estate Corp. The buildings viewed are valued at 215,000. April 3, 1928.
2901 East 29th Street
Brooklyn: 29th Street (East) - Albemarle Road 2901-2903 East 29th Strect, at and adjoining the S.E. corner of Albemarle Road. The view also shows Albemarle Road, at and adjoining the S.E. corner of East 29th Street. Houses concerned are frame. March 29, 1932. P. L. Sperr.
3000 Church Avenue
\[Nostrand Avenue and Church Avenue, Brooklyn, NY] Church Avenue Line trolley tracks looking east at the intersection of Church Avenue and Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. To the far right of the photo is the entrance to the Church Avenue subway station which is on the side of the Lincoln Savings Bank. Several pedestrians can be seen crossing the street, both sides of which are crowded with retail signs.
2820 Snyder Avenue
Brooklyn Homicide Court Exterior view of the 67th Police Precinct station located at 2820 Snyder Avenue. Image includes two parked automobiles. Image is not dated.
2848 Church Avenue
Bakery workers donate Caption: "Bakery workers donate--Cyril Trinnees, personnel director of the Ebinger Baking Company, carrying placard \["Ebinger Baking Co."], is shown with a group of \[seven] company employes just before giving blood to the Red Cross at the Flatbush office of the Lincoln Savings Bank, 2848 Church Ave."
2848 Church Avenue
Lincoln Savings Bank Two identical architectural renderings of the Lincoln Savings Bank constructed at the intersection of Church Avenue and Nostrand Avenue. 0142 is not dated.
2848 Church Avenue
\[Lincoln Savings Bank] Architectural rendering of the Lincoln Savings Bank. The location, presumably Brooklyn, is unknown. The image is not dated.
2848 Church Avenue
Lincoln plaque unveiled Caption: "Lincoln plaque unveiled--The 140th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth was observed by the Flatbush office of the Lincoln Savings Bank, 2848 Church Ave., when a plaque bearing Lincoln's second inaugural adddress was unveiled. Participating were John A. Elbe, bank vice president; Joseph J. Jones, past commander of Maurice G.Jones, American Legion, and Edwin P. \[surname illegible], of the Flatbush office." The image shows fourteen unidentified men and women, all wearing military service uniforms. It is assumed that they are veterans.
2848 Church Avenue
Lincoln Savings Bank Architectural rendering of Lincoln Savings Bank located at the intersection of Church Avenue and Nostrand Avenue.
1640 Nostrand Avenue
\[Nostrand Avenue Trolley Accident: IRT Nostrand Line] Photograph shows a cave-in of a trolley car falling through the timbering built during subway construction on Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn on the IRT Nostrand Line. The camera is north of Beverly Road, looking north, showing view of cut.
3619 Church Avenue
\[Church Avenue Looking Toward Brooklyn Avenue on Gravesend-Church Trolley Line, Brooklyn, NY] Church Avenue looking West toward Brooklyn Avenue on the Gravesend-Church Avenues trolley line in Brooklyn, NY. Camera is positioned on Church Avenue atop the trolley tracks.
3619 Church Avenue
\[Church Avenue Looking Toward East 37th Street on Gravesend-Church Trolley Line, Brooklyn, NY] Church Avenue looking toward East 37th Street on the Gravesend-Church Avenues trolley line in Brooklyn, NY. Camera is positioned on Church Avenue beside the trolley tracks.
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