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410 Lefferts Avenue image

410 Lefferts Avenue
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Lefferts Avenue, south side, east from New York Avenue, 1929. A trio of wood-frame homes, hidden under late 20th century siding, that unexpectedly remain.
163-165 Midwood Street image

163-165 Midwood Street
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163-165 Midwood Street, 1924. Nos. 163 and 165 are two in a series of ten homes designed by George Lawton of the firm of Lawton & Field for William A.A. Brown in 1899. Brown was banker, real estate developer, avid horticulturist, and powerful in the local political community. He was also the head of the (Brooklyn-based) Budweiser Brewing Company. This series of homes is similar to a grouping down the block at 117-151, but has Romanesque Revival detail at the basement level, while the others are more neo-Renaissance .
1177 Nostrand Avenue image

1177 Nostrand Avenue
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1177 Nostrand Avenue, 1962. Notice the long gone gas tanks behind the blockfront on Nostrand Avenue.
403 Rogers Avenue image

403 Rogers Avenue
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403 Rogers Avenue, 1962. This Tudor style building was likely constructed in the early 1920s. In the ensuing century the large decorative parapets on the corner building (no. 403) have been removed.
271 Rutland Road image

271 Rutland Road
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North side of Rutland Road between Rogers Avenue and Nostrand Avenue, 271 Rutland Road at center, 1962.
451 Rogers Avenue image

451 Rogers Avenue
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451 Rogers Avenue, 1962. The corner building (no. 451) stands out by being one story taller than its neighbors. It does share many of the same decorative architectural elements of the other buildings that front Rogers Avenue on the wast side between Lincoln Road and Lefferts Avenue. The entire row was likely designed by the same person. Each of the windows on the blockfront have the same decorative lintel above the window with the geometric square patterns with center festoons (carved ornament depicting conventional arrangement of flowers, foliage or fruit bound together and suspended by ribbons). This building, along with the four-story building at the far corner (no. 429), bookend this block and are decorated with an additional stone plaque of torches and wreaths between the top two stories.
FDNY Engine 249 image

FDNY Engine 249
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Engine Company 249, August 7, 1962. Engine Company 249 was originally Brooklyn Fire Department Engine 49. It was established on January 20, 1896. After the consolidation New York City, to minimize confusion with the Manhattan firehouses, the Brooklyn and Queens engines had 100 numbers added to the names. So BFD 49 became FDNY 149. During a second reorganization in 1913 the engines were renumbered again, this time to with 200 numbers, making this one Engine 249. The firehouse on Rogers Avenue was the Engine's original building. The land was purchased for $1700 in 1895. The two-story, two bay, brick firehouse was designed by J. T. Lauretzen. A Romanesque Revival style structure of red brick and Indiana limestone, the dominating exterior feature is the rounded tower at tight. The back of the building originally featured six stalls for the horses that powered the trucks. The building underwent renovations in 1926 to modernize the space. In 1996, after 100 years of service, the building was once again renovated. This time the renovations included largely demolishing the structure (leaving only the front wall). A new three-story firehouse was constructed and attached to the original front wall.
FDNY Engine 249 image

FDNY Engine 249
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This firehouse is almost the mirror image, although built with different materials, to the landmark Engine Company 40, Hook & Ladder Company 21 (1895) in Windsor Terrace. Lauritzen designed at least eight firehouses in the years just before the then-independent City of Brooklyn merged into Greater New York. This building originally had space for a steam fire engine, a hose truck, a ladder truck and six horse stalls. The projecting tower above the right corner was presumably for drying hoses. Architectural inspiration came from medieval and Jacobean England, particularly the ornate window surrounds and the ogee pediment above the left bay. In 1996 the building was essentially rebuilt, and a third story added, behind the historic façade.

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Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis of Assisi  image

Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis of Assisi

R. C. Church of St. Francis of Assisi Facade of church with iron fence along front, small tree in left foreground, and intersecting streets. Caption: "R. C. Church of St. Francis of Assisi, Nostrand Avenue and Lincoln Road, Flatbush. Founded in 1898 ... Cornerstone for present church was laid November 2, 1913; dedication April 25, 1915."
Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis of Assisi  image

Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis of Assisi

Brooklyn: Nostrand Avenue - Lincoln Road (1) Nostrand Ave., east side, between Lincoln Road and Maple Street, showing the R.C. Church of St. Francis of -ssisi, as seen from Maple Street, which is in the foreground. March 29, 1932. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, as seen from Lincoln Road. March 29, 1932. P. L. Sperr.
Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis of Assisi  image

Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis of Assisi

St. Francis of Assisi Church Facade of St. Francis of Assisi Church, Nostrand Avenue and Lincoln Road, with iron fence along front, trees on both sides, and residential/commercial building and parked automobile on far left.
Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis of Assisi  image

Roman Catholic Church of St. Francis of Assisi

Brooklyn: Nostrand Avenue - Lincoln Road (1) Nostrand Ave., east side, between Lincoln Road and Maple Street, showing the R.C. Church of St. Francis of -ssisi, as seen from Maple Street, which is in the foreground. March 29, 1932. P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, as seen from Lincoln Road. March 29, 1932. P. L. Sperr.
1053 Nostrand Avenue image

1053 Nostrand Avenue

\[Nostrand Avenue at Lefferts Avenue, Brooklyn, NY] Nostrand Avenue Line trolley tracks at the intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Lefferts Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Cars are parked on both sides of the street. A trolley car and a horse-drawn carriage are visible in the distance.
1154 Nostrand Avenue image

1154 Nostrand Avenue

\[Nostrand Avenue and Rutland Road, Brooklyn, NY] Intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Rutland Road on Nostrand Avenue trolley line (# 44). View of tracks, shops, pedestrians, and a northbound trolley car.
271 Rutland Road image

271 Rutland Road

\[View of north side of Rutland Road.] View of north side of Rutland Road between Rogers Avenue + Nostrand Avenue.
410 Lefferts Avenue image

410 Lefferts Avenue

479 Rogers Avenue image

479 Rogers Avenue

\[East side of Rogers Avenue.] East side of Rogers Avenue, between Maple Street and Midwood Street, looking south.
245 Rutland Road image

245 Rutland Road

\[View of north side of Rutland Road.] View of north side of Rutland Road between Rogers Avenue and Nostrand Avenue.
453 Rogers Avenue image

453 Rogers Avenue

\[East side of Rogers Avenue.] East side of Rogers Avenue between Lincoln Road + Maple Street, looking south.
FDNY Engine 249 image

FDNY Engine 249

FDNY Engine 249 image

FDNY Engine 249

\[Engine Co. 249.] Engine Co. 249, on east side of Rogers Avenue between Maple Street and Midwood Street.
1177 Nostrand Avenue image

1177 Nostrand Avenue

\[View of east side of Nostrand Avenue.] View of east side of Nostrand Avenue looking south. Corner of Fenimore Street, center. (Emmanuel Fellowship Church 1177 Nostrand Avenue).
451 Rogers Avenue image

451 Rogers Avenue

\[East side of Rogers Avenue.] East side of Rogers Avenue between Lincoln Road and Lefferts Avenue looking north.
FDNY Engine 249 image

FDNY Engine 249

Brooklyn 43, Engine Co. \_249, 491 Rogers Ave; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
1017 Nostrand Avenue image

1017 Nostrand Avenue

\[East side of Nostrand Avenue.] East side of Nostrand Avenue between Sterling Street and Empire Boulevard looking north. Judy-N-Trudy womns spclts 1017 Nostrand Avenue.
327 Fenimore Street image

327 Fenimore Street

Portrait of J.S. Hall (James Sheridan Hall) of 327 Fenimore Street, Flatbush, undated.
327 Fenimore Street image

327 Fenimore Street

Mrs. J.S. Hall (James Sheridan Hall) and two dogs, \[in front of?] 327 Fenimore Street, Flatbush, undated.
366 Empire Boulevard image

366 Empire Boulevard

Brooklyn: Empire Boulevard - Nostrand Avenue 366-368 Empire Blvd., south side, between Nostrand and New York Aves. 1922\. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. EG ~ 389
425 Rogers Avenue image

425 Rogers Avenue

\[East side of Rogers Avenue.] East side of Rogers Avenue between Lefferts Avenue and Sterling Street, looking north.
523 Rogers Avenue image

523 Rogers Avenue

\[East side of Rogers Avenue.] East side of Rogers Avenue between Rutland Road and Midwood Street, looking north.
523 Rogers Avenue image

523 Rogers Avenue

\[View of east side of Rogers Avenue.] View of east side of Rogers Avenue between Rutland Road and Midwood Street. Associated Food Store, 523 Rogers Avenue.
St. Gabriel's Protestant Episcopal Church image

St. Gabriel's Protestant Episcopal Church

St. Gabriel's P. E. Church Reproduction from a periodical (?): facade of St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church, 331 Hawthorne Street.
219 Rutland Road image

219 Rutland Road

\[Rutland Road.] Rutland Road at n.w. corner of Rogers Avenue.
537 Rogers Avenue image

537 Rogers Avenue

\[View of east side of Rogers Avenue.] View of east side of Rogers Avenue between Fenimore Street and Rutland Road S.E. corner of latter at far left. Breckir-Fox interior decorators, 533 Rogers Avenue.
403 Rogers Avenue image

403 Rogers Avenue

\[East side of Rogers Avenue.] East side of Rogers Avenue - n.e. corner of Sterling Street and Rogers Avenue at far right. S. Di Cianni custm tlr 403 Rogers Avenue per tel dir.
U.S. Post Office, Lefferts Station image

U.S. Post Office, Lefferts Station

\[U.S. Post Office.] U.S. Post Office, Lefferts Station, Brooklyn 25, N.Y. (on Empire Boulevard). Lefferts Station, 315 Empire Boulevard.
551 Rogers Avenue image

551 Rogers Avenue

\[View of south side of Fenimore Street.] View of south side of Fenimore Street just to east of Rogers Avenue.
559 Rogers Avenue image

559 Rogers Avenue

\[View of east side of Rogers Avenue.] View of east side of Rogers Avenue between Fenimore Street and Hawthorne Street, looking south.
460 Malbone Street image

460 Malbone Street

Flatbush: 364 and 366 Malbone Street, 1922.
270 FENIMORE STREET image

270 FENIMORE STREET

71st Police Precinct  image

71st Police Precinct

Brooklyn 44, 71st Precinct Police Station, 421 Empire Blvd; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
255 FENIMORE STREET image

255 FENIMORE STREET

Rogers Avenue and Empire Boulevard image

Rogers Avenue and Empire Boulevard

Brooklyn: Rogers Avenue - Empire Boulevard Rogers Ave., and Empire Boulevard; a general view north west, about 1870.) This picture includes properties of the Chadwick, Boyton, Needham, Horgan and Miller families. At present (1936), Stoddard Place and Ludlow Place are in this area. About 1870. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. P3h E27
569 Rogers Avenue image

569 Rogers Avenue

\[East side Rogers Avenue.] East side Rogers Avenue between Hawthorne Street and Fenimore Street. Bell (Frank R.) + Johnson (Algernon) Funeral Directors 559 Rogers Avenue.
569 Rogers Avenue image

569 Rogers Avenue

\[North side of Hawthorne Street.] North side of Hawthorne Street just to east of Rogers Avenue.
165 Maple Street image

165 Maple Street

Maple Street between Rogers and Bedford Avenue. Limestone residences, detail of houses with bay projections.
165 Maple Street image

165 Maple Street

Maple Street between Rogers and Bedford Avenue. Limestone residences, general view.
240 Hawthorne Street image

240 Hawthorne Street

240 Hawthorne St Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 0862, NEIG 0863), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of 240 Hawthorne Street. 0862 shows facade of two-story, wood-frame house with portions of houses on both sides and tree in right foreground. NEIG 0863, 0864 are closeup views of an unidentified boy sitting on the front steps of same house.
240 Hawthorne Street image

240 Hawthorne Street

240 Hawthorne St Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 0862, NEIG 0863), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of 240 Hawthorne Street. 0862 shows facade of two-story, wood-frame house with portions of houses on both sides and tree in right foreground. NEIG 0863, 0864 are closeup views of an unidentified boy sitting on the front steps of same house.
240 Hawthorne Street image

240 Hawthorne Street

240 Hawthorne St Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 0862, NEIG 0863), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of 240 Hawthorne Street. 0862 shows facade of two-story, wood-frame house with portions of houses on both sides and tree in right foreground. NEIG 0863, 0864 are closeup views of an unidentified boy sitting on the front steps of same house.
163-165 Midwood Street image

163-165 Midwood Street

Pigtown image

Pigtown

Pigtown Section of Flatbush known as Pigtown with several rundown wooden houses, laundry hanging on line, and snow-covered yard in foreground.
Nostrand Avenue & Montgomery Street image

Nostrand Avenue & Montgomery Street

Brooklyn: Nostrand Avenue - Montgomery Street (1) Nostrand Ave., east side, south of Montgomery Street. In the foreground are seen the Nostrand Ave., Trolley tracks. NEG~ 92S2 April 1929. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, more limited. To the right of the small frame house once extended Clove Road or the Old Bedford Road, which extended from New Utrecht to Williamsburg. NNS ~.3357 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.
581 Rogers Avenue image

581 Rogers Avenue

\[View of east side of Rogers Avenue.] View of east side of Rogers Avenue between Hawthorne Street and Winthrop Street, looking south.
504 Empire Boulevard image

504 Empire Boulevard

\[Empire Boulevard and Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn, NY] \[Empire Boulevard and Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn, NY] Looking west on Empire Boulevard at Brooklyn Avenue towards New York Avenue, Crown Heights, the site of an accident that occurred on February 5th 1947, Brooklyn, NY.
913 Nostrand Avenue image

913 Nostrand Avenue

Flatlands: view of Nostrand Avenue and Montgomery Street, 1922. Ruin still standing in 1929.
913 Nostrand Avenue image

913 Nostrand Avenue

\[N.E. corner of Nostrand Avenue.] N.E. corner of Nostrand Avenue (left) and Montgomery Street (rt.). East side of Nostrand Avenue.
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