Provident Loan Company, Brownsville Branch, ca. 1905. This simplified Beaux-Arts style structure was built in the first decade of the 20th century. Designed by architect, Arthur G. Stone, the building was erected to house the Jenkins Trust Bank. After that firm collapsed in the financial Panic of 1907 the branch was closed. In 1909 the building was sold to the Provident Loan Society, a non-profit loan firm that provided short-term cash loans, in direct competition to the shady loan sharks and pawn brokers of the day. The Loan Society moved out in the 1960s, after which the structure was occupied by various retail stores. At some point between the early 1980s and the 2007 the facade was reclad with marble tiles at the base and had a large concrete band installed over the tops of the large windows (some of which have also been bricked up). The Beaux-Arts ornamentation just under the roofline remain, as does the lovely tiled Mediterranean style roof.

Loew's Pitkin Theatre, 1929. Thomas Lamb knew how to build a glamorous theatre. The Scottish-born architect became the go-to designer in the early 20th century for the Loew’s, Fox, and RKO chains. The Pitkin Theatre was completed in 1929 with an “atmospheric” design. The interiors were meant to transport patrons to another world. While the facade was a lovely mix of Art Deco, Mayan, and Art Nouveau touches, inside the auditorium was “a vast garden under blue sky, enclosed by high sculptured walls, surmounted by carved towers and balconies.” A popular venue for the Jewish immigrant population of Brownsville, the theatre's audiences diminished with the changing demographics in the mid century. The movie house closed in 1969. Like so many other old theatres in New York City, the Pitkin became home to a church. Later it housed a furniture store and warehouse, before finally standing vacant for nearly 40 years. In 2008 the full-block structure was purchased. With a massive renovation and restoration between 2010 and 2012, the new owners converted the ground-level into retail spaces and the rest into a charter school.