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St. Paul's M.E. Chapel
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The Sullivan Street facade of the former St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Chapel, 1931. An 1886 map lists the chapel as “being built” at the corner of Sullivan and Richards Streets. The church was active at least as late as 1911, when its annual three-day fundraising fair was held in November.
Red Hook Houses East
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“Red Hook Houses, a low rent government housing center, under construction on the north side of Lorraine Street. The entire block from Creamer to Lorraine Streets is an empty lot. April 19,1939.” (Note the stray dog in the foreground!) The Red Hook Houses were completed in 1939, and are today split into two complexes, East and West. This is the East complex. The “empty lot” is now a parking lot.
Beard and Robinson Stores
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“Beard’s Erie Basin, ca. 1880.” Founded in 1843 by William Beard, the Erie Basin was a dock, drydock, and warehousing complex that marked the New York City terminus for Erie Canal cargo.
Erie Basin Park
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My Archive Spring 2019 "Softball Team Charlie Browns: Tommy, Paul, and Dennis. After a game we would head back to Charlie Browns Pub on Fifth Avenue between Prospect Avenue and 17th Street...ah the good ole days!!" —Paul Eickman
Bud & Packy's Restaurant
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Bud & Packy's Restaurant, 1959. A 1924 Brooklyn Eagle classified lists a “corner store” for rent at 199 Richards Street, a “desirable location.” By 1927, the new tenants had run afoul of the law: the establishment was fined and “padlocked” for selling liquor. When Bud Fischer and Patrick “Packy” Laffan took over ownership, it became a popular drinking spot for workers of the nearby Todd Shipyards and Sucrest Refinery. It was also known as a Brooklyn Dodgers bar. Following the team’s October 1951 loss of the National League pennant, the bar put a headless effigy of Dodger manager Chuck Dressen up in the window. The bar closed in 1984 when the building was sold twice in less than a month. Sadly the bar was locked up (though the gold painted 'RESTAURANT' sign in the window was long visible through the gates). The building deteriorated terribly over the next few decades. Happily, though, a serious renovation was undertaken that same year, and the building is looking much better, the gold sign in the window remains. The ground level space though seems to still be unoccupied.
52 Wolcott Street
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Dougherty Restaurant at Wolcott and Richards Streets, Red Hook; June 15, 1959.
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225 Richards Street
Pickets at Todd Yard Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0898), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption (0898): "Pickets at Todd Yard--Members of Local 39 of the Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers as they paraded in front of Todd Shipyards plant on Dwight St. ..." Most of the men pictured are carrying placards.
225 Richards Street
Erie Basin trolley Image represented is one of a related set (TRAN 0093, TRAN 0092), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of Eric Basin trolley. Location: 0092: Fulton Street and Pierrepont Street; 0093: Erie Basin terminal at Richards Street and Van Dyke Street. Location of 0094 is unknown. One of the images is not dated.
Bud & Packy's Restaurant
\[Bud Packys Restaurant.] Bud Packys Restaurant, at northeast corner of Coffey Street (right) and Richards Street.
193 Richards Street
\[View of east side of Richards Street.] View of east side of Richards Street between Dikeman Street and Coffey Street, Brooklyn (Red Hook).
80 Coffey Street
\[View of north side of Coffey Street] View of north side of Coffey Street looking east toward Richards Street, Brooklyn (Red Hook section)
403 Van Brunt Street
\[Northeast corner of Van Brunt Street.] Northeast corner of Van Brunt Street (left) and Van Dyke Street, Brooklyn (Red Hook section).
Otsego and Van Dyke Streets
Squatters Colony - Otsego Street - Van Dyke Street - Brooklyn. (1) Squatter colonies; a shack made of large tin cans, and used by unemployed probably; at Otsego and Van Dyke Streets in Brooklyn. May 18, 1935. P. L. Sperr. (2) More shacks in Otsego Street near Beard Street, in Brooklyn. May 18, 1935. P. L. Sperr.
Otsego and Van Dyke Streets
Squatters Colony - Otsego Street - Van Dyke Street - Brooklyn. (1) Squatter colonies; a shack made of large tin cans, and used by unemployed probably; at Otsego and Van Dyke Streets in Brooklyn. May 18, 1935. P. L. Sperr. (2) More shacks in Otsego Street near Beard Street, in Brooklyn. May 18, 1935. P. L. Sperr.
Otsego and Van Dyke Streets
Squatters Colony - Van Dyke Street - Otsego Street - Brooklyn. (1) Squatters shacks, near Otsego and Wan Dyke Streets, Brooklyn. October 4, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (2) The sawe, from a different angle. October 4, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (3) Another view, between Columbia and Otsego, at Van Dyke Streets. October 4, 1934.
Otsego and Van Dyke Streets
Squatters Colony - Van Dyke Street - Otsego Street - Brooklyn. (1) Squatter shacks near Otsego and Van Dyke Streets. (Brooklyn). October 4, 1934, P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, from another angle. October 4, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, showing shacks nearer Columbia Street. October 4, 1934. P. L. Sperr.
Otsego and Van Dyke Streets
Squatters Colony - Van Dyke Street - Otsego Street - Brooklyn. (1) Squatters shacks, near Otsego and Wan Dyke Streets, Brooklyn. October 4, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (2) The sawe, from a different angle. October 4, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (3) Another view, between Columbia and Otsego, at Van Dyke Streets. October 4, 1934.
Otsego and Van Dyke Streets
Squatters Colony - Van Dyke Street - Otsego Street - Brooklyn. (1) Squatters shacks, near Otsego and Wan Dyke Streets, Brooklyn. October 4, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (2) The sawe, from a different angle. October 4, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (3) Another view, between Columbia and Otsego, at Van Dyke Streets. October 4, 1934.
Otsego and Van Dyke Streets
Squatters Colony - Van Dyke Street - Otsego Street - Brooklyn. (1) Squatter shacks near Otsego and Van Dyke Streets. (Brooklyn). October 4, 1934, P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, from another angle. October 4, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, showing shacks nearer Columbia Street. October 4, 1934. P. L. Sperr.
Otsego and Van Dyke Streets
Squatters Colony - Van Dyke Street - Otsego Street - Brooklyn. (1) Squatter shacks near Otsego and Van Dyke Streets. (Brooklyn). October 4, 1934, P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, from another angle. October 4, 1934. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, showing shacks nearer Columbia Street. October 4, 1934. P. L. Sperr.
141 Dwight Street
\[Dwight Street between Wolcott and Dikeman streets, Brooklyn, NY] Dwight Street between Wolcott and Dikeman streets, Brooklyn, NY. Northeastward view of cars, pedestrians and the "Dwight Social Club." Caption on the negative reads: "133-135 Dwight St. Looking N.E. at site from Dikeman St."
Van Brunt Street and Beard Street
\[Horse Car, "Erie Basin," Van Brent and Elizabeth Street, Brooklyn, NY] View of a horse car by "Erie Basin," near Van Brent and Elizabeth Street, in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The street is paved with cobblestones.
36 Otsego Street
\[Otsego Street, between Dikeman and Lorraine streets, Brooklyn, NY] Otsego Street, between Dikeman and Lorraine streets, Brooklyn, NY. Northward view of cars, a lumber yard and a gas station. Caption on the negative reads: "133-135 Dwight St. Looking N. from Dikeman St."
36 Otsego Street
Brooklyn: Dikeman Street - Otsego Street Dikeman Street (left), north side, west from Otsego to Dwight Streets. Onthe right are Nos. 38 and 36 Otsego Street. April 9, 1939 P. L. Sperr
7 Wolcott Street
\[Otsego Street, between Lorraine and Creamer streets, Brooklyn, NY] Otsego Street, between Lorraine and Creamer streets, Brooklyn, NY. Southward view of cars and pedestrians. Caption on the negative reads: "133-135 Dwight St. Looking S. from Lorraine St."
133 Dwight Street
\[Dwight Street between Wolcott and Dikeman streets, Brooklyn, NY] Dwight Street between Wolcott and Dikeman streets, Brooklyn, NY. Eastward view of a building, a bar, and a woman at the entrance to a building with a stroller. Caption on the negative reads: "133-135 Dwight St. Looking E. at site."
Robins Dry Dock and Repair Company
Robins Dry Dock and Repair Company pattern shop under construction, Erie Basin, Brooklyn, June 13, 1917. Photographed for G.E. Tilt & Company.
Robins Dry Dock and Repair Company
Unidentified stores under construction, Atlantic Basin, Brooklyn, May 18, 1916. Photographed for the Robbins Ripley Company. Broken negative.
133 Dwight Street
\[Otsego Street, between Dikeman and Lorraine streets, Brooklyn, NY] Otsego Street, between Dikeman and Lorraine streets, Brooklyn, NY. Westward view of a building. Caption on the negative reads: "133-135 Dwight St. Looking W. at back of site on Otsego St."
Robins Dry Dock and Repair Company
Robins Dry Dock and Repair Company, machine shop extension, Erie Basin, Brooklyn, September 28, 1916. Photographed for G.E. Tilt & Company.
129 Dwight Street
\[Dwight Street between Wolcott and Dikeman streets, Brooklyn, NY] Dwight Street between Wolcott and Dikeman streets, Brooklyn, NY. Southwestward view of cars, a bar, and an auto repair shop. Caption on the negative reads: "133-135 Dwight St. Looking S.W from Wolcott St."
Beard and Robinson Stores
Richards Street. Beard's Erie Basin, Pier A, to show damage, cave-in.
Beard and Robinson Stores
Erie Basin Park
Pickets in a two-way fight Three striking workers with placards walking towards camera; two placards read, "Don't let the goons from out of town take our jobs away." Caption: "Pickets in a two-way fight: At Erie Basin pier, three pickets of International Longshoremen's Association carry signs announcing strike, which is against New York Shipping Association, and also rapping new A.F.L. union, formed to replace I. L. A...."
Erie Basin Park
Jaw session Older worker in cap confronting two policemen (backs to camera); large crowd of workers observing confrontation; other policemen and one horse in background. Caption: "Jaw session: Angry dockworkers engage in verbal exchanges with two brawny cops outside the Erie Basin piers, where almost 400 cops were on hand to maintain order."
Erie Basin Park
Dead end Workers on pier at Erie Basin in Red Hook, some leaning on automobiles; one policeman on horseback observing them; cargo and ship across water in background. Caption: "Dead end: Idle longshoremen stand placidly at the foot of Columbia St., where a sparse band of pickets announce the cessation of operations in the Port of New York...."
Erie Basin Park
Erie Basin, Gowanus Canal Waterfront at Gowanus Canal showing docked ships (some sail, some steam), warehouses, piers, and pilings.
Erie Basin Park
This one's official Three workers withs caps, two wearing placards reading, "ILA IND is officially on strike," talking to man with glasses; fifth man partially visible at right; telephone poles and Erie Basin sign in background. Caption: "This one's official: Shirt-sleeved William V. Bradley, president of the I. L. A., chats with picketing dockworkers at Erie Basin. Strikers carry hastily prepared signs indicating this is an official walkout."
Erie Basin Park
Dock free-for-all breaks up Two policemen on horseback and others on foot attempting to control moving crowd of workers; buildings, cargo, ship partially visible behind chain-link fence with barbed wire in background. Caption: "Dock free-for-all breaks up: Police disperse longshoremen following bloody battle in Erie Basin port area. Some 200 Anastasio partisans fighting with fists and stones were outnumbered and subdued by legions of cops on foot, horseback, in plainclothes and motorized components."
Erie Basin Park
From Red Hook Brooklyn, 1970/71. Behind the Todd Shipyards. Believe the tree line in the rear may be Beard/Halleck Street. From Google maps this once asphalt field contained two softball fields may have been replaced with the IKEA store. After a game we would head back to Charlie Browns Pub on 5th avenue between Prospect Ave and 17th Street, which might now be called the Mambo Lounge. Left to right Tommy, myself Paul and Dennis...……….ah the good ole days!! 1970/71 Softball Team Charlie Browns. Tommy, Paul and Dennis.
351 Van Brunt Street
Shocked and burned out Family group standing amid debris of apartment ravaged by fire. Caption: "Shocked and burned out: Betty, 19, comforts her mother, Anna DeCrescenzo, 41, as her stepfather, Joseph DeCrescenzo, 33, holding Carmine, 7, and their two other children, Jo Ann, 9, and Joseph Jr., 4, watch sadly. Carmine lost his shoes in a fire, which gutted their home at 351 Van Brunt St., early yesterday."
52 Wolcott Street
\[Northwest corner of Wolcott Street.] Northwest corner of Wolcott Street (left) and Richards Street, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Red Hook Houses East
Red Hook Houses East
The photo of Red Hook Houses in 2018 from Tdorante10. Citation: Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
Red Hook Houses East
The photo of Red Hook Houses back in 1940. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, Gottscho-Schleisner Collection \[reproduction number, e.g., LC-G612-T-45094]
Red Hook Houses East
345 Van Brunt Street
Brooklyn: Van Brunt St. - Wolcott St. 339-345 Van Brunt Street, north of the N.E. corner of Wolcott Street. No. 345, is the peaked roof frame structure, at the corner. Also shown is Nos. 88-94 Wolcott Street (right), east of the N.E. corner of Van Brunt Street, showing at the extreme right, No. 88. May 18, 1935. P. L. Sperr.
St. Paul's M.E. Chapel
74 Sullivan Street
Brooklyn: Sullivan Street - Richards Street 74-82 Sullivan Street, north side, between Richards and Van Brunt Streets. June 25, 1931. P. L. Sperr.
Christ Protestant Episcopal Church
Christ Chapel Illustration (from a periodical?) of Christ Protestant Episcopal Church, Wolcott Street and Van Brunt Street, with iron fence and gate in front.
Public School 30
P.S. 30 Close-up of PS 30, a large, four-story, brick building located on Wolcott Street near Van Brunt Street, with iron fence along front and intersecting cobblestone streets in foreground.
Pier 45
Pier 45, West Coast Line, Beard's Stores, Brooklyn, July 26, 1919. Photographed for the Robbins-Ripley Company.
Pier 45
Pier 45 at the foot of Conover Street, Brooklyn, May 24, 1918. Photographed for the Robbins-Ripley Company.
Public School 30
Brooklyn: Conover Street - Wolcott Street Conover Street, east side, from Wolcott to Sullivan Streets, showing Public School No. 30. The part of the school shown in this view is on Wolcott Street and was erected in 1868. Board of Education of the City of New York September 4, 1930 CREDIT LINE IMPERATIVE
Pier 45
Pier 45 at the foot of Conover Street, Brooklyn, May 24, 1918. Photographed for the Robbins-Ripley Company.
Pier 45
Pier 45, West Coast Line, Beard's Stores, Brooklyn, July 26, 1919. Photographed for the Robbins-Ripley Company.
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