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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.
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.
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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.
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.
Pier 45
Pier 45 at Reed Street and Conover Street, Brooklyn, September 4, 1918. Photographed for the Robbins-Ripley Company.
Waterfront Museum
The Waterfront Museum - Kurt Schlichting
Beard and Robinson Stores
Richards Street. Beard's Erie Basin, Pier A, to show damage, cave-in.
Beard and Robinson Stores
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.
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).
Pier 40
Pier 40, Atlantic Basin, Brooklyn, April 10, 1916. Photographed for the Robbins Ripley Company.
Pier 40
Pier 40, Atlantic Basin, Brooklyn, April 10, 1916. Photographed for the Robbins Ripley Company.
Pier 40
Pier 40, Atlantic Basin, Brooklyn, May 4, 1916. Photographed for the Robbins Ripley Company.
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.
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)
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.
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
Public School 30
Brooklyn: Conover Street - Wolcott Street Conover Street, east side, from Wolcott to Sullivan Streets, showing Public School No. 30. This is a modern addition to the old P.S. 30 that was erected in 1868 and stands just to the east of this building. Board of Education of the City of New York September 4, 1930
Public School 30
Brooklyn: Wolcott St. - Conover St. Wolcott Street, north side, east of Conover Street, showing part of P. S. No. 30 and Christ Chapel. May 18, 1935. P.L. Sperr.
Pier 39
Piers 39 and 40, Atlantic Basin (?), Brooklyn, undated (ca. August 1918).
Bud & Packy's Restaurant
\[Bud Packys Restaurant.] Bud Packys Restaurant, at northeast corner of Coffey Street (right) and Richards Street.
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."
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).
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