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527 Clinton Street
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Men outside Clinton Market, an “Italian American Grocery,” 1958.
Red Hook Play Center
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Red Hook Play Center, June 26, 1961. The Red Hook Play Center, one of eleven public pools built by the WPA, opened to the public in August, 1936. Today, the Olympic-sized pool is named for benefactor Sol Goldman and is part of the larger Red Hook Recreation Area, which includes athletic fields and fitness facilities. The pool facility was built on a lot created by landfill in 1904 for a freight terminal that was never constructed. In 1939, three years after the Play Center’s opening, the Red Hook Houses development was completed across several adjoining blocks. By the 1980s, the pool’s condition had deteriorated, necessitating a three-year restoration project funded in part by Sol Goldman (Goldman was again called on to contribute funds when a budget shortfall imperiled public pool openings in the summer of 1991).
Smith—Ninth Streets Station, IND Culver Line
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View of the Gowanus Canal from the Manhattan and Queens-bound platform of the elevated Smith—Ninth Streets Station, December 15, 1958. The station, completed in 1933, is the highest subway station above ground level, worldwide.
Ninth Street Bridge
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The 9th Street Bridge, located just north of the Hamilton Avenue Bridge and under the Culver Viaduct, is a lift bridge. Formerly a bascule bridge, the current bridge underwent renovation and reopened in 1999; it has a lift span of 82 feet and a vertical clearance, when lifted, of 60 feet above the canal.
Hamilton Avenue Bridge
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By the 1830s, inspired by the Erie Canal, Alderman Daniel Richards built the Atlantic Basin at Red Hook, which was followed by the Erie Basin. This was a massive success in terms of industrial activity and the home to the first grain elevator in the burgeoning Port of New York. At the time, 80% of grain in the state traveled through Brooklyn. By 1869, the Gowanus Canal — a project through which the natural Gowanus Creek was widened and adjacent swampland was dredged for factories and warehouses — was complete, and 700 buildings were constructed here per year for the next decade. The current Hamilton Avenue Bridge, seen in the far distance in this image, was built in 1942 and, like the Union and 3rd Street bridge, is a vascular bridge (where two leaves lift up to allow marine traffic through). Today the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway also towers over the Hamilton Avenue Bridge.
Hamilton Avenue Bridge
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In this image you can see four structures above the Canal: in the foreground, the Hamilton Avenue Bridge; the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway; the 9th Street Bridge; and the Culver Viaduct, which carries the F and G trains. Built in 1927, the Viaduct stands 90 feet above the canal to avoid the need for tunneling under the canal, the 4th Avenue line, and the bedrock of Park Slope heading east. The Smith-9th Streets station, pictured far left, is the highest subway station in the world at 87.5 feet above the canal.
13 Dennet Place
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Bennett Place, 1958. A small alley between Nelson and Luquer Streets, Dennet Place, for many years, was mislabeled on maps as Bennett Place (the street's first unsolved mystery). In fact, Morrell, the photographer of this image, notes the name of the street as Bennett, also. Evidence of the street can be traced back to city directories of the 1870s. The residents of Dennet's homes have long been a small tight-knit community of Italian American families. Most refer to it as "Cat’s Alley" (the street's second unsolved mystery). The homes on the short block are two- and three-story attached houses. The houses have a peculiar feature: small street-level doors. Each home has a set of stairs that rise up to an above street level entrance, while under the stairs mini doors, more appropriate for a fairy tale creature than a New Yorker, sit at street level. And the purpose and origins of these doors remain a mystery (secret no. 3!), even to the families that have lived there for decades.
St. Mary's School
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St. Mary's School on New Year's Eve 1958. St Mary's, the parish school of the adjacent St. Mary Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church, was established in 1867. Today, it is the private International School of Brooklyn.
18 Dennet Place
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Small fry beat the heat Boy in bathing suit in Gowanus area sitting on top of open fire hydrant; two girls in bathing suits looking on from sidewalk; iron fence and ground floor of building in background. Caption: "Small fry beat the heat -- Emilio Pastrawa, 8, does it the old-fashioned way by holding hot feet under stream of cold water from fireplug near his home at 18 Dennet Place."
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546 Court Street
\[West side of Court Street.] West side of Court Street looking south Southwest corner of West Ninth Street and Court Street at far right (between Court Street and Garnet Street)
562 Court Street
Brooklyn: Court Street - Garnet Street
562 Court Street
\[Northwest corner of Court Street and Garnet Street.] Northwest corner of Court Street and Garnet Street. Court Street at right.
497 Court Street
\[East side of Court Street.] East side of Court Street between Nelson and Huntington Streets. Northeast corner of Huntington Street and Court Street at right. Building on corner is #497 Court Street.
167 Huntington Street
\[View of north side of Huntington Street.] View of north side of Huntington Street between Court and Clinton Streets, looking west.
45 Garnet Street
\[#45 Garnet Street.] \#45 Garnet Street. On north side of street between Clinton Street and Smith Street.
41 Garnet Street
\[View of north side of Garnet Street.] View of north side of Garnet Street. #41 Garnet Street at far left.
Hamilton Avenue and Mill Street
Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Mill Street Hamilton Avenue (right), at Mill Street, viewing north. View P shows the northeast corner of Hamilton and Swmith Streets, and demolition for the Gowanus Parkway. P. L. Sperr July 26, 1943 NO REPRODUCTIONS Views 1,2 -Ri T Neg Ne ~-97s ie2 VNy No.~-77G
51 Garnet Street
\[#51 Garnet Street.] \#51 Garnet Street.
204 Huntington Street
\[Smith Street and Huntington Street: IND Crosstown Line] Survey negative documenting the planning and construction of the IND Crosstown Line in Brooklyn. Image shows Smith Street sidewalk and roadway conditions looking toward Huntington Street.
581 Clinton Street
Brooklyn: Clinton Street - Hamilton Avenue Clinton Street, south from Hamilton Avenue and West 9th Street, showing where the Red Hook Houses--a New York City Housing Authority project--will be erected on the west side of the street (right). June 9, 1938 P. L. Sperr (2) The east side of Clinton Street, viewing south from Hamilton Avenue, showing the changes that have taken place. The building in modernistic design, beyond the taxpayer, is the Clinton Theatre. September 7, 1940 P. L. Sperr
468 Smith Street
\[Smith Street between West Ninth Street and Huntington Street, Brooklyn, NY] Smith Street between West Ninth Street and Huntington Street, Brooklyn, NY. Northward view of multiple trolley lines running beneath the elevated IND Crosstown subway tracks. Also showing cars and billboard posters.
360 Hamilton Avenue
\[Southwest corner of Court Street.] Southwest corner of Court Street and Hamilton Avenue.
139 Huntington Street
\[North side of Huntington Street.] North side of Huntington Street between Clinton Street and Court Street. #139 Huntington Street at left.
147 Centre Street
\[#147 Centre Street, Red Hook.] \#147 Centre Street, Red Hook. North side of street between Clinton and Court Streets. Brooklyn, N.Y.
584 Court Street
\[Southwest corner of Court Street.] Southwest corner of Court Street (left) and Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn Corner at far right.
503 Smith Street
\[Smith-9th Station (IND line).] Smith-9th Station (IND line), looking from west side of Smith Street.
503 Smith Street
\[Smith-Ninth Realty.] Smith-Ninth Realty at southeast corner of Smith and Ninth Street (agency now located at 26 Court Street).
561 Clinton Street
\[East side of Clinton Street.] East side of Clinton Street between Nelson and Huntington Streets, looking northeast. Northeast corner of Huntington Street at right. (Corner house is #561 Clinton Street).
563 Clinton Street
\[East side of Clinton Street.] East side of Clinton Street at southeast corner of Huntington Street. The building is #563 Clinton Street. North side of Huntington Street view at far left.
506 Court Street
\[View of west side of Court Street.] View of west side of Court Street between Luquer Street and Nelson Street looking north. Northwest corner of Nelson Street and Court Street at far left.
West 9th Street and Hamilton Avenue
Brooklyn: 9th Street (West) - Hamilton Avenue West 9th Street, east from and across Hamilton Avenue. The Red Hook government houses are being built behind the fence on the right. View 1: April 9, 1939 P. L. Sperr 2,3-Buildings on the east side of Hamilton Avenue were torn down to make way for the widening of the avenue and the construction of Gowanus Parkway, a link in the Belt Parkway system. Views 2,3: October 23, 1940 P. L. Sperr
West 9th Street and Hamilton Avenue
Brooklyn: 9th Street (West) - Hamilton Avenue (1) West 9th Street, west from Hamilton Avenue. The houses on the south side of the street (left) were demolished later in the year to make way for the Red Hook housing project sponsored by the New York City Housing Authority. June 9, 1938 P. L. Sperr (2) The same, at a later date, showing the housiug center under construction. April 9, 1939 P. L. Sperr
West 9th Street and Hamilton Avenue
Brooklyn: 9th Street (West) - Hamilton Avenue (1) West 9th Street, west from Hamilton Avenue. The houses on the south side of the street (left) were demolished later in the year to make way for the Red Hook housing project sponsored by the New York City Housing Authority. June 9, 1938 P. L. Sperr (2) The same, at a later date, showing the housiug center under construction. April 9, 1939 P. L. Sperr
454 Smith Street
\[Smith Street: IND Crosstown Line] Survey negative documenting the planning and construction of the IND Crosstown Line in Brooklyn. Image shows Smith Street sidewalk conditions.
551 Clinton Street
\[East side of Clinton Street.] East side of Clinton Street between Nelson Street and Huntington Street, looking northeast.
551 Clinton Street
\[East side of Clinton Street.] East side of Clinton Street between Nelson and Huntington Streets looking northeast.
St. Mary's School
\[St. Marys School.] St. Marys School, Court Street at northeast corner of Nelson Street and Court Street.
18 Dennet Place
Small fry beat the heat Boy in bathing suit in Gowanus area sitting on top of open fire hydrant; two girls in bathing suits looking on from sidewalk; iron fence and ground floor of building in background. Caption: "Small fry beat the heat -- Emilio Pastrawa, 8, does it the old-fashioned way by holding hot feet under stream of cold water from fireplug near his home at 18 Dennet Place."
U.S. Post Office, Red Hook Station
\[U. S. Post Office, Red Hook Station.] U. S. Post Office, Red Hook Station, Brooklyn 31, N.Y. (on Clinton Street).
220 Huntington Street
\[Smith Street between West Ninth Street and Huntington Street, Brooklyn, NY] Smith Street between West Ninth Street and Huntington Street, Brooklyn, NY. Southward view of multiple trolley lines running beneath the elevated IND Crosstown subway tracks. The Gowanus Expressway is visible in the distance. Also showing cars, shops and a bus.
541 Clinton Street
\[Northeast corner of Clinton Street and Nelson Street.] Northeast corner of Clinton Street and Nelson Street.
Smith and Nelson Streets
\[Smith and Nelson Streets: IND Crosstown Line] Survey negative documenting the planning and construction of the IND Crosstown Line in Brooklyn. Image shows sidewalk conditions at Smith and Nelson Streets as well as warehouses, advertisements, trolleys, and automobiles.
Smith and Nelson Streets
\[Smith and Nelson Streets: IND Crosstown Line] Survey negative documenting the planning and construction of the IND Crosstown Line in Brooklyn. Image shows sidewalk conditions at Smith and Nelson Streets as well as warehouses, advertisements, trolleys, and automobiles.
Smith and Nelson Streets
\[Smith Street and Nelson Street: IND Crosstown Line] Survey negative documenting the planning and construction of the IND Crosstown Line in Brooklyn. Image shows Smith Street sidewalk and roadway conditions looking toward Nelson Street.
Smith and Nelson Streets
\[Smith Street and Nelson Street: IND Crosstown Line] Survey negative documenting the planning and construction of the IND Crosstown Line in Brooklyn. Image shows Smith Street sidewalk and roadway conditions looking toward Nelson Street.
13 Dennet Place
\[East side of Bennett Place.] East side of Bennett Place, looking north toward Luquer Street.
Smith and Nelson Streets
\[Smith Street: IND Crosstown Line] Survey negative documenting the planning and construction of the IND Crosstown Line in Brooklyn. Image shows Smith Street sidewalk and roadway conditions.
St. Mary's Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church
It happened long ago Twelve boys (five sitting, seven standing) and one man in clerical attire, sitting; in center board (with inscription, "of star \[symbol] the Sea, Class 01") leaning against stand; elaborate curtains behind group. Caption: "It happened long ago--In June, 1901, to be exact, these boys were graduated from St. Mary Star of the Sea \[467 Court Street] parochial school. Shown with their theacher, they are: seated, left to right, J. Ryan, J. DeSouza, Brother Leopold, the teacher, J. Wallbilick, J. Johnson, A. Lawless; standing, left to right, A. McNeff, J. Conway, J. Fegan, J. Ennis, J. Lawless, J. Hayes and C. Gillen."
St. Mary's Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church
Brooklyn: Court Street - Nelson Street Court Street, at the S.E. corner of Nelson Street, showing the school of St. Mary's R.C. Church, Star of the Sea. July 4, 1930. P. L. Sperr.
St. Mary's Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church
Brooklyn: Court Street - 4th Place Court Street, east side, south from 4th Place. At Luquer Street is St. Mary Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church. September 7, 1940 P. . Sperr N6 RErRODUCTIONs
St. Mary's Star of the Sea Roman Catholic Church
Rockaway: \[St. Mary Queen of the Sea R.C. Church \[i.e. St. Mary Star of the Sea], northeast corner of Beach 20th Street and New Haven Avenue, Far Rockaway, 1923].
556 Clinton Street
\[West side of Clinton Street.] West side of Clinton Street between Luquer Street and Nelson Street. Northwest corner of Nelson Street at left.
554 Clinton Street
\[#554 (right) and #556 Clinton Street.] \#554 (right) and #556 Clinton Street.
183 Lorraine Street
Brooklyn: Lorraine Street - Henry Street Lorraine Street, north side, east from Henry to Clinton Streets, showing several old shacks. This area later became part of the Red Hook Houses, the government low rental housing development. On the right is the Sapolin warehouse. June 25, 1931. Views 1,2 F.L. Sperr
548 Clinton Street
\[West side of Clinton Street.] West side of Clinton Street between Luquer and Nelson Streets.
117 Nelson Street
\[View of north side of Nelson Street.] View of north side of Nelson Street between Clinton Street + Expressway.
544 Clinton Street
\[#544 Clinton Street.] \#544 Clinton Street.
205 Luquer Street
\[#203 Luquer Street.] \#203 Luquer Street (left) and 205 Luquer Street. On north side of street near el and Smith Street.
Smith Street and Luquer Street
\[Smith and Luquer Streets: IND Crosstown Line] Survey negative documenting the planning and construction of the IND Crosstown Line in Brooklyn. Image shows sidewalk conditions at Smith and Luquer Streets as well as buildings, storefronts, and automobiles.
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