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Decatur Playground
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The Decatur Playground is owned by the Parks Department and the Board of Education. It opened to the public in 1942. It is one of the many WPA projects in south Brooklyn and is used by children of nearby IS 35 and the neighborhood which surrounds it.
2-18 Alice Court
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East side of Alice Court, September 13, 1940. This view shows the first row of houses developed on Alice Court, one of two half-block cul-de-sacs off of Atlantic Avenue, between Kingston and Albany Avenues. The development’s 36 Queen Anne rowhouses were built by architect W.M. Coots in 1888-9, for the industrialist and developer Florian Grosjean. Alice Court is named for Grosjean’s daughter.
Robert Fulton Statue
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The original Robert Fulton Statue stood near the Fulton Ferry House at the foot of Fulton Street. Sculptor Casper Buberl crafted Fulton holding a model of the first steam ferry from Brooklyn to Manhattan. This totem was meant to commemorate the engineer's invention of the first commercially successful steamboat. The statue was moved to Fulton Park in 1939. The original statue, which had deteriorated over time, was substituted for a bronze copy in 1955. The original zinc statue is displayed at the Brooklyn Museum.
Public School 35
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Public School 35 annex, March 3, 1931. P.S. 35 was established in 1873, on Lewis Avenue at Decatur Street. This photo depicts the P.S. 35 annex (then No. 201 Decatur), built in 1890 to accommodate a growing student population. Both the original school and the annex were replaced by a new building in 1946-7. Today, the school is designated M.S. 35 and named for Stephen Decatur, an early 19th century American Naval Officer. Chauncey, Bainbridge, Decatur, and MacDonough Streets are each named for naval officers who served in conflicts including the War of 1812 and the First Barbary War. Decatur was killed in an 1820 duel with former officer James Barron, stemming from Decatur’s role in an 1807 court martial in which Barron was stripped of his commission, and subsequent actions obstructing Barron’s reinstatement. Both men sustained gunshot wounds, but only Decatur’s proved fatal.
375 Stuyvesant Avenue
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375 Stuyvesant Avenue, 1978. Architects Henry P. Kirby and John J. Petit designed this Renaissance Revival-style mansion was for Otto Seidenberger, a wealthy brewer, in 1914. Kirby and Petit had been the architects of the Coney Island's Dreamland amusement park and various residences in what is now the Prospect Park South Historic District. The Landmarks Preservation Report of the Stuyvesant Heights neighborhood, where the mansion is located, writes that the "handsome residence...seems to reflect the influence of Frank Lloyd Wright's 'Prairie Style' houses," referring to the unusually low pitched hipped roof with deep eaves. In the 1970s, Dr. Josephine English, the first black woman to open a private practice in New York, acquired the building. English was a gynecologist who helped deliver over 6,000 babies in her career, including the children of Malcolm X and his wife Betty Shabazz, as well as former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown's daughter. She opened her practice at Harlem Hospital but moved her practice to Brooklyn in the '50s to open two woman's health clinics in the neighborhoods of Bushwick and Fort Greene. Later in her career, she established various programs to benefit the lives of senior citizens and youth in Brooklyn. English was also a patron of the performing arts and converted an abandoned church into the Paul Robeson Theater in Fort Greene. When English passed away in 2011, ownership of the house was transferred to her family, who have honored her request to continue operating a community center in the mansion. 375 Stuyvesant is home to various community groups, such as the Brooklyn Movement Center and the Freebrook Academy and Educational Community.
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Troy Avenue Station, Fulton Street El
Roadway Conditions Along Troy Avenue: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting the vicinity along or near Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for the construction of the Independent System Fulton Line. Original photographic log reads: View of roadway on Troy Avenue at aux. base line station 0+50. Camera set up on center line of Troy Avenue at aux. base line station 1+30, looking North. Photograph also shows partial view of BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line structure above roadway.
Troy Avenue Station, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Troy Avenue, May 27-28, 1941. View looking east.
Troy Avenue Station, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Troy Avenue, May 27-28, 1941. View looking west.
Troy Avenue Station, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Troy Avenue, May 27-28, 1941. View looking west.
1638 Fulton Street
View of Buildings # 1636 to 1642 Fulton Street: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting the vicinity along or near Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for the construction of the Independent System Fulton Line. Original photographic log reads: View of buildings # 1636-1638-1640-1642 Fulton Street on South side of Fulton Street. Camera set up 15 feet North of North rail and 18 feet West of East building line of # 1642-A, looking South.
1638 Fulton Street
Sidewalk Conditions Along Fulton Street Between Albany and Troy Avenues: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting the vicinity along or near Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for the construction of the Independent System Fulton Line. Original photographic log reads: View of South sidewalk of Fulton Street between Albany and Troy Avenues at station 123+00. Camera set up on South base line station 122+75, looking East. Photograph also shows partial view of BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line Structure above roadway.
3-19 Chauncey Street
Sidewalk Conditions Along Chauncey Street: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting the vicinity along or near Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for the construction of the Independent System Fulton Line. Original photographic log reads: View of North sidewalk of Chauncey Street at aux. base line station 1+00. Camera set up 4 feet South of North base line of Chauncey Street at station 1+50, looking West. Photograph also shows partial view of BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line Structure above roadway.
3-19 Chauncey Street
Sidewalk Conditions Along Chauncey Street: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting the vicinity along or near Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for the construction of the Independent System Fulton Line. Original photographic log reads: View of North sidewalk of Chauncey Street at aux. base line station 2+50. Camera set up 5 feet South of North base line of Chauncey Street at station 3+00, looking West. Photograph also shows partial view of BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line Structure above roadway.
1658-1660 Fulton Street
View of Buildings # 1658 to 1660 Fulton Street: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting the vicinity along or near Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for the construction of the Independent System Fulton Line. Original photographic log reads: View of buildings # 1658-1660 on South side of Fulton Street. Camera set up 9 feet North of North rail and 20 feet East of West house line of # 1658, looking South.
12 Troy Avenue
View of Buildings # 12 to 14 Troy Avenue: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting the vicinity along or near Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for the construction of the Independent System Fulton Line. Original photographic log reads: View of buildings # 12-12A-14 Troy Avenue. Camera set up 3 feet South of North house line of # 12 A Troy Avenue and 5 feet West of East building line of Troy Avenue, looking West.
1612 Fulton Street
Sidewalk Conditions Along Fulton Street Between Albany and Troy Avenues: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting the vicinity along or near Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for the construction of the Independent System Fulton Line. Original photographic log reads: View of South sidewalk of Fulton Street between Albany and Troy Avenues at station 121+50. Camera set up on South base line station, looking East. Photograph also shows partial view of BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line Structure above roadway.
1612 Fulton Street
View of Buildings # 1610 to 1614 Fulton Street: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting the vicinity along or near Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for the construction of the Independent System Fulton Line. Original photographic log reads: View of buildings # 1610-1612-1614 on South side Fulton Street between Albany and Troy Avenues. Camera set up 2 feet North of North curb and 7 feet West of East house line of # 1612, looking South. Photograph also shows partial view of BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line structure above roadway.
Fulton Street between Troy Avenue and Sumner Avenue
Roadway Conditions Along Fulton Street Between Albany and Troy Avenues: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting the vicinity along or near Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for the construction of the Independent System Fulton Line. Original photographic log reads: View of roadway between Albany and Troy Avenues at station 119+00. Camera set up on outer rail of North track at station 118+50 looking East. Photograph also shows view of BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line structure above roadway.
Fulton Street between Troy Avenue and Sumner Avenue
Brooklyn Edison Company Caption: "Repair crew gets busy on the main feed line of the Brooklyn Edison Company in its underground conduit on Fulton St., bewteen Sumner and Troy Aves., where fire and explosion yesterday sent a manhole cover at that point hurtling through the air. Walter R. Voss, 33, of 5817 Avenue M, a member of Insurance fire Patrol 10, was treated at St. John's Hospital for injuries received when the explosion threw him against an 'L' pillar."
Robert Fulton Statue
Dignitaries at Robert Fulton Memorial Dignitaries standing at the unveiling of a new tablet for memorial statue of Robert Fulton (unseen at right) in Fulton Park, Bedford Stuyvesant. Caption on verso: "Left, formal unveiling of the tablet; left to right, Col. William Patton Griffith, Arthur Hoffman, Richard C. Addy, the Rev. Charles William Roeder, Park Commissioner James J. Browne, Hart E. Easterbrook, Brig. Gen. Sydney Grant, Miss Marion J. Terry, Richardson Webster."
Robert Fulton Statue
Dedication of Robert Fulton Memorial Five dignitaries at base of pedestal unveiling reinstallation of Robert Fulton Memorial in Fulton Park, Bedford Stuyvesant; worker standing at top of statue assisting in unveiling; rowhouses, bare trees, and crowd of onlookers in background.
416 LEWIS AVENUE
416 LEWIS AVENUE
228 Decatur Street
Embury Memorial Methodist Church Stone mansion used as a church, with arched entrance, turreted tower, and second floor balustrade, at Lewis Avenue and Decatur Street; formerly Embury Methodist Church, now Mount Lebanon Baptist Church; wooden fence at right.
1581 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn: Atlantic Avenue - Troy Avenue 1577-1581 Atlantic Ave., north side, between Troy and Albany Aves., showing a view of an old "horse block" in front of these frame houses. November 26, 1927. P. L. Sperr.
Sumner Avenue and Fulton Street
Roadway Conditions Along Fulton Street: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting the vicinity along or near Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for the construction of the Independent System Fulton Line. Original photographic log reads: View of roadway on Fulton Street at station 127+00. Camera set up on outer rail of North track at station 126+50, looking East. Photograph shows view of Fulton Park to the left and BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line above roadway and stairway entrance to station. .
Sumner Avenue and Fulton Street
Roadway Conditions Along Fulton Street: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting conditions along Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for constructing the Independent System (IND) Fulton Line. Original photographic logbook reads: Camera set at station 128+90, facing East on South rail of Eastbound track. Photograph shows partial view of BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line above roadway.
Sumner Avenue and Fulton Street
Sidewalk Conditions At Fulton Street and Sumner Avenue: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting the vicinity along or near Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for the construction of the Independent System Fulton Line. Original photographic log reads: View of East sidewalk of Sumner Avenue at aux. base line station 0+50. Camera set up 2 feet East of East curb at aux base line station, looking South. Photograph also shows partial view of BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line Structure above roadway.
Sumner Avenue and Fulton Street
Roadway Conditions Along Fulton Street: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting the vicinity along or near Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for the construction of the Independent System Fulton Line. Original photographic log reads: View of roadway on Fulton Street at station 126+00. Camera set up on outer rail of North track at station 125+50, looking East. Photograph shows view of Fulton Park to the left and BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line above roadway and stairway entrance to station. .
Public School 35
Milestone in postwar achievements in education Caption: "Milestone in postwar achievements in education--The recently dedicated new addition to the Decatur Junior High School \[IS 35], Decatur St. and Lewis Ave., \[a large, three-story brick building with iron fence along front and side], first postwar school building project to be erected by the Board of Education. It is one of 28 structures started since the war. More than 150 others are needed;" three pedestrians, three parked automobiles, and intersecting streets in foreground.
Public School 35
Decatur Junior High School Close-up of Decatur Junior High School (IS 35), a large, three-story, brick building located on Lewis Avenue between Decatur Street and MacDonough Street with iron fence along front and side, and street light, moving automobile, freestanding parking sign, and intersecting streets in foreground.
Public School 35
1576 Fulton Street
View of Buildings # 1574 to 1578 Fulton Street: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting the vicinity along or near Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for the construction of the Independent System Fulton Line. Original photographic log reads: View of buildings # 1574-1576-1578 on South side Fulton Street between Albany and Troy Avenues. Camera set up 3 feet North of North curb and 6 feet East of West house line of # 1576, looking Southeast. Photograph also shows partial view of BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line structure above roadway.
1560 Fulton Street
View of Buildings # 1560 to 1562 Fulton Street: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting the vicinity along or near Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for the construction of the Independent System Fulton Line. Original photographic log reads: View of buildings # 1560-1562 on South side of Fulton Street at Albany Avenue. Camera set up 6 feet North of North rail and 5 feet West of East building line of # 1560, looking South.
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Memorial windows Two stained glass windows in St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 265 Decatur Street. Figure of woman on left, Jesus on right; inscriptions under figures: "Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God," and "To the glory of God and in loving memory of 1902 Marion Loveridge Smith 1918."
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Women's Service League community night Three Black women wearing dress clothes and two Black men (one wearing suit, one wearing clerical attire) standing in parish house room. Caption: "Women's Service League community night--Participants in the dedication celebration of St. Philip's P. E. Church newly-renovated parish house smile approvingly as the league's president, Mrs. Jewel McCoy, center, and the Rev. John M. Coleman, pastor of St. Philip's, second from right, discuss future plans for the building. with them are, left, Assemblyman Bertram L. Baker and Dr. Deborah Partridge, member of Queens College faculty, and, extreme right, Mrs. Thelma Robinson, program chairman. The affair was held in the parish house, 265 Decatur St."
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
\[Mayor Robert F. Wagner, Rev. John M. Coleman and two other men] Mayor Robert F. Wagner, left, The Rev. John M. Coleman, pastor of St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 265 Decatur Street, second from right (wearing clerical attire), and two other unidentified men, wearing suits, raise right hands; large book on large table in foreground.
St. Philip's Episcopal Church
Parish house reopens Four men (two are Black) standing in parish house room; three are wearing clerical attire; bishop, second from left, hold book in left hand. Caption: "Parish house reopens--the Rt. Rev. Jonathan Goodhue Sherman, second from left, suffragan bishop of the Long Island Diocese, dedicates the recently renovated parish house of St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 265 Decatur St., assisted by Canon A. E. Saunders, left, archdeacon of Brooklyn, and the Rev. John M. Coleman, pastor of St. Philip's. James D. Diggs, right, represented Borough President Cashmore."
139 Bainbridge Street
Welcome Home for Girls Exterior view of Welcome Home for Girls located at 139 Bainbridge Street.
1571 Fulton Street
Sidewalk Conditions Along Glenada Place: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting the vicinity along or near Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for the construction of the Independent System Fulton Line. Original photographic log reads: View of East sidewalk of Glenada Place at aux. base line station 0+50. Camera set up 6 feet East of East curb at aux. station 1+00, looking South. Photograph also shows partial view of BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line above roadway.
1711 Pacific Street
Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Schenectady Avenue 1711 Pacific Street, at the N.W. corner of Schenectady venue (right), showing the Sterling Cake Company factory. September 12, 1940 P.L. Sperr
72 Schenectady Avenue
Nichert & Gardiner Shoes Exterior view of Nichert & Gardiner Shoes, a factory located at 72 Schenectady Avenue. The image is not dated.
263 William Street
263 William Street, New York, undated (ca. 1920). In snow.
Decatur Playground
New playground Aerial view: caption: "New playground--The Park Department has completed and opened a new playground \[with basketball court] adjacent to P. S. 35 \[located at 272 McDonough Street]. There are now 482 playgrounds in the park system." Image includes portion of school in right background and several attached brownstone houses in far left background.
336 MAC DONOUGH STREET
411 Stuyvesant Avenue
Brooklyn: Stuyvesant Avenue - Chauncey Street Stuyvesant Avenue, east side, at Decatur and Bainbridge Streets. View 1 shows limestone houses at the southeast corner of Chauncey Street; view 2, a brownstone at the northeast corner of Bainbridge Street. P. L. merr August 27, 1941 Vuin ', V
1558 Fulton Street
Brooklyn: Fulton Street - Albany Street South side Fulton Street at Albany Street and eastward Brooklyn 5/26/42
1558 Fulton Street
Brooklyn: Albany Avenue - Fulton Street P.L. Sperr, photographer 5-26-1942
1567 Fulton Street
Sidewalk Conditions Along Fulton Street between Sumner Avenue and Glenada Place: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting the vicinity along or near Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for the construction of the Independent System Fulton Line. Original photographic log reads: View of North sidewalk of Fulton Street between Sumner Avenue and Glenada Place at station 116+50. Camera set up 4 feet South of North base line station 117+00, looking West. Photograph also shows partial view of BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line above roadway.
Sumner Avenue Baptist Church
\[Sumner Avenue Baptist Church] Facade of Sumner Avenue Baptist Church, Sumner Avenue and Decatur Street and adjacent buildings; telephone poles and lines in foreground.
Sumner Avenue Baptist Church
Bethany Baptist Church Facade of Bethany Baptist Church, Sumner Avenue and Decatur Street, during remodeling, and adjacent buildings on both sides.
391 STUYVESANT AVENUE
391 STUYVESANT AVENUE
387 Stuyvesant Avenue
Brooklyn: Stuyvesant Avenue - Chauncey Street Stuyvesant Avenue, east side, at Decatur and Bainbridge Streets. View 1 shows limestone houses at the southeast corner of Chauncey Street; view 2, a brownstone at the northeast corner of Bainbridge Street. P. L. merr August 27, 1941 Vuin ', V
414 Macon Street
Setting good example Man in suit and woman with hat, possibly representatives of a sanitation initiative, smiling at boy holding sign and sitting on lap of his aunt; sign reads, "Dirt breed disease. Can your garbage." Caption: "Setting good example: Two-year-old Johnny Rapsdale, seated on lap of his aunt, Anna, shows sign posted in front of his home at 414 Macon St. . . . ."
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