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Public School 137
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Public School 137 Brooklyn, ca. 1900. This C.B.J Snyder-built school was completed circa 1905. Today it still stands and is named for Rachel Jean Mitchell, a local mother, President of the Community School Board for District 23, and advocate for PTAs in all of Brooklyn District 23 schools.
Public School 28
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Public School 28, March 5, 1931. The original Public School 28 (of the City of Brooklyn) was a wood-frame structure, which according to a 1912 Brooklyn Daily Eagle article, was constructed in 1858 and actually was lined with brick, inside the wood framing. According to the same article the school was closed briefly in 1911 following the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire because the school was not up-to-date with fire department regulations. The old building was closed at the end of the 1912 school year. Though the building was intended to be demolished, instead the long, narrow structure, which originally ran between Herkimer and Fulton, was turned 90 degrees and placed on a new foundation along Fulton Street. (It is unclear how long the building remained in this location; a 1916 map of the block does not include the wood-frame school.) A new 27-classroom, brick building (seen here) was erected in its place.
Empire State of Hunger
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Hunger is not only a big issue around the world, but also inNew York City. We see people struggling with food insecurity all around our neighborhoods. After the Bronx, Brooklyn has the second highest rate of food insecurity of almost 16 % (Emergency Food in NYC, 2023). How are communities addressing hunger in Brooklyn? In New York City over 2 million individuals face hunger (Hunger in New York, 2023), and over 600 hundred thousand of them are children. Since the average cost of a meal in NYC is almost $4, this means we would need over $1.5 billion to address their food needs. What is striking is that food insecurity has increased by more than 30 %for people in New York who are 65 years and older. However those who face the most hunger overall are households with children. Food insecurity impacted the African American and Hispanic populations at over twice the rate (Nearly 1 in 10 NYers Were Food Insufficient in 2022:Study, 2023). The three sites featured here are programs in Brooklyn dedicated to helping individuals with food insecurity. This includes “The Campaign Against Hunger”, “Bay Ridge Community Development Center” and “Institute for Community Equity and Sharing, INC.” Hunger in New York. Feeding America. (n.d.-b). https://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/new-york Staff, N. N. Y. (2023a, May 27). Nearly 1 in 10 Nyers were food insufficient in 2022: Study. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/nearly-1-in-10-nyers-were-food-insufficient-in-2022-study/4251419/ Emergency food in NYC. Data Team. (n.d.). https://council.nyc.gov/data/emergency-food-in-nyc/
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180 Saratoga Avenue
Brooklyn: Sumpter Street - Saratoga Avenue Sumpter Street, at, adjoining and west of the S.W. corner of Saratoga Ave. At the laft of the Hebrew Educational Center, is a 4-story frame houee, No. 180 Saratoga Ave. April 29, 1936. P. L. Sperr.
Saratoga Avenue Station, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Saratoga Avenue, May 27-28, 1941. View looking east.
Saratoga Avenue Station, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Saratoga Avenue, May 27-28, 1941. View looking west.
Pauli Murray’s former home
Pauli Murray’s former home
Pauli Murray’s former home
2010 FULTON STREET
1981 Fulton Street
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, between Rockaway and Saratoga Avenues, November 7, 1941.
1981 Fulton Street
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, between Rockaway and Saratoga Avenues, November 7, 1941.
Public School 137
Brooklyn: Saratoga Avenue - Chauncey Street Saratoga Avenue, east side, from Chauncey to Bainbridge Street, showing Public School No. 137. Board of Education of the City of New York June 25, 1931
Public School 137
Public School No. 137, Saratoga Avenue and Bainbridge Street.
Public School 137
P.S. 137 Facade of PS 137, a large, four-story, masonry building located at 121 Saratoga Avenue, with several pedestrians, two utility poles, street signs, and street lamp in foreground.
Public School 137
1986 Fulton Street
Brooklyn: Fulton Street - Howard Avenue Brooklyn Fulton St. e. of Howard Ave. 5-12-42 P.L. Sperr
Public School 137
PS 137 Facade of PS 137, a large, four-story, masonry building located at 121 Saratoga Avenue, with portions of other buildings on both sides, group of school children standing in front of side entrance, and several other children, two utility poles, horse-drawn wagon, and intersecting streets in foreground.
1984 Fulton Street
Looking West at Roadway Conditions Along Fulton Street and Howard Avenue: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting roadway conditions along Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for construction of the Independent Subway (IND) Fulton Line. Photograph shows building storefronts, construction work and equipment, street, sidewalk, trolley tracks, and partial view of BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line structure above roadway. Looking West toward Howard Avenue. Original photographic logbook reads: Camera set on outside rail looking West on street surface at 171+00, South track.
2009 Fulton Street
Looking West at Roadway Conditions Along Fulton Street: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting roadway conditions along Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for construction of the Independent Subway (IND) Fulton Line. Photograph shows excavation equipment including spoil buckets on sidewalk, billboard posters for camel cigarettes, shell service station, and lowe's theater, horse cart, street, trolley tracks, and partial view of BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line structure above roadway. Original photographic logbook reads: Camera set on outside track looking West on street surface at 184+00, South track.
1980 Fulton Street
Brooklyn: Fulton Street - Howard Avenue P.L. Sperr, photographer 5-12-1942
1980 Fulton Street
Brooklyn: Fulton Street - Howard Avenue Fulton Street, south side, east of a point west of Howard Ave., showing in the foreground, a church (no denomination) designated as the Church of Jesus Light of the World, at 1980 Fulton Street. April 20, 1936. P. L. Sperr.
Public School 28
Public School 28
Brooklyn: Herkimer Street - Prescott Place Herkimer Street, north side, between Prescott and Bancroft Places, showing Public School No. 28. P. L. Sperr July 13, 1940 N9y N..N-777
Public School 28
Public School 28 Facade of PS 28, a five-story, brick building located at 1001 Herkimer Street, with several adjacent buildings (one with sign, "Fulton Storage Warehouse Co.") on left and street light and four parked automobiles in foreground.
103 Saratoga Avenue
Brooklyn: Saratoga Avenue - Decatur Street 103-121 Saratoga Ave., east side, between Decatur and Bainbridge Streets. April 20, 1936. P. L. Sperr.
2096 Fulton Street
Looking West at Roadway Conditions Along Fulton Street: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting roadway conditions along Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for construction of the Independent Subway (IND) Fulton Line. Photograph shows horse drawn vehicle, automobiles, building storefronts, apartment houses, street, trolley tracks, and partial view of BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line structure above roadway. Original photographic logbook reads: Camera set on outside track looking West on street surface at 185+00, South track.
2096 Fulton Street
Roadway Conditions Along Fulton Street Looking West Toward Hopkinson Avenue: IND Fulton Line One in a series of survey photographs documenting roadway conditions along Fulton Street, located in Brooklyn, N.Y. Image used in preparation for construction of the Independent Subway (IND) Fulton Line. Photograph shows pedestrians, automobiles, building storefronts, street, sidewalk, trolley tracks, and partial view of BMT Fulton Street Elevated Line structure above roadway at Hopkinson Avenue. Original photographic logbook reads: Camera set on outside track looking West on street surface at 187+00, South track.
Hopkins Street, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, between Hopkins and Rockaway Avenues, November 10, 1941. Lowering a removed section to the ground.
Hopkins Street, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, between Hopkins and Rockaway Avenues, November 10, 1941. Lowering a removed section to the ground.
Hopkins Street, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Hopkins Avenue \[looking?] west at 2:15 PM, November 10, 1941.
Hopkins Street, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, between Hopkins and Rockaway Avenues, November 10, 1941. Lowering a removed section to the ground.
Hopkins Street, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Hopkins Avenue \[looking?] east, November 10, 1941.
Hopkins Street, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, between Hopkins and Rockaway Avenues, November 10, 1941. Lowering a removed section to the ground.
Hopkins Street, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, between Hopkins and Rockaway Avenues, November 10, 1941. Lowering a removed section to the ground.
Hopkins Street, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, between Hopkins and Rockaway Avenues, November 10, 1941. Lowering a removed section to the ground.
Hopkins Street, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Rockaway Avenue station, November 12, 1941. The entire structure from Hopkins Avenue to Rockaway was taken down in about three days.
Somers Street, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Somers Street, November 7, 1941.
Somers Street, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Somers Street, November 7, 1941. Workman with a cutting torch.
Somers Street, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Somers Street, November 7, 1941. Workman with a cutting torch.
975 Herkimer Street
Brooklyn: Herkimer Street - Prescott Place 975 to 987 (left to right) Herkimer Street, north side, at the head of Prescott Place. No. 977 is a remodelled house; it was formerly a frame dwelling like the one to the left of it. No. 979 is Engine 2S7 of the New York City Fire Department. July 13, 1940 P. L. Sperr
Ralph Avenue Station, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Ralph Avenue station, December 3, 1941. Removing concrete platforms in one piece by using two cranes.
Ralph Avenue Station, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Ralph Avenue station, December 3, 1941. Removing concrete platforms in one piece by using two cranes.
Ralph Avenue Station, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Ralph Avenue station, December 3, 1941. Removing concrete platforms in one piece by using two cranes.
Ralph Avenue Station, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Ralph Avenue station, December 3, 1941. Removing concrete platforms in one piece by using two cranes.
Ralph Avenue Station, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Ralph Avenue, May 27-28, 1941. View looking east.
Ralph Avenue Station, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Ralph Avenue station, November 21, 1941.
Ralph Avenue Station, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Ralph Avenue station, November 21, 1941.
Ralph Avenue Station, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Ralph Avenue station, December 3, 1941. Removing concrete platforms in one piece by using two cranes.
Ralph Avenue Station, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Ralph Avenue station, December 3, 1941. Removing concrete platforms in one piece by using two cranes.
Ralph Avenue Station, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Ralph Avenue station, December 3, 1941. Removing concrete platforms in one piece by using two cranes.
Ralph Avenue Station, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Ralph Avenue station, December 3, 1941. Removing concrete platforms in one piece by using two cranes.
Ralph Avenue Station, Fulton Street El
Fulton Street El, Brooklyn, at Ralph Avenue station, December 3, 1941. Removing concrete platforms in one piece by using two cranes.
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