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Vanishing Gas Stations
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While the great American landscape is liberally dotted with gas stations, they have quickly disappeared from the terrain of New York City. Today, there are fewer than 35 gas stations in Manhattan and only 1 station south of 23rd Street. Here are a few stations across the city.
Bushwick Avenue at Eastern Parkway
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Bushwick Avenue at Eastern Parkway, May 3, 1929. The view is northwest up Bushwick Avenue, toward Williamsburg. The BMT Canarsie Line emerges from its tunnel as it climbs toward Broadway Junction station, just out of frame to the left. The large church at center-left is Our Lady of Lourdes, on Aberdeen Street between Broadway and Bushwick Avenue. The 1897 Roman Catholic Church — which included a "replica" grotto commemorating the 19th century visitation at Lourdes, France — was destroyed by a suspicious three-alarm fire in November, 1975.
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Bushwick Avenue at Eastern Parkway
\[Bushwick Avenue and Eastern Parkway: BMT Canarsie Line] Photographic negative showing Bushwick Avenue and Eastern Parkway. Also shows apartment buildings, yards and fences, automobiles, a church, advertisements, automobiles and pedestrians.
Bushwick Avenue at Eastern Parkway
\[Eastern Parkway and Bushwick Avenue: BMT Canarsie Line] Photographic negative showing roadway pavement at intersection of Eastern Parkway and Bushwick Avenue. Camera is set up on the centerline of Bushwick Avenue, 12' north of the south curb of Vanderveer Street looking west. Image also shows trees, pedestrians, automobiles apartment buildings and houses.
BMT Canarsie Line at Eastern Parkway
\[South Portal Track #1 and #2: BMT Canarsie Line] Photographic negative showing type II tracks #1 and #2 (Killy track DIU) at south portal, looking north. Also shows construction workers and apartment buildings.
1581 Bushwick Avenue
\[Eastern Parkway: BMT Canarsie Line] Photographic negative showing Eastern Parkway. Camera is set up from point 250 feet southwest of southwesterly line of Bushwick Avenue, looking northeast. Also shows automobiles, apartments, storefronts, houses, a Texaco service station, pedestrians and a traffic signal tower.
1579 Bushwick Avenue
\[Eastern Parkway and Bushwick Avenue: BMT Canarsie Line] Photographic negative showing Eastern Parkway. Camera is set up from point 125 feet southwest of southwesterly line of Bushwick Avenue, looking northeast. Also shows automobiles, apartments, storefronts, houses, pedestrians and a traffic signal tower.
1605 Bushwick Avenue
\[Northeast corner of Bushwick Avenue and Stewart Street.] Northeast corner of Bushwick Avenue (right) and Stewart Street.
58 De Sales Place
\[DeSales Place and Bushwick Avenue: BMT Canarsie Line] Photographic negative showing southside sidewalk and curb of DeSales Place. Camera is set up 15' west of east curb line of Bushwick Avenue on the centerline of DeSales Place looking east. Also shows houses, apartment buildings, automobiles and pedestrians.
58 De Sales Place
\[DeSales Place and Bushwick Avenue: BMT Canarsie Line] Photographic negative showing DeSales Place. Camera is set up from point 100 feet southwest of southwesterly line of Bushwick Avenue, looking northeast. Also shows apartments, houses, clotheslines, pedestrians, children and a service station, Greater New York Service Stations: The Pure Oil Company , featuring a large map.
1545 Bushwick Avenue
\[DeSales Place and Bushwick Avenue: BMT Canarsie Line] Photographic negative showing eastside of Bushwick Avenue. Camera is set up on the centerline of DeSales Place and on the east baseline of Bushwick Avenue showing sidewalk and curb. Also shows construction and workers, automobile gas station, storefronts, apartment buildings, advertisements, automobiles and construction vehicles.
Trommer Brewery
Trommer Brewery Caption: "One of the largest fleets of trucks ever assembled for the distribution of a single product was pressed into service April 6th at the famous Trommer Brewery, Bushwick Avenue and Conway Street, Brooklyn, N. Y., for the filling of thousands of orders. Photo shows George Trommer (right), president of the brewery, smashing a bottle of 3.2 beer to launch the fleet of trucks." Image includes nine unidentified men and two stacks of beer barrels.
Trommer Brewery
Back in service Caption: "Back in service--A Trommer Brewery horse-drawn truck \[with large sign, "Trommer's malt beer"], a familiar sight at the turn of the century, is now brought back into service to conserve gasoline and tires. It is making the rounds in the ridgewood section." Image includes two men wearing aprons standing in foreground and portion of Trommer's Restaurant in background..
Trommer Brewery
\[Horse-drawn beer wagon] View of horse-drawn wagon or truck carrying barrels of Trommer beer, in foreground, and Trommer's Restaurant in background. The location is Ridgewood.
Trommer Brewery
Bushwick: unidentified fork in the road \[near Trommer's Restaurant?], undated.
Trommer Brewery
Bushwick: Trommer's restaurant, Bushwick Avenue and Conway Street, undated.
75-77 Aberdeen Street
Brooklyn: Aberdeen Street - Bushwick Avenue 75-77 Aberdeen Street, north side, between Bushwick Ave., and Evergreen Cemetery. (The buildings do not appear on the 1929 maps). Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.
Broadway Junction Station, BMT Canarsie Line Platform
\[View from Broadway Junction platform (BMT).] View from Broadway Junction platform (BMT) looking east.
Broadway Junction Station, BMT Canarsie Line Platform
\[View from Broadway Junction (BMT).] View from Broadway Junction (BMT) platform looking west.
Rudd Playground
Playland for borough tots Caption: "Playland for borough tots--Children are shown enjoying the new irrigated sandpit of the 1 1/4 acre playground on the north side of Aberdeen St. near Bushwick Ave. recently completed by the Department of Parks. A reconstruction project of the park included relocation of slides, swings and seesaws for kindergarten and older children." Image includes two adult women, presumably mothers, and several older children.
152 Somers Street
Brooklyn: 174 Somers Street (low home behind telegraph pole; adjoining peaked-roof house is no. 162), between Broadway and Sackman Street, 1923.
152 Somers Street
Brooklyn: Somers Street - Sackman Street 152-170 Somers Street, south side, between Sackman Street and Broadway. The two peaked roof homes are very old. They were historically connected with James Pelling. Pelling's Lane passed these houses connecting Bushwick Road, (now Ave)., with Jamaica Turnpike, (now Norman Place). The junction of all B.M.T. Elevated Lines is seen in the background. 1923\. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.
152 Somers Street
Brooklyn: south side of Somers Street between Broadway and Eastern Parkway, 1922.
152 Somers Street
Brooklyn: 174 Somers Street (low home behind telegraph pole; adjoining peaked-roof house is no. 162), between Broadway and Sackman Street, 1923.
Broadway Junction Station, BMT Jamaica and Canarsie Lines
\[View of els at Van Sinderen Avenue.] View of els at Van Sinderen Avenue - Broadway Junction Station.
Callahan-Kelly Playground
Ready for the youngsters Aerial view: caption: " 'Ready for the youngsters--' ... By next summer this scene will blossom out with kiddies playing in the wading pool, digging in the sand pit and skating on the roller track. Photo shows the smaller section of new three and one-half acre playground just opened by the Department of Parks, bounded by Eastern Parkway, Fulton St., Truxton St. and Van Sinderen Ave." Image includes three parked automobiles in foreground and group of commercial and residential buildings in far background.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
School Room -- Railroad Men's Building. Class at the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railroad Men's Building school room.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
School Room -- Railroad Men's Building. Class at the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railroad Men's Building school room.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
\[B.R.T. Audience -- Theatre Railroad Men's Bldg.] Audience at a performance of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Employees Benefit Association Band.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
Secretary's Office B.R.T.E.B.A. Interior of the secretary's office of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Employees Benefit Association.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
Gymnasium -- Railroad Men's Building. Men working out in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railroad Men's Building gymnasium.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
Signed "Byron N.Y." and numbered on neg.; \[Bath Rooms -- Railroad Men's Building.] Stalls in a bathroom of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit "men's building."
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
Reading Room -- Railroad Men's Building.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
B.R.T. Employees Band. Brooklyn Rapid Transit Employees Benefit Association band on stage.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
Billiard Room -- Railroad Men's Building. Men in uniform playing dominoes and billiards in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railroad Men's Building billiard room.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
Secretary's Office B.R.T.E.B.A. Interior of the secretary's office of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Employees Benefit Association.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
B.R.T. Employees Band.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
Locker Room -- Railroad Men's Building. Members of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Employees Benefit Association Band in the locker room of the "men's building."
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
Gymnasium -- Railroad Men's Building. Men working out in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railroad Men's Building gymnasium.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
B.R.T. Audience -- Theatre Railroad Men's Bldg. Audience at a performance of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Employees Benefit Association Band at the East New York clubhouse.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
Jamaica Avenue and Alabama Avenue: Jamaica Line (BMT) Survey photograph of Jamaica Avenue and Alabama Avenue on the Jamaica Line (BMT). Negative shows street, elevated railroad structure, buildings, pedestrians, cars, sidewalk, curb, and man standing on the sidewalk smoking a cigar. Negative Sleeve reads: Jamaica Avenue and Alabama Avenue. No original photographic logbook caption.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
Locker Room -- Railroad Men's Building. Members of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Employees Benefit Association Band in the locker room of the "men's building."
2051 Broadway
Entrance to East New York Paint Shop on Broadway: Jamaica Line (BMT) Survey photograph on Broadway in the vicinity of the Alabama Avenue Station on the Jamaica Line (BMT). Negative shows entrance to East New York Paint Shop, elevated line, street, curb, sidewalks, building, and cars. Negative sleeve reads: Broadway from 2051 to 1997, Bklyn. No original photographic logbook caption.
2051 Broadway
Bus Under Elevated Line and Building on Broadway: Jamaica Line (BMT) Survey photograph on Broadway in the vicinity of the Alabama Avenue Station on the Jamaica Line (BMT). Negative shows elevated line, street, curb, sidewalks, buildings, bus, and cars. Bus number 511. Negative sleeve reads: Broadway from 2059 to 1997, Bklyn. No original photographic logbook caption.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
B.R.T. Employees Band. Brooklyn Rapid Transit Employees Benefit Association band on stage.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
Secretary's Office B.R.T.E.B.A. Interior of the secretary's office of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Employees Benefit Association.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
\[School Room -- Railroad Men's Building.] Class at the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railroad Men's Building school room.
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
\[Reading Room -- Railroad Men's Building.]
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
Bath Rooms -- Railroad Men's Building. Stalls in a bathroom of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit "men's building."
Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Railroad Men's Building
Billiard Room -- Railroad Men's Building. Men in uniform playing dominoes and billiards in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Railroad Men's Building billiard room.
399 Sumpter Street
Brooklyn: Sumpter Street - Stone Avenue Sumpter Street w. fr. Stone Avenue, Brooklyn. P. L. Sperr, photographer Au0. 3, 1941 Neg. No. A-1098
1495 Herkimer Street
On strike Image represented is one of a related set (WORK 0894), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption: "On strike--Members of Communications Workers of American picket Western Electric warehouse and storage yard at 1495 Herkimer St." Image shows two men and one woman carrying large placards with text, "CWA-CIO are on strike against Bell System for a living wage." 0895 includes policeman standing in right foreground.
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