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992 Greene Avenue
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992 Greene Avenue, 1941. The photographers notes on this photo say that it is "showing one of the few remaining old homes in this neighborhood." Despite the 70 years that have passed, this home still remains today and is in seemly terrific shape.
Bridge Street African Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church
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The Bridge Street African Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church began as part of the open-air congregation organized by Thomas Webb in 1766. The original congregation was a mixed group of both Black and White methodists who called their church the Sand Street Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church, named for both the street where the church was located and Joshua Sands, the man whom they purchased the land from. Over time, racial tension grew between African American and white members of the congregation, as church leaders began charging black members a fee to worship at the church. In response, a group of Black clergymen started to preach from their homes and in other locations. The former members of the Sands Street WME sought advice from the Philadelphia-based African Methodist Episcopal Church and shortly after formed the Bridge Street African Methodist Episcopal Church (AWME), located at 309 Bridge Street, in 1854. The church also formed an educational program that opened a school for African American Children called the African Free School. At this location, the church was a stop on the underground railroad. In 1938, the assembly moved to 277 Stuyvesant Street, in the heart of Bedford-Stuyvesant, where it remains. It is the oldest continually-open black congregation in all of Brooklyn.
Public School 129
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"Public School No. 129, this being the Gates Avenue side of the building, 1931." Opened in 1902, and likely designed by C.B.J Snyder, P.S. 129 originally had seats for 1600 students. The school remained open until the 1970s and has been replaced with another school building of a considerably more modern style now numbered P.S. 308.
B’Nai Adath Kol Beth Yisrael
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Patchen Avenue, at the southeast corner of Greene Avenue, showing a synagogue, 1941. This building, noted as a synagogue in the photographer's notes, remains standing today but is no longer in use due to a fire that broke out in 2016. The Rabbi, Baruch Yehudah, hopes to rebuild the house of worship, which he says has been on this corner since the 1700s and a synagogue since the 1860s. The original synagogue was named B’nai Jacob Joseph and housed an Ashkenazi orthodox community. Up until 2016 (and since 1967) the building housed B’nai Adath Kol Beth Yisrael, an Israelite community of African-American Jews.
U.S. Post Office, Station S
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United States Post Office Station S, 1933.
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667 Quincy Street
Brooklyn: Quincy Street - Stuyvesant Avenue 667-669 Quincy Street, north side, about 210 ft. east of Stuyvesant Avenue (left not shown), showing a frame house owned by Mrs. Flynn. About 1925. W.B. Vernam
712 Quincy Street
Desecrated holy articles Caption: "Desecrated holy articles: Rabbi Maurice Idell of Congregation Ahavath Israel, 712 Quincy St., is shown holding the religious scroll and prayer shawl which were desecated when vandals broke into the temple."
917 Greene Avenue
\[Greene Avenue and Reid Avenue, Brooklyn, NY] Looking North on Reid Avenue (now Malcolm X Boulevard) to Greene Avenue and towards Broadway in the distance, NY.
Public School 26
The P.S. 26 graduating class Group of forty-five boys sitting and standing in a posed photograph, the graduating class of PS 26 in June, 1899. The school is currently located at 1014 Lafayette Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant.
Public School 26
And stir in a little ginger Caption: "And stir in a little ginger--Learning first principles of cookery at Public School 26 \[located at 1014 Lafayette Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant] are, left to right, Constantine Kratunis, Miller Urich, William Byrd and Neville Payne. Forty-five boys at the school are getting two hours of cooking instruction a week as part of the principal's plan to give every child as many fields to explore as possible." One of the boys is African American.
Public School 26
Gutted school Fireman near top of ladder propped against pediment of three-story building damaged by fire; fire truck and hoses on street in foreground. Caption: "Gutted school: Fireman climbs ladder to examine caved-in roof of burned out annex of P. S. 26 at Gates and Ralph Aves...."
669 Monroe Street
\[Reid Avenue and Monroe Street- Brooklyn, NY] Looking north at the intersection of Reid Avenue ( present day - Malcolm X Boulevard) and Monroe Street, Brooklyn, NY. This view of the street shows a trolley, trolley tracks, automobiles, trucks, shops, buildings, and pedestrians. BMT Jamaica Line elevated train station in the distance at Broadway.
James M.E. Church
Janes M. E. Church Interior, Janes Methodist Episcopal Church, Reid Avenue and Monroe Street. Chancel with pulpit, rectangular table and seven chairs, pipe organ, choir loft, and pipes, several rows of pews, and portion of balcony and ceiling.
Greene Avenue Baptist Church
Greene Avenue Baptist Church Facade of Greene Avenue Baptist Church with iron fence; also: adjacent buildings, sidewalk, and, on right, street lamp and leafless tree. Caption: "Greene Avenue Baptist Church, Greene Avenue between Lewis and Stuyvesant Avenues..."
James M.E. Church
Janes M. E. Church Facade of church with several leafless trees in foreground, telephone poles and parked automobiles on far left, residential buildings on both sides, and intersecting streets. Caption: "Janes M. E. Church, Reid Avenue and Monroe Street. Founded in 1859. Named for Edmund S. Janes, last Bishop of the United M. E. Church. ..." (Later known as Janes United Methodist Church located at 268 Stuyvesant Avenue.).
Public School 57
Brooklyn: Van Brunt St. - Reid Ave. Van Buren Street, at the northwest corner of Reid Avenue, showing Public School NO. 57, erected in 1886. Board of Education of the City of New York March 3, 1931
680 Monroe Street
\[Reid Avenue and Monroe Street- Brooklyn, NY] Looking south at the intersection of Reid Avenue ( present day - Malcolm X Boulevard) and Monroe Street, Brooklyn, NY. This view of the street shows trolley tracks, automobiles, shops, buildings, and pedestrians.
Public School 129
Public School 129
P.S. 129 Facade of PS 129, a four-story, brick and masonry building located on Quincy Street near Lewis Avenue, with four young men and one young woman in front, several wood-frame row houses with shuttered windows and one street lamp in foreground, and two adjacent building in far left background. Note: There is no evidence that PS 129 exists at the time of cataloging.
Public School 129
\[Agudath Israel of America] Close-up of facade of three-story brownstone house, probably located at 616 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg; sign written in Hebrew over doorway: \[translation] "Agudath Israel of America;" two pedestrians \[boy and girl] walking on sidewalk in foreground.
71 Malcom X Boulevard
\[Reid Avenue and Van Buren Street, Brooklyn, NY] Intersection of Reid Avenue and Van Buren Street, Brooklyn, NY. Looking north. View showing Utica-Reid Line trolley tracks, pedestrians and a horse-drawn junk man wagon. In the distance is a DeKalb Avenue car crossing Reid Ave and the Broadway-Jamaica Line BMT El.
People's Institutional Methodist Church
People's Institutional Methodist Church Facade of People's Institutional Methodist Church, 236 Stuyvesant Avenue, with street light and signs in center foreground and residential buildings on left.
Church of the Good Tidings
Sabbath rains no obstacle Group of men and women in yard, several holding umbrellas; woman in center holds shovelful of soil; man on right is wearing clerical attire and cross pendant.earth. Caption: "Sabbath rains no obstacle--Mrs. Annie Smith, 82, oldest parishoner \[sic] of People's Institutional A. M. E. Church, breaks the ground at ceremonies for a new church center to be named after the wife of the pastor, the "Charlotte Stewart Community Center." the Rev. Charles W. Stewart, pastor, and other parishioners look on. The center will be erected on the Madison St. side of the church, which is situated at \[236] Stuyvesant Ave."
Church of the Good Tidings
Church of the Good Tidings Facade and steeple of Church of the Good Tidings, Stuyvesant Avenue and Madison Street, with sign attached to wall at right of doorway, street lamp and signs in foreground, residential building on far left, and intersecting streets.
992 Greene Avenue
100 Patchen Avenue
Janes Methodist Episcopal Church, Patchen Avenue and Monroe Street, Brooklyn, New York, undated (ca. 1882-1884).
24 Patchen Avenue
Brooklyn: Van Buren St. - Patchen Ave. Van Buren Street, west from Patchen Avenue. P. L. perr September 13, 1941
B’Nai Adath Kol Beth Yisrael
Trinity Baptist Church Facade of Trinity Baptist Church, Greene Avenue and Patchen Avenue; also: adjacent buildings, intersecting streets, street light, and telephone pole and lines.
B’Nai Adath Kol Beth Yisrael
B’Nai Adath Kol Beth Yisrael
Trinity Baptist Church Rendering (drawing) of proposed Trinity Baptist Church, Greene Avenue and Patchen Avenue; also: adjacent building, pedestrians, trees, and intersecting streets.
U.S. Post Office, Station S
Postal Station "S" Brooklyn, New York
U.S. Post Office, Station S
Postal Station "S" Brooklyn, New York
U.S. Post Office, Station S
1075 Lafayette Avenue. United States Post Office, Station "S"
U.S. Post Office, Station S
Postal Station "S" Brooklyn, New York
284 Stuyvesant Avenue
Eubie Blake Studio portrait of African American composer Eubie Blake who lived at 284 Stuyvesant Avenue.
Bridge Street African Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church
\[Bridge Street African Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church] Facade of Bridge Street African Wesleyan Methodist Episcopal Church, 277 Stuyvesant Avenue.
999 Greene Avenue
Brooklyn: Greene Avenue - Patchen Avenue Greene Avenue, west from near Broadway across Patchen Avenue, showing a W. P. A. sewer project and buildings on the north side of the Avenue. July 11, 1935 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project
291 Marcus Garvey Boulevard
\[Sumner Avenue and Gates Avenue, Brooklyn, NY] Gates Avenue Line trolley tracks looking east at Gates Avenue and Sumner Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Tracks are no longer in use and have been paved over at the intersection. A Broadway bound bus can be seen in the distance. Trash collects along the curb in the lower right of the photo beneath a mailbox and a drugstore sign.
17 Patchen Avenue
Brooklyn: Patchen Avenue - Van Buren Street Patchen Avenue, at the northeast corner of Van Buran Street. P. L. Sperr September 13, 1941
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