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DeKalb Branch, Brooklyn Public Library
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DeKalb Branch, August 18, 1930. The DeKalb Library was constructed on a plot that has previously been occupied by an 1854-built Italianate villa. The DeKalb Library was one of the original Brooklyn libraries, pre-dating this structure. The new library building, created as part of the Carnegie grant, was completed in 1905 and designed by William B. Tubby. The library was located in a prime spot, near to numerous streetcar routes and only a block away from the busy commercial strip along Broadway. The building was designated an individual landmark in 2004.
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.
1235 Broadway
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Meat market on Broadway following the blackout of 1977.
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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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 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
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.
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...."
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
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
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."
992 Greene Avenue
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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 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.
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.).
100 Patchen Avenue
Janes Methodist Episcopal Church, Patchen Avenue and Monroe Street, Brooklyn, New York, undated (ca. 1882-1884).
1072 Broadway
\[Reid Avenue between Broadway and Pulaski Street, Brooklyn, NY] Photograph of Reid Avenue between Broadway and Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, NY, facing south on Reid. The tracks of the Utica-Reid trolley line can be seen running along Reid, as can two trolley cars heading north.
1064 Broadway
\[Reid Avenue and Broadway, Brooklyn, NY] Photograph of Reid Avenue and Broadway in Brooklyn, NY. The photograph was taken on Broadway and is looking south on Reid. The Broadway trolley line tracks can be seen, and the tracks of the Utica-Reid trolley line can be seen running along Reid and turning onto Broadway. Overhead, a portion of the BMT Elevated Lexington train line is shown running along Broadway. The intersection of Pulaski Street and Reid Avenue can be seen just beyond the movers' truck.
People's Bank, 1246 Broadway
Brooklyn: Peoples' Bank, 1246 Broadway, corner of Green Avenue, Williamsburg, undated.
DeKalb Theater
De Kalb Theatre Interior view of the De Kalb Theatre located on De Kalb Avenue near Broadway. Typed caption on verso: "Proscenium curtain and boxes of the De Kalb Theatre, 1911." Originally a vaudeville theater, it, presumably, later became a movie theater.
DeKalb Theater
De Kalb Theatre Image represented is one of a related set (THEA 0020), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two exterior views, in different sizes, of the De Kalb Theatre located on DeKalb Avenue, near Broadway. Typed caption below image on recto of 0020: "De Kalb Theatre as it looked in 1911." Originally a vaudeville theater, it, presumably, later became a movie theater.
DeKalb Theater
De Kalb Theatre Exterior view of the De Kalb Theatre located on De Kalb Avenue near Broadway. Image includes three men standing in far left foreground. Originally a vaudeville theater, it, presumably, later became a movie theater. The image is not dated.
1235 Broadway
R. Burkhardt, Drug House
Former Public School No. 68
Brooklyn: Bushwick Avenue - Kosciusko Street Bushwick Ave at the northwest corner of Kosciusko Street, showing Public School no. 68 Board of Education of the City of New York early 1930's
Former Public School No. 68
Public School No. 68, on Bushwick Avenue.
DeKalb Branch, Brooklyn Public Library
DeKalb Avenue and Bushwick Avenue. Brooklyn Public Library branch.
45 Stuyvesant Avenue
Brooklyn: Stuyvesant Avenue - Hart Street (1) 45 Stuyvesant Ave., east side, between Hart and Pulaski Streets, showing Women's Auxillary of the Beth Moses Hospital. September 9, 1932. P. L. SPerr. (2) TThe same, another view. September 9, 1932. P. L. Sperr.
DeKalb Branch, Brooklyn Public Library
Miss Baldwin of 26 Brevoort Place, and unidentified friend, in the DeKalb branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, looking up gardening books, November 16, 1914.
DeKalb Branch, Brooklyn Public Library
Brooklyn 93, DeKalb Library, 784 Bushwick Ave; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
45 Stuyvesant Avenue
Brooklyn: Stuyvesant Avenue - Hart Street (1) 45 Stuyvesant Ave., east side, between Hart and Pulaski Streets, showing Women's Auxillary of the Beth Moses Hospital. September 9, 1932. P. L. SPerr. (2) TThe same, another view. September 9, 1932. P. L. Sperr.
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.
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