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Public School 157
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Kent Avenue, west side, between Myrtle and Park Avenues, showing Public School No. 157, 1929. Constructed in 1906, P.S. 157 is elaborate Gothic Revival-style building designed by C.B. J. Snyder. The school suffered neglect, water damage, and misguided alterations throughout the 20th century. The original structure included an ornate parapet with 40 terra cotta “learned” owls attached. In the early 21st century, an architectural firm undertook an extensive renovation that recreated more than 5,000 units of terra cotta, including the parapet and owls.
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Public School 157
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P.S. 157, The Benjamin Franklin 850 Kent Avenue, Clinton Hill, Brooklyn 1909 Shortly after the turn of the 20th century, architect C.B.J. Snyder’s goal was to build a world-class public school system for New York City. Constructed in 1909, P.S. 157, an “H” design pioneered by Snyder, is a fine example of the Colligate Gothic style of architecture reminiscent of the classical architecture of Oxford, Bryn Mawr, and Princeton. The building’s parapets are accentuated with 40 terracotta owls, representing “wisdom.”
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684 Bedford Avenue
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Military band marching in the Brooklyn Memorial Day Parade. May 30, 1895. The building at left (with awning) is 684 Bedford Avenue.
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819 Bedford Avenue
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817-827 Bedford Avenue, March 30, 1958. The A.D Freed Oil Company seen at right at no. 823 survived in this location until 2015 when it was replaced by a new glass-front multi-family residential unit.
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Public School 71
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Public School 71 ARCHITECT: James W. Naughton DATE: 1888-89 STYLE: Second Empire Public School 71K is a Second Empire style brick building, designed by James W. Naughton and erected in 1888-89 in the Williamsburgh section of Brooklyn prior to the Incorporation of Greater New York. A prominent feature in the area, the building is an important reminder of the long history of public education in Brooklyn which dates back to the Dutch colonial period.

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429 Flushing Avenue image

429 Flushing Avenue

\[View of North side of Flushing Avenue, taken from corner of Skillman Street (which ends at this point).] View of North side of Flushing Avenue, taken from corner of Skillman Street (which ends at this point).
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405 Flushing Avenue

Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Beaver Engineering and Contracting Company, contractor. View looking north on Franklin Avenue from the south side of Flushing Avenue. December 18, 1925.
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405 Flushing Avenue

\[Flushing Avenue at Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn, NY] Downtown Brooklyn and Park Row bound trolley tracks at the intersection of Flushing Avenue and Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. looking west. New York Cleaning and Dyeing Co. is prominent in the photograph.
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405 Flushing Avenue

Brooklyn: Flushing Avenue - Franklin Avenue Flushing Avenue (right), at the northeast corner of Franklin Avenue. P. L. Sperr April 11, 1941
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414 Flushing Avenue

Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Beaver Engineering and Contracting Company, contractor. Wallabout Basin Storage and Terminal Company warehouse building located at the southeast corner of Franklin Avenue and Flushing Avenue. Showing conditions before beginning construction work. August 25, 1925.
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Franklin Brewing Company

\[Franklin Brewing Co.] View of Franklin Brewing Company building at unspecified Brooklyn location.
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414 Flushing Avenue

Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Beaver Engineering and Contracting Company, contractor. Wallabout Basin Storage and Terminal Company warehouse building located at the southeast corner of Franklin Avenue and Flushing Avenue. Showing conditions in this vicinity before beginning construction work. July 28, 1925.
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414 Flushing Avenue

Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Beaver Engineering and Contracting Company, contractor. Wallabout Basin Storage and Terminal Company warehouse building located at the southeast corner of Franklin Avenue and Flushing Avenue. Showing conditions in this vicinity before beginning construction work. July 28, 1925.
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392 Flushing Avenue

Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Beaver Engineering and Contracting Company, contractor. View at the intersection of Franklin and Flushing Avenues, looking south on Franklin Avenue. October 27, 1925.
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12 Heyward Street

Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Beaver Engineering and Contracting Company, contractor. View of the Deknatel building located on the north side of Wythe Avenue between Wallabout Street and Heyward Street. Showing conditions in this vicinity before beginning construction work. July 28, 1925.
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12 Heyward Street

Brooklyn: Franklin Avenue - Wallabout Street ranklin Avenue, east side, af Wallabout Street, looking north. On the right, at the southeast corner, is the Donohue Boiler Works; at the northeast corner is the Tole Morgan optical instruments factory. P. L. Sperr pril 12, 1941
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12 Heyward Street

Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Beaver Engineering and Contracting Company, contractor. Trench excavation on Wythe Avenue looking north from the east side of Wallabout Street. One set of iron rod hangers and I-beams spanning the trench may be seen in the photograph. May 7, 1926.
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2 Franklin Avenue

Wallabout Street and Franklin Avenue. Kool Morgan Optical Company
2 Franklin Avenue image

2 Franklin Avenue

Wallabout Street and Franklin Avenue. Kool Morgan Optical Company
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703 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn: Wallabout St. - Lynch St. Intersection of Wallabout Street (right) and Lynch Street, looking north. The New York and Brooklyn Casket Company occupies the large factory. P. L. Sperr April 12, 1941
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37-41 Franklin Avenue

Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Beaver Engineering and Contracting Company, contractor. View of brick wall of the building on Franklin Avenue opposite 44. September 10, 1925.
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37-41 Franklin Avenue

Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Beaver Engineering and Contracting Company, contractor. View of brick wall of the building on Franklin Avenue opposite 44. September 10, 1925.
Nassau Gaslight Company Gas Tank image

Nassau Gaslight Company Gas Tank

Transportation - Wagons. Transportation: A milk wagon making its rounds through the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. Shown, too, is a brick encased gas tank, erected in 1874. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection View 1: 1923 View 2: A wagon loading fruit baskets, First Avenue and E. 5th Street, Manhattan P.L. Sperr, Photographer. 1934
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19 Heyward Street

Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Beaver Engineering and Contracting Company, contractor. View of building located at the northeast corner of Wythe Avenue and Heyward Street. Leopold Meisse Mirrors and Plate Glass at 19 Heyward Street. Conditions after the construction work had been completed. April 23, 1928.
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19 Heyward Street

Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Beaver Engineering and Contracting Company, contractor. View of building located at the northeast corner of Wythe Avenue and Heyward Street. Leopold Meisse Mirrors and Plate Glass at 19 Heyward Street. Showing conditions before beginning construction work. July 28, 1925.
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19 Heyward Street

Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Beaver Engineering and Contracting Company, contractor. Wythe Avenue side of Leopold Meisse Mirrors and Plate Glass buidling at 19 Heyward Street. Steel pipeline to be laid in the sidewalk on Wythe Avenue. Showing conditions before beginning construction work. July 28, 1925.
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684 Bedford Avenue

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681 Bedford Avenue

Brooklyn: Heyward Street - Bedford Avenue Heyward Street (left), at the northeast corner of Bedford Avenue. P. ~'. Sperr April 12, 1941
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356 Flushing Avenue

Brooklyn: Kent Avenue - Little Nassau Street Kent Avenue, at the northeast corner of Little Nassau Street. The Colonial Restaurant and Gafeteris occupies the street floor. P. L. Sperr April 12, 1941
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356 Flushing Avenue

Watershed model created for the 1939 World's Fair, in storage and before conservation, in the shaft maintenance building at 356 Flushing Avenue, 2006.
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90A Heyward Street

\[#90A Heyward Street is the house in center.] \#90A Heyward Street is the house in center.
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347 Flushing Avenue

\[Flushing Avenue and Classon Avenue, Brooklyn] Photo is of Flushing Avenue and Classon Avenue on Flushing Avenue Line looking east. Image of trolley, catenary, and automobiles.
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54 Walworth Street

Brooklyn: Walworth St. - Park Ave. 54 to 36 Walworth Avenue, west side, between Park Avenue and Flushing Avenue, viewing North toward the latter. Shown, too, are W. P. A. laborers working on a sewer project. July 11, 1935 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project
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Saint Lucy's Church

Dangerous game Several boys playing on city street with commercial/residential buildings on left and in background, several parked and moving automibiles, and man standing in right foreground. Caption: "Dangerous game--Youngsters of the Wallabout section who jeopardize their lives playing games in the street are due for a break. the combines societies of St. Lucy's R. C. Church \[802 Kent Avenue] are sponsoring a Puccini Festival Saturday, Nov. 15, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. ...funds realized ... will be used to build a suitable playground for the youth of the neighborhood."
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Public School 71

\[Bais Yaakov Educational System for Girls] Close-up of Bais Yaakov Educational System for Girls, a large, three-story, masonry elementary school at 415-425 Heyward Street in Williamsburg with sign in Hebrew on right side of first floor wall: "Bet Yaakov Le-hinukh ha-banot;" one pedestrian (boy) in center foreground and tree in far left foreground.
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Public School 71

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345 Flushing Avenue

\[Flushing Avenue and Classon Avenue, Brooklyn] Photo is of Flushing Avenue and Classon Avenue on Flushing Avenue Line looking west. Image of trolley, catenary, and automobiles. Area cleared for construction of the Brooklyn-Queens Connecting Highway (now "Expressway") is in view.
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636 Bedford Avenue

Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov of Papa Twenty-six Hasidic people standing on front steps at dedication of Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov of Papa, a brick school building at 636-638 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg; additional sign on building: "Schuster and Finkelstein Building."
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636 Bedford Avenue

636 Bedford Ave Close-up of three Hasidic men sitting at table eating. The occasion is the dedication of Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov of Papa at 636 Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg.
636 Bedford Avenue image

636 Bedford Avenue

Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov of Papa Two brick buildings with open doors above stoops at 636-638 Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg; photo cropped at third floor; sign over parlor floor at left reads, "Yeshivath Kehilath Yakov of Papa"; same sign in Hebrew over parlor floor at right; additional signs read, "Schuster and Finkelstein Building" and "Welcome Schuster and Finkelstein Family"; newly planted tree and Hasidic man walking past stoop in foreground.
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535 Flushing Avenue

\[Flushing Avenue at Lee Avenue, Brooklyn, NY] A New York bound trolley is stopped in front of 539 Flushing Avenue with its doors open. A muddy puddle runs between the roadway and the sidewalk.
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140 Penn Street

\[#138 + #140 Penn Street - South side street, between Bedford Avenue and Lee Avenue.] \#138 + #140 Penn Street - South side street, between Bedford Avenue and Lee Avenue.
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630 Bedford Avenue

Belzer Yeshiva, Bedford Avenue Two four-story masonry buildings in Williamsburg, with stoops and broken pediments over rounded entrance arches; sign in English over parlor floor at left reads, "Belzer Yeshiva, Machzikei Torah of Belz"; same sign in Hebrew over parlor floor at right; Hasidic man walking on street in foreground; overhanging leaves and branches at top.
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215 Lee Avenue

\[East side of Lee Avenue.] East side of Lee Avenue. #215 Lee Avenue (Insurance Offices and Law Office of Seymour Vidur). #213 Lee Avenue - Paragon Paints. (left)
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209 Lee Avenue

\[East side of Lee Avenue, looking north towards corner of Heyward Street.] East side of Lee Avenue, looking north towards corner of Heyward Street. #201 Lee Avenue is house at corner (farthest away) #203 Lee Avenue is next.
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82 Lynch Street

\[View of Lynch Street taken from Lee Avenue.] View of Lynch Street taken from Lee Avenue. #82 Lynch Street is nearest house. #84 Lynch Street is just beyond.
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271 Lee Avenue

Nutri Cola sign, 271 Lee Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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819 Bedford Avenue

\[East side of Bedford Avenue.] East side of Bedford Avenue.
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182 Lee Avenue

S. Weiss Luncheonette Closeup of Hasidic man, boy and girl standing on sidewalk in front of luncheonette in Williamsburg; sign over shop, "S. Weiss Ice Cream & Luncheonette; home cooking," "182" on store window; ads for Kent cigarettes and Pepsi on wall on far left, and ad for Veep under store window; man and children appear to be buying food through opening in store window.
539 Flushing Avenue image

539 Flushing Avenue

\[Flushing Avenue and Nostrand Avenue, Looking east, Brooklyn, NY] Trolley tracks at the intersection of Flushing Avenue and Nostrand (right) / Lee (left) Avenues in Brooklyn, NY. Camera is situated in the center of Flushing Avenue, facing East. A Coca-Cola truck and Sunoco gas station are on the North and South sides of the street, respectively. Across Nostrand Avenue, Marcy Houses is under construction and a large sign has been posted to this effect by the Housing Authority.
539 Flushing Avenue image

539 Flushing Avenue

\[Nostrand Avenue at Flushing Avenue, Looking North, Brooklyn, NY] Intersection of Nostrand Avenue and Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn, NY. Camera is positioned in the center of Nostrand Avenue looking north to Flushing Avenue where Lee Avenue begins.
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189 Lee Avenue

\[East side of Lee Avenue looking towards corner of Heyward Street (right). ] East side of Lee Avenue looking towards corner of Heyward Street (right).
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Church of the Redeemer

Church of the Redeemer Facade and steeple of Church of the Redeemer, Bedford Avenue and Hewes Street, with residential buildings on both sides and intersecting streets.
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Church of the Redeemer

\[Synagogue on Bedford Avenue and Hewes Street] Close-up of large, stone synagogue on the corner of Bedford Avenue and Hewes Street with two parked automobiles, two pedestrians and traffic light in foreground.
Church of the Redeemer image

Church of the Redeemer

Synagogue, cor. Bedford & Hewes St Synagogue in Williamsburg with rough-cut stone and gabled roof between two square towers; three arched doorways at entrance; Star of David in central rose window; brownstone building to right of synagogue; pedestrians, including some Hasidic men, on sidewalk in front of synagogue; traffic light on corner at far left; branches of tree in far right foreground.
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