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571 Bedford Ave
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571 Bedford Avenue, 1958. Deep within Hasidic Williamsburg, 571 Bedford Avenue still remains. This Renaissance Revival mansion was constructed circa 1890. The copper bay window and the highly ornamented dormer window framing on the mansard roof have turned green with age. An early owner of the building (likely until his death in 1910) was Moses May, a beef dealer and president of the Brooklyn Hebrew Orphans Asylum. Today the building houses an Orthodox Jewish religious institution.
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.
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.
Oscar Hawley Mansion
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Hanover Club, ca. 1911. The Hanover Club was a prestigious German-Jewish Club opened by William Cullen Bryant, a publisher of the Brooklyn Times. It was founded in 1890, housed in the former mansion of Oscar Hawley, a wealthy box manufacturer. In its heyday, the club boasted a bowling alley, billiards club, a restaurant, and a cafe. The alley and cafe were open exclusively to women in the afternoon. During these hours, a gentleman was only allowed inside if accompanied by a lady. The club also hosted dinners in true German spirit, one of which was called the "Thumb bit dinner." At said dinner supposedly, guests dined on steak piled high on slices of bread, all while wearing butcher's aprons and hats. The 400-member club moved to a new building in Crown Heights just one year after they moved into the Hawley Mansion. As the clubhouse changed its scenery, so did the neighborhood of South Williamsburg. When the Williamsburg Bridge was completed in 1909, an influx of Jewish immigrants moved from the Lower East Side to Williamsburg. The former mansion became the Young Israel Association in 1922, an orthodox institution that aimed to provide new immigrants with a space to connect with their community and their religious beliefs. The building is now Bais Yaskov of Adas Yereim.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
2 Franklin Avenue
Wallabout Street and Franklin Avenue. Kool Morgan Optical Company
2 Franklin Avenue
Wallabout Street and Franklin Avenue. Kool Morgan Optical Company
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.
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.
405 Flushing Avenue
Brooklyn: Flushing Avenue - Franklin Avenue Flushing Avenue (right), at the northeast corner of Franklin Avenue. P. L. Sperr April 11, 1941
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).
684 Bedford Avenue
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.
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.
Franklin Brewing Company
\[Franklin Brewing Co.] View of Franklin Brewing Company building at unspecified Brooklyn location.
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.
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.
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
681 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn: Heyward Street - Bedford Avenue Heyward Street (left), at the northeast corner of Bedford Avenue. P. ~'. Sperr April 12, 1941
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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."
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
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.
90A Heyward Street
\[#90A Heyward Street is the house in center.] \#90A Heyward Street is the house in center.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Public School 71
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."
601 Bedford Avenue
Williamsburg - Boro Park bus service Close-up of front of city bus ("B-110 Williamsburg") in Williamsburg with two Hasidic boys, one carrying plastic garment bag over left arm, and traffic light on far left; portion of large brick building in background.
601 Bedford Avenue
\[Southeast corner of Bedford Avenue and Hooper Street. #601 Bedford Avenue is corner building.] Southeast corner of Bedford Avenue and Hooper Street. #601 Bedford Avenue is corner building.
601 Bedford Avenue
Board of Water Supply. Laying water distribution pipes. Beaver Engineering and Contracting Company, contractor. View on Hooper Street at Bedford Avenue, looking east. June 22, 1925.
160 Penn Street
Braunstein's Jewelers Close-up of young Hasidic man standing behind shop counter, at Braunstein's Jewelers on Lee Avenue in Williamsburg, with hands on wrapped package, three shelves of silver objects wrapped in plastic behind him, and two clocks above. Note: Despite inscription, there is no indication that this is a jewelry store.
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.
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).
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.
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)
173 Lee Avenue
\[East side of Lee Avenue looking towards corner of Rutledge Street (right).] East side of Lee Avenue looking towards corner of Rutledge Street (right).
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.
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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