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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.
47th Regiment Armory
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Designed by William Mundell, the 47th Regiment Armory was built in 1884 on the site of a former baseball grounds. Containing an armory, club rooms, and later a drill hall, the armory was one of the few funded by the state and not Kings County. While the 47th Regiment left the armory in the 1800s, various Army occupants and the National Guard utilized the space until 2011.
571 Flushing Avenue
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Five-alarm fire at the Hub Furniture Company warehouse on Flushing Avenue, March 26, 1930. No workers or firefighters were injured and the fire was brought under control in about one hour.
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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360 Marcy Avenue
Brooklyn: Marcy Avenue - Lynch Street Marcy Avenue, north from Lynch Street, showing W. P. A. track removal operations. The buildings nre on the west side of the avenue. View 2 is north from Heyward Avenue, and view 8 is north from Rutledge Street. Lynch Avenue, Heyward Avenue, and Rutledge Street follow each other consecutively from south to north. June 24, 1936 Views 1,2,3 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project
365 Marcy Avenue
\[Southeast corner of Marcy Avenue and Lynch Street. ] Southeast corner of Marcy Avenue and Lynch Street. Corner building is #365 Marcy Avenue.
47th Regiment Armory
Brooklyn: Lynch Street - Harrison Avenue (1) Lynch Street, west from Harrison Ave. At right foreground, is a view of the 47th Regiment headquarters of the N.Y. State Armory. October 1928. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) Same, showing view on Marcy Ave. Corner stone laid in 1883. October 1928. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.
47th Regiment Armory
Brooklyn: 47th Regiment Armory (North Portland Avenue Armory), corner of North Portland Avenue and Auburn Place, undated.
47th Regiment Armory
Inspection of Forty-seventh Regiment by Gen. James McLeer.
47th Regiment Armory
Brooklyn, N.Y., 47th Regiment Armory.
47th Regiment Armory
Brooklyn 71, State Armory, 355 Marcy Ave; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
47th Regiment Armory
47th Regiment Armory, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Public School 122
Brooklyn 70, P.S. 122 (The William H. Harrison), 215 Heward St; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
215 Heyward Street
Brooklyn: Marcy Avenue - Rutledge Street Marcy Ave. south ofRutledge St., B'klyn Sept. 20, 1941 P.L. Sperr, photographer
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.
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)
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.
306 Marcy Avenue
Brooklyn: Marcy Avenue - Penn Street Marcy Ave., at the S.W. corner of Penn. Street, showing the former St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church. June 1926. Brown Brothers.
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).
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.
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).
97 Harrison Avenue
Brooklyn: Harrison Avenue - Lynch Street Harrison Ave., east side, south from Lynch Street. April 30, 1931. P. L. Sperr.
Public School 122
PS 122 Facade of PS 122, a large, four-story, brick building located at Harrison Avenue and Heyward Street, with iron fence along front and side, adjacent buildings on both sides, and several utility poles, street sign, and man pushing two-wheeled cart in foreground.
121 Harrison Avenue
Brooklyn: Harrison Avenue - Middleton Street Harrison Ave., east side, from Middleton to Loriner Streets. April 20, 1931. P. L. Sperr.
Talmud Torah Tifereth Yisrael Synagogue (formely German Lutheran Church)
\[Middleton Street and Harrison Avenue, Brooklyn, New York] Southeast view of Middleton Street and Harrison Avenue, including Parcels 49-53, in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York during construction of the IND Crosstown Line. A synagogue is pictured.
Talmud Torah Tifereth Yisrael Synagogue (formely German Lutheran Church)
Brooklyn: Harrison Avenue - Middleton Street (1) 117-129 Harrison Ave., north side, east of Middleton Street, showing at No. 121 a Synagogue named Talmud Torah Tifereth Yisrael. April 20, 1931. aw e21: P: 7S K.ig 126Rii1 Ti2ti P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, a more limited view. March 24, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, a close-up of the Synagogue. April 20, 1931. P. L. Sperr.
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.
Talmud Torah Tifereth Yisrael Synagogue (formely German Lutheran Church)
Brooklyn: Harrison Avenue - Middleton Street (1) 117-129 Harrison Ave., north side, east of Middleton Street, showing at No. 121 a Synagogue named Talmud Torah Tifereth Yisrael. April 20, 1931. aw e21: P: 7S K.ig 126Rii1 Ti2ti P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, a more limited view. March 24, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, a close-up of the Synagogue. April 20, 1931. P. L. Sperr.
Public School 71
Talmud Torah Tifereth Yisrael Synagogue (formely German Lutheran Church)
Brooklyn: Harrison Avenue - Middleton Street 117 to 133 Harrison Avenue, south from Middleton Street to Lorimer Street. Number 121-23 is the former German Evangelical NN.. Church and was used by the congregation as far back as 1886. It was later converted into a synagogue and is used as such at the time of this photograph. May, 1929 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection
Talmud Torah Tifereth Yisrael Synagogue (formely German Lutheran Church)
Brooklyn: Harrison Avenue - Middleton Street (1) 117-129 Harrison Ave., north side, east of Middleton Street, showing at No. 121 a Synagogue named Talmud Torah Tifereth Yisrael. April 20, 1931. aw e21: P: 7S K.ig 126Rii1 Ti2ti P. L. Sperr. (2) The same, a more limited view. March 24, 1931. P. L. Sperr. (3) The same, a close-up of the Synagogue. April 20, 1931. P. L. Sperr.
90A Heyward Street
\[#90A Heyward Street is the house in center.] \#90A Heyward Street is the house in center.
61 Walton Street
Brooklyn: Walton St. - Union Ave. Walton Street, w. fr. Union Avenue, Jrooklyn. P. L. Sperr, photographer Sept. 25, 1941 Neg. No. A-1095
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.
Harrison Avenue and Lorimer Street
Harrison: IND Crosstown Line Looking north of Harrison, Brooklyn. Photograph was taken as part of a survey prior to the completion of the IND Crosstown Line.
271 Lee Avenue
Nutri Cola sign, 271 Lee Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
439 Marcy Avenue
Brooklyn: Marcy Avenue - Wallabout Street Marcy Ave., east side, north from Wallabout Street. April 20, 1931. P. L. Sperr.
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
\[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.
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.
571 Flushing Avenue
567 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, United States
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.
571 Flushing Avenue
567 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, United States
571 Flushing Avenue
569 Flushing Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Transfiguration Roman Catholic Church
Brooklyn: Hooper Street - Marcy Avenue N.E. corner ofHooper St. & Marcy Ave., B'klyn. Sept. 20, 1941 P.L. Sperr, photographer
195 Middleton Street
Brooklyn: Middleton Street - Throop Avenue 166-190 Middleton Street, south side, east of Throop (left) to Harrison Aves. (right), as seen across excavation for the Independent Subway, (City owned) from Lynch Street. March 24, 1931. P. L. Sperr.
681 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn: Heyward Street - Bedford Avenue Heyward Street (left), at the northeast corner of Bedford Avenue. P. ~'. Sperr April 12, 1941
131 Lee Avenue
Bes Hamidrosh Close-up of doorway and portion of facade of brick building with large sign, Bes Hemidrosh \[Bet ha-midrash], a house of study of Klausenberg Hasidic group at 131 Lee Avenue in Williamsburg; young man standing in doorway.
131 Lee Avenue
131 Lee Ave Close-up of doorway and portion of facade of brick building with large sign, Bes Hemidrosh \[Bet ha-midrash], a house of study of Klausenberg Hasidic group at 131 Lee Avenue in Williamsburg; six young men and boys (two partially visible) standing in foreground. It is assumed that the man standing directly in front of the doorway is Mr. Rosen.
131 Lee Avenue
\[Nine Hasidic boys] Nine Hasidic boys, presumably students at Klausenberger elementary school, standing in front of brick building in Williamsburg with two signs in door window; sign on right: "Office of Yeshivah, Yesotah Hatorah, 131 Lee Av."
302 Hewes Street
302 Hewes Street, Brooklyn, February 13, 1918. Photographed for Joseph P. Day.
240 Lynch Street
Brooklyn: Lynch Street - Broadway 240-254 Lynch Strcet, south side, at the S.W. corner of Broadway, Brooklyn At extreme left, is the Broadway Brooklyn Elevated Line of the B.M.T. No. 240 is at the right foreground. March 24, 1931. P. L. Sperr.
159 Harrison Avenue
Built-in air conditioning Three men in suits standing on stoop before dilapidated, two-story wooden house; wooden fence, flowering tree, clothesline, rear of brick apartment building in background. Caption: "Built-in air conditioning -- Chief Assistant District Attorney Edward S. Silver (left) points to broken windows in 'rear house' at rear of 159 Harrison Ave. The house which Silver, Benjamin Saltzman (right), borough Superintendent of Housing and Buildings and Assistant District Attorney Joseph P. Hoey inspected yesterday shelters two families totaling nine people."
125 Lee Avenue
On Lee Ave Close-up of Hasidic man on Lee Aveue in Williamsburg, right, standing behind pile of eleven wood crates with three stores (shoe repair shop, Flaum's Appetizing & Nut Shop, and Tiv-Tov Stores) in background.
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