"147th Street and Willis Avenue. Dollar Savings Bank, circa 1918." The Dollar Savings Bank was founded in the Bronx in 1887 by John Haffen, a member of a prominent local family. The original location was housed at 2808 Third Avenue, but the space quickly became insufficient for the thriving business. This 1918/1919 Classical Revival building sits on a trapezoidal corner lot and fronts three different streets. The distinguished building remained the headquarters of the bank until the 1950s when the headquarters was moved to the Fordham branch. This building was sold in 1974 to a Seventh Day Adventist Church.

East 149th Street and Trinity Avenue, northwest corner, 1938.

Late night fire at the Brook Avenue facility of Morris & Co., a "meat concern," April 13, 1933. Around 10pm, a fire broke out in rail a tunnel beneath the Morris & Co. building, a cold storage facility for meat products. The tunnel, which led to the New York & Harlem Railroad freight yards then on located on the east side of Brook Avenue, "creating a draught, spread the flames through the building quickly." With the fire partially suppressed, some FDNY resources were redirected to another active blaze, some four blocks south at 506 Brook Avenue.

East 149th Street and Trinity Avenue, northeast corner, 1938.

Firefighters battle a tenement blaze on Brook Avenue in Mott Haven; April 14, 1933. The fire broke out in the early morning hours and spread to each floor of No. 506 Brook Avenue (second building from corner, at left). At least three firefighters were awarded Department Medals for their bravery in rescuing trapped residents under dangerous conditions.

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