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Blythebourne Postal Station
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Blythebourne Postal Station, 1933. The Postal Station (which no longer functions in that capacity) was named after the original community that became Borough Park. A developed established Blythebourne in 1887, a small cottage community. Within a decade or so another developer constructed residential and civic buildings and renamed this larger community Borough Park; he thought Blythebourne was too English sounding. The current Blythebourne Station is located in a late mid century (almost brutalist) building on 51st Street and 12th Avenue. This building at no. 5608 13th Avenue is Kollel Mateh Efraim, a Jewish religious organization.

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Blythebourne Postal Station

Blythebourne Postal Station. Brooklyn, New York
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1273 57th Street

Projected Catholic school Architectural rendering: Caption: "Projected Catholic school--To replace wooden frame elementary school in use since 1913, St. Frances de Chantal R. C. Church of Borough Park is planning four-story, 16-classroom structure for site across street from church at 13th Ave. at 58th St."
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