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Flatbush Toll Gate
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Flatbush Avenue toll gate, ca. 1880. Before 1894, when the various towns of Kings County were consolidated into the City of Brooklyn, the Village of Flatbush (roughly coextensive with the contemporary neighborhood) and Town of Flatbush (covering a larger swath of southeastern Brooklyn) were distinct political entities. This toll booth, situated on the west side of Flatbush Avenue — long a route between Brooklyn, proper, and points south — between Fenimore and Hawthorne Streets, marked the border of the Village of Flatbush.
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Flatbush Toll Gate
\[Tollgate, Flatbush] Tollgate on street lined with houses and trees, Flatbush; neg J.V. \[written in pen on label on recto]; A. V. MARTENSE, AMATEUR. \[stamped in black ink on label on recto]; 63 \[written in ink on label on recto]
Flatbush Toll Gate
Flatbush: tollhouse on Flatbush Plank Road, stood on Flatbush Avenue opposite the Garretson House, 1922.
Flatbush Toll Gate
Brooklyn: Prospect Park. Tollgate, Flatbush When Flatbush Ave. was a dirt road, privately owned, this was the toll house. Preserved it still stands at the Southwesterly entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn. The men standing in the Toll House is the late Eugene Armbruster, one of the most noted historians. 0.4 H-4
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