[Trolley #1043 on Prospect Park Southwest near Pritchard Square, Brooklyn, NY]
Image of PCC Trolley #1043 on Prospect Park Southwest, near Pritchard Square in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The entrance to a subway station labled Smith St. - 8th Ave Independent Subway System, part of the Culver Line, can be seen. A number of streetlights and electrical wires are pictured. The year range was determined by the years PCC cars could havr run on Coney Island Avenue route in Brooklyn.
New York Transit MuseumView of Bartel-Pritchard Square, 1951.
Dedicated in 1923, the Bartel-Pritchard Square was named for two local boys who perished in the First World War. Emil Bartel and William Pritchard were good friends who enlisted in Brooklyn’s 13th Regiment of the National Guard and served in the 59th Regiment, Coast Artillery. In 1965 a local VFW post erected an additional memorial. The polished black granite monument honors in memory of the men of the community who gave their lives in wartime defense of their country.
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