[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]
Center for Brooklyn HistoryFlatbush 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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