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A Telephonic History of Flatbush - Make it stand out An early phone adopter, Printer Edward E. A. Fritz on Flatbush Ave got a 4-digit phone number: Flatbush 1670. This ad, placed in the 1907 Erasmus Hall yearbook, even features cute lil’ phone illustrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/fd3867f6-f1d3-4c3e-98b1-f5e3592e38ed/phone+55+Flatbush.jpeg Articles - Calling Buckminster 4! A Telephonic History of Flatbush - Make it stand out One of the first businesses in Flatbush to have a phone (as early as 1899), real estate agent John Reis had a 2-digit phone number, Flatbush 55. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/727ec090-11c1-4cfb-b574-e515acfe39fb/Screen+Shot+2023-07-15+at+1.16.27+PM.png Articles - Calling Buckminster 4! A Telephonic History of Flatbush - Make it stand out A candlestick-style phone is modeled in this 1925 article from New Republic magazine that made fun of dating over the phone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/aadfd03f-de87-4dac-9ee3-0ede4fb51288/1931+phone+ads.jpg Articles - Calling Buckminster 4! A Telephonic History of Flatbush - Make it stand out Flatbush phone exchanges from the 1931 Brooklyn phone book, including FLatbush, DEfender, and MIdwood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/47b55b89-8c2d-4e73-b335-f1d1598c8889/bk1940phonebook.dodgers.jpeg Articles - Calling Buckminster 4! A Telephonic History of Flatbush - Make it stand out BUckminster 4-8500 (see far right) was the phone number for Ebbets Field, the home of the Dodgers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/3cdae0df-a6c9-48eb-aa89-f449d2a34aea/firestone.ad.jpeg Articles - Calling Buckminster 4! A Telephonic History of Flatbush - Make it stand out The Firestone at the corner of Empire Blvd and Bedford, next to Dodgers Stadium (demolished in 2023), also had a BUckmister telephone exchange. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/c0e3e930-1180-4797-9232-9190d77d00c5/NY+Telephone+Employment+ad-1925+NYDN.jpeg Articles - Calling Buckminster 4! A Telephonic History of Flatbush - Make it stand out This employment ad from the NY Telephone Company seeks “Girls 16 years and over” to work switchboards throughout Brooklyn, including in Flatbush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/93e9d840-b3c2-480e-b372-6acf6a379171/502+Flatbush+Ave+phone.png Articles - Calling Buckminster 4! A Telephonic History of Flatbush - Make it stand out A 1940s Flatbush Ave Upholstery Store with an A+ name and BUckminster phone exchange. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/rogers-ave-firehouse monthly 0.5 2024-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/8ddd8f17-dd90-46ad-aef7-ee509e53752b/0B56E6A2-384F-406E-BB34-FC9F365AFD86.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: Rogers Ave Firehouse - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/d2384e93-0f51-4d96-a676-38ae45d934a1/rogers-ave-firehouse.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: Rogers Ave Firehouse - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/first-credit-card monthly 0.5 2023-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/50488821-5c14-4492-a031-e68475de4725/Flatbush_national_bank_credit_card.png Articles - Was the Credit Card Really Invented in Flatbush? - Make it stand out This tiny bank at 830 Flatbush Ave is where the credit card was born. Across from Linden Blvd, it’s now the site of a new(ish) residential building and an above-average dollar store. (photo: NYC Municipal Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/b050f233-aca0-4119-8639-c5bc6405f684/charga-plate-brooklyn.jpeg Articles - Was the Credit Card Really Invented in Flatbush? - Make it stand out This tiny card fit into the Charga-Plate machine and made “charging it” super easy…and the machines made it so hard to change the rules behind consumer credit, they’ve stayed basically the same ever since. (photo: Digibarn) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/27c7bcbf-04cb-4f2f-b4c3-3678e6ac7f7a/charga-plate+opp+side.jpeg Articles - Was the Credit Card Really Invented in Flatbush? - Make it stand out The back of the Charga-Plate. Because the plate had only your name and address, you could use it at multiple stores. The “Group Charga-Plate” put stores that couldn’t afford Charga-Plate machines at a disadvantage. (photo: Digibarn) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/73a2ce70-2672-4853-ae4e-56b41e1afe36/charga-plate+Namm%27s+on+Fulton.jpeg Articles - Was the Credit Card Really Invented in Flatbush? - Make it stand out This 1942 ad from the Brooklyn Eagle explains to readers how to use a credit card. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/9ef2b7f2-4178-496d-b6e8-d364ca0d754e/Charga-Plate+-+group+charga-plate.jpeg Articles - Was the Credit Card Really Invented in Flatbush? - Make it stand out John Biggins, Jr., invented the credit card to help small businesses compete against big department stores like these, who were able to use their huge cashflow to buy Charga-Plate machines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/34d26279-33cb-4567-9345-6f1f7d159dd6/charga-plate+Loeser%27s.jpeg Articles - Was the Credit Card Really Invented in Flatbush? - Make it stand out Credit cards are still marketed to us as the “easy” way to incur holiday expenses, although our addiction to revolving credit is more than 80 years old and we all f*cking know better at this point. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/836-coney-island-ave monthly 0.5 2023-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/7a0ba5c0-dcc9-4ebc-b63a-595e6fa49a17/836+coney+island+ave.jpg Articles - Then and Now: 836 Coney Island Avenue - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/e01fa15c-5e74-4e7a-b5dd-f3e157ee0020/coney_island_ave_mura%3B.jpg Articles - Then and Now: 836 Coney Island Avenue - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/flatbush-ave-1940s-street-photography monthly 0.5 2023-09-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/305cb996-2a45-49af-affb-ca2bc42fb838/FlatbushAve-Old-Color-1.png Articles - A Flatbush Ave Street Scene - Make it stand out Taken by the NYC government for tax purposes, these photos have been colorized by a some very good AI, thanks to 1940s.nyc. But bright glare (like on the car) can still show up wrong. In this photo, Erasmus Hall can be seen in the distance, but not much else looks the same! The first building on the right is now a truly iconic Burger King with a great paint job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/8a4148f4-9f4d-4dc5-a1f6-780835e7b65e/FlatbushAve-Old-Color-2.png Articles - A Flatbush Ave Street Scene - Make it stand out Many of the 1940s NYC tax photos are a little boring, but you occasionally get a fantastic street scene like this one. WHO LOVES SIGNS?! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/93f486d6-a9fb-4166-ba52-d5907077c060/FlatbushAve-Old-Color-3.png Articles - A Flatbush Ave Street Scene - Make it stand out i get a little excited anytime one of the tax photo guys actually shows up in a photo. Look at him with his clipboard and jaunty hat! He’s too focused on being a civil servant / history hero to be distracted by the lady in the snazzy gray suit or anyone else out on these streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/660e9282-32d4-4c61-acce-7bb418ddd8c4/FlatbushAve-Old-Color-4.png Articles - A Flatbush Ave Street Scene - Make it stand out The building in the foreground (and behind the “Flatbush Hardware” sign in previous photos) is now a Latin Dance Studio that has affixed two giant high-heeled shoes to the top of the building. Incredibly, this photo shows a sign in the second floor that indicates this space was a dance studio in the 1940s as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/58dd64b6-ba8d-41bb-83e6-174e89a4767a/FlatbushAve-Old-Color-5.png Articles - A Flatbush Ave Street Scene - Make it stand out Finally, we come to J. Kurtz & Sons, a booming 3-story business that sold furniture along with radios and other home electronics. This was one of several stores they had in New York; the former site of heir Queens location is on the National Register of Historic Places. This building on Flatbush was torn down, and the spot is now a residential space with a Five Below on the ground floor. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/then-now-rogers-newkirk monthly 0.5 2023-08-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/e5e1784e-adc5-45a4-81ce-77e10ca1f7c6/AC1B653A-0204-42B4-9D1E-2C85104DBE03.jpg Articles - Then and Now: Rogers & Newkirk Aves - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/b20bb919-ead5-4a12-93e5-328be025fbc3/AFF12CB4-FED1-4D6B-9F22-03C61B69F194.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: Rogers & Newkirk Aves - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/self-service-grocery monthly 0.5 2023-07-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/c55f1a98-dacd-4869-87a5-9c808ad4b932/Self-Service-452+Rogers+Ave.png Articles - A Turning Point in Grocery History - Make it stand out This “self service store” on the corner of Rogers Ave and Lincoln Rd would be a welcome addition to this stretch of present-day Prospect Lefferts Gardens, which is a bit of a bodega dessert. Like so many old buildings in Flatbush, this spot is now a church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/7d50e075-b29e-435e-b418-741b18d2ebae/self-service+743+church+ave.png Articles - A Turning Point in Grocery History - Make it stand out Like most self service stores, BOHACK on Church Ave and E. 8th St in present-day Kensington prominently displays its pre-packaged wares in its window. This photo is cool because you can clearly see the trolley tracks running along Church Ave. This store is now the longstanding home of Flatbush Optical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/5e76a961-9397-4c7b-b982-060da3d8f55f/self-service-1320+cortelyou+rd.png Articles - A Turning Point in Grocery History - Make it stand out The corner storefront on this distinctive building on Cortelyou Rd and Rugby is advertising another new concept in groceries at the time: the “super” market, which contained dry goods as well as products from a butcher and baker. It’s hard to tell if this store and the self service store next door are all part of one store — which would be interesting, since they’re now two separate retail spaces. Old-school residents may think of this as the old John’s Bakery spot, but ever since that neighborhood institution left, it’s been the home to a beautiful branch of Tribeca Pediatrics. The other space is a 99¢ store. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/ocean-ave-newkirk monthly 0.5 2023-07-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/611f9bb2-a092-425b-9e9b-91c4c68d640f/newkirk-ocean-masnsions3.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: The Mansions on Ocean and Newkirk - Make it stand out The mansions on Ocean Ave at Newkirk in 2019, known as the Brush House and the Van Ness House. There’s now a construction barrier around the Van Ness House (on the right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/e1b2062e-4236-4bf2-aa56-407467f0b7c6/newkirk-ocean-old-photo.jpg Articles - Then and Now: The Mansions on Ocean and Newkirk - Make it stand out This postcard from circa 1900 shows the Brush and Van Ness homes shortly after they were built. Ocean Ave is unrecognizable as a dirt road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1d47b5bb-f25c-41bd-b1a5-6bb2daed1030/newkirk-ocean-vintage-photo.png Articles - Then and Now: The Mansions on Ocean and Newkirk - Make it stand out This photo, from the other angle, was published in a 1908 scrapbook by a member of the Ditmas family, Charles Andrew Ditmas. Back then, cameras were new-fangled technology that only rich people like the Ditmases could afford. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/df75a2ed-63e3-462d-8d6f-852388a27499/newkirk-ocean-mansions4.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: The Mansions on Ocean and Newkirk - Make it stand out The Brush House lookin’ good in 2019, holding down the southeast corner of the Ditmas Park Historic District. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/43050bb5-e464-4806-a17c-e6b8c354b1a8/newkirk-ocean-mansions2.jpg Articles - Then and Now: The Mansions on Ocean and Newkirk - Make it stand out The Van Ness House is in such disrepair that gray clouds hang over it even on sunny days (just kidding, I took these photos on different days). https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/then-now-flatbush-parkside monthly 0.5 2023-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/d1ee11f1-656a-4afc-b038-289f74352b1f/Flatbush-ave-parkside.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: New Construction Tucked Into an Old Building - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/8dee5ce5-df23-47c5-a183-041acd389340/old-photo-parkside-ave-Flatbush+.jpg Articles - Then and Now: New Construction Tucked Into an Old Building - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/miss-Flatbush monthly 0.5 2023-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/8b60c0f7-d03b-4ce4-8043-6916298b7062/Miss_Flatbush_1930_lineup.jpg Articles - A Compendium of Miss Flatbushes - Make it stand out The finalists for 1930’s Miss Flatbush competition line up at the Kenmore theater on Church Ave. (now a Target store). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/10146b51-1660-489d-bb4f-629243baea59/Miss+Flatbush+1925+Dixie+Hines.jpg Articles - A Compendium of Miss Flatbushes - Make it stand out The first Miss Flatbush I was able to find, Dixie Hines, participated in a “bathing beauty” show in the Rockaways in 1925. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/f761d2ac-6e56-469a-aa35-cd2ad3f43986/Miss+Flatbush+1944.jpg Articles - A Compendium of Miss Flatbushes - Make it stand out In 1944, the winner of a Miss Flatbush competition sponsored by the Sears store, Kay Kiefer, was awarded “a chance in a national competition for a movie contract.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/f57fbaa3-2164-411d-bf8e-2a0c79afc580/Ethel+freakin%27+living+it+up.jpeg Articles - A Compendium of Miss Flatbushes - Make it stand out Ethel Smith, a Miss Flatbush in 1926, later made papers for seeking a divorce from her husband; unfortunately, you couldn’t divorce your husband back then just because you wanted to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/aaeb4da0-85f5-4112-8713-4d2317d01633/Miss+Flatbush+1951.jpeg Articles - A Compendium of Miss Flatbushes - Make it stand out Several years before creating The Tonight Show, famous TV personality Steve Allen was on hand to emcee the Miss Flatbush competition co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Eagle, which called him a “new comic sensation.” (Image: Newspapers.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/911bb738-68a0-4aa5-a579-bb48b424811e/voluptua.jpg Articles - A Compendium of Miss Flatbushes - Make it stand out Gloria Pall, who was Miss Flatbush 1947, is shown filming her character Voluptua, who was the romantic counterpart to movie host Vampira. Amongst commercial breaks in movies, Voluptua talked sexy, disrobed behind a screen, and (gasp!) got into a bed. It was only a few weeks until the FCC complained she was too risqué and her show was cancelled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1e4694be-7787-4307-8590-4be84b094cb5/Flatbush-jailhouse-rock-movie-still.png Articles - A Compendium of Miss Flatbushes - Make it stand out This still featuring Gloria Pall’s legs — used for publicity for Jailhouse Rock — undoubtedly made thousands of teenage boys “leg guys” for the rest of their lives. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/20e4a68a-8519-4c19-88ab-0cbabab3774e/Gloria-Pall-from-Flatbush.jpeg Articles - A Compendium of Miss Flatbushes - Make it stand out Gloria Pall, the most famous Miss Flatbush, also won the title of Miss Cleavage 5 years later. (I’m unable to find who held the Miss Cleavage contest but their judging seems sound.) Pall later told NPR, “Because I was exceptional looking, my time to happen was then. When you walk into a room, and everyone turns around and looks at you, that’s power.” https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/cortelyou-trolley monthly 0.5 2023-04-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/d8d07e99-276b-42a1-8a54-dae0aadf1c7f/CortelyouRd_1920s.jpeg Articles - Photo of the Day: Cortelyou Rd, 100 Years Ago - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/flatbush-tv-show-1979 monthly 0.5 2023-03-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1d1880ef-09fa-440b-ab37-112ba9abb7a6/Flatbush+1979+tv+show+credits.jpg Articles - That Time They Made "Lords" Into a TV Show - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/a9c9ff59-b5d2-4635-bb5a-dc87cfdb9396/Flatbush-TV-show-ad.png Articles - That Time They Made "Lords" Into a TV Show - Make it stand out Although everyone loves seeing “stuffed shirts get a kick in the pants,” the short-lived Flatbush tv show was criticized for having unlikable, unfunny characters. (Photo via @Flatbushed on Twitter) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/78221dee-e4c1-4580-a157-342eeabe168b/Flatbush+tv+show+critic+2.jpg Articles - That Time They Made "Lords" Into a TV Show - Make it stand out This critic from the Wichita (Kansas) Beacon was forced to watch Flatbush but at least they got to use the word “Kottersque” (which is kind of like “Kafkaesque” but with a laugh track). (Photo via Newspapers.com) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/a3044cbc-8e5c-4f4b-8c57-1f1f13df7e8e/Flatbush+TV+show+critic1.jpeg Articles - That Time They Made "Lords" Into a TV Show - Make it stand out Most critics, like this one from the Des Moines (Iowa) Register, noted that Flatbush had a whole lotta similarities to both the popular Lords of Flatbush tv movie (featuring the Sweathogs) and Welcome Back, Kotter. The show was such a bomb that even Mrs. Columbo lasted 12 episodes longer. (Photo via Newspapers.com) https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/nostrand-fenimore-then-now monthly 0.5 2023-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/760697ee-cbf9-49ae-8b06-2320a7e11bc2/old-photo-nostrand-fenimore.jpg Articles - Then and Now: Nostrand Ave near Fenimore - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/c84909f8-1dde-42fd-aef4-333b0d6393c8/Nostrand_Ave-church_PLG.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: Nostrand Ave near Fenimore - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/eb25000e-e8fd-42b1-9d25-a3c3864d59ae/old-photo-nostrand-trolley-tracks.jpg Articles - Then and Now: Nostrand Ave near Fenimore - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/a2c39198-0286-47a6-a34f-c1b07306a14d/Nostrand-Ave-Fenimore-Brooklyn.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: Nostrand Ave near Fenimore - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/flatbush-ave-1890s monthly 0.5 2023-02-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/dce73213-eb45-4895-b923-ad7db753115a/house_along_Flatbush_ave_1890.jpg Articles - Photo of the Day: Flatbush Ave, 1890 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/geology-of-Flatbush monthly 0.5 2023-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/879b03a7-1605-4c81-afc6-85c7e79f55f0/terminal_morraine2.jpeg Articles - How the Last Ice Age Shaped Flatbush - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/2dc52435-ef09-4b23-b2d5-2a474774587b/pangea.jpeg Articles - How the Last Ice Age Shaped Flatbush - Make it stand out This map shows where New York City was located when we were all part of one giant landmass known as Pangea. (source: US Geological Survey) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/db089a29-7145-4214-b4e9-ca909ba38a58/Howes+Map+%281776%29.jpeg Articles - How the Last Ice Age Shaped Flatbush - Make it stand out This map from 1776 shows the terminal moraine just north of Flatbush and how the British forces were able to break through during the Revolutionary War. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/ee42f807-c455-4cf2-b8f9-044be1f3bfe7/terminal_morraine1.jpeg Articles - How the Last Ice Age Shaped Flatbush - Make it stand out Now a steep hill covered in forest, the terminal moraine in Prospect Park is an incredible opportunity to explore the natural terrain of Flatbush. Find it by walking into the interior of the park, away from the street and bike path, in between the the Dongan Oak plaque and the Battle Pass plaque. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/c42c7b80-a5b2-404d-a1f9-7088939b1884/glacier_rocks_prospect_park.jpeg Articles - How the Last Ice Age Shaped Flatbush - Make it stand out At the base of a fallen tree, hundreds of smooth, multi-faceted rocks are exposed. Formed by the ancient rivers in this area, searching through them is as fun as sifting through shells at the ocean, thanks to their diversity, beauty, and occasional sparkle. On many of the rocks, like the large one on the left that appears broken apart, you can clearly see lines from layers of sediment being pressed down over time. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/steenbakkery monthly 0.5 2026-01-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/591875b6-6bd4-40f2-bfd8-b3edd7c55057/sterling_st.jpeg Articles - Skating at the Steenbakkery: Winters in Wartime Flatbush If taken anytime in the 19th century, this photo would look out onto the Steenbakkery skatepond from its southeastern corner. The only thing that remains the same is the sky. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1613842004997-722Q71PBKRDM0TOSI2NQ/Skating-central-park.jpg Articles - Skating at the Steenbakkery: Winters in Wartime Flatbush This 1862 lithograph from Currier & Ives depicting skaters on Central Park Lake gives you a good idea of what skating would have looked like on the Steenbakkery during the same period — although it was probably even more crowded on the ice. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1613841154877-QPLVY19AZFQAXP3CDC91/Nassau_Carnival_The_Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle_Mon__Feb_17__1862_.jpg Articles - Skating at the Steenbakkery: Winters in Wartime Flatbush This ad for a carnival at the Nassau Pond appeared in a 1862 issue of the Brooklyn Eagle. The paper later reported that it didn’t actually get cold enough for skating that day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1611979768537-SNIB2067VSXQZJP3QX4C/steenbakkery_on__strong_map.jpg Articles - Skating at the Steenbakkery: Winters in Wartime Flatbush Close-up of the Steenbakkery location from a map of the village of Flatbush https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1611985067800-NNRAHP2NM8LY1F5EWKSY/steenbakkery-1860s-2.png Articles - Skating at the Steenbakkery: Winters in Wartime Flatbush The Steenbakkery is clearly indicated on this 1860 map, but it would be nearly impossible to tell its precise location, even if it was accurately notated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/b144105b-39e6-4d32-bb30-1eafda705b6f/steenbakkery-map-1900.jpg Articles - Skating at the Steenbakkery: Winters in Wartime Flatbush - Make it stand out This topographic map from 1900 shows the location of the Steenbakkery, as well as the geographic features that caused it: Water running off nearby hills filled the clay pit that colonizers made when digging out bricks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/37973de0-1ebb-4738-96d9-65cd1aebf921/empire_blvd.jpeg Articles - Skating at the Steenbakkery: Winters in Wartime Flatbush - Make it stand out Skateyogi holding down the vibes next to a rotating cast of strip-mall stores. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/132a6aba-47a0-4820-9ba1-a4e00618c52a/skate_yogi.jpeg Articles - Skating at the Steenbakkery: Winters in Wartime Flatbush - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1611501809984-3SIFUE8PRUTV1T9WVMTN/IMG_7955.jpeg Articles - Skating at the Steenbakkery: Winters in Wartime Flatbush The conspicuous brick above the fireplace in the front yard of the Lefferts House is hundreds of years old. It might have been created in the Steenbakkery’s kiln, and it makes me think deep thoughts. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/the-occupation monthly 0.5 2021-02-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1585546125399-IJBQ6B9SNQ5I8W61CCGW/Flatbush-revolution_liberty-pole.jpg Articles - The British Occupation of Flatbush The liberty pole that the people of Flatbush constructed after the Revolutionary War is shown in the center of this illustration that depicts the corner of Church and Flatbush Aves. The large Linden tree that the famous Flatbush brothers met under is in the far right of the illustration. (Image is from the book The History of the Town of Flatbush, 1842) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1585546147101-9XK5JWVONGX3J5ZYHEUG/hessians+at+trenton.jpg Articles - The British Occupation of Flatbush This painting depicts the American forces victorious over the Hessians in Trenton, NJ, on December 26, 1776. Unfortunately, the Hessians had trounced the Americans in the much-larger Battle of Brooklyn right before this battle, leading to the occupation of Flatbush. (Image: Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1585546647965-I40HHR1MPNUPYLYYW64S/strong_map_crop2.jpg Articles - The British Occupation of Flatbush This detail of a 1842 map by Flatbush resident Jeremiah Lott shows where the old Dutch families of Flatbush lived along Flatbush Ave. (Note: Church Ave was called “East Broadway” back then). At the very top, you can see the location of the Steenbakkery, where the young people of Flatbush had some of their best times during the war. (Image: The New York Public Library) https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/ebbets-field monthly 0.5 2024-09-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1584155995991-AAHVCAFHIX6FLI7OU2IL/Adjustments.jpeg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was A view from the stands of Ebbets Field during the last year the Dodgers played there, 1957. The buildings you see straight ahead in the distance were most likely on Sullivan Pl, or perhaps Empire Blvd. Bedford Ave is behind the scoreboard. (Photo: Old NY Photos.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1583302683900-R0T3TM3LFDDNMKB4H2M3/ebbets-more-hotdogs.jpg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was Hot dogs were just as important to the ballpark experience back then as they are today. A woman sells a variety of sausages near the stadium circa 1915–1920. In the background, you can see that the neighborhood (a section of Flatbush known as Pigtown) looks way different than anywhere you’d find a major league ballpark today. (Photo: Library of Congress.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1583297842789-3DRO2CL2QRISVVZ2EV57/ebbets-hotdogs.jpg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was More hot dogs! This time right in front of Ebbets. Is the attractive man in front of the pole staring at you, or is it just me? (Photo: Library of Congress.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1583300258432-D3E98W97TT3TXCIKR0CR/ebbets-outside.jpg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was Fans milling around outside Ebbets circa 1920, at the corner of Sullivan and McKeever Places. McKeever Place was originally known as Cedar Place, but was renamed in 1932 after one of the contractors who helped build Ebbets Field. In 2006, the street was given the honorific name Zenita Thompson Place, which shows up on Google maps even though I don’t think anyone actually calls it that in real life. In 2014, the New York Times tried to track down who Zenita Thompson is and was relatively unsuccessful. Anyone have any clues? (photo: Library of Congress). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1583464349113-EE0LKUXXUDRQV28DR39C/ebbets-daughter.jpg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was As the photo editor for Ballparks, I looked through dozens (sometimes hundreds) of photos from every major league ballpark that has ever existed in the US. One thing that separated out Ebbets from parks in places like DC, Chicago, and Pittsburgh was the number of photos of women in the stands so early on. For a while, Ebbets even had a “ladies section” for women who didn’t want their ears accosted by the filthy language from the men in the stands. During the last two seasons at Ebbets, women got in free at every Saturday home game. Here, Genevieve Ebbets, the daughter of Charles Ebbets, throws out the first ball from the stands. (Photo: Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1583302167303-JEZ1ZBMHIFLP43WZIBEG/mrs-meyers.jpg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was Two women, Mrs. Anna Meyers and Mrs. Cheney, cheer on their Dodger-player husbands in this 1916 photo. They would have been considered casually attired back then — most women dressed up to go to the ballpark, wearing giant hats and elaborate corsages. Meyers’ husband Jack Meyers was notable not only for being a great player but for being Native American. Many Native Americans found their way onto teams long before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier, and most were nicknamed called “Chief” because white people are ridiculous. (Photo: Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1583300704586-ND32DFASD29C10L9AMTP/ebbetts-aerial.jpg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was This aerial photo shows where Ebbets Park stood, on the border of what’s now Crown Heights and Prospect Lefferts Gardens. Prospect Park is in the background — you can even see the lake. The main thoroughfare in the foreground in Bedford Ave and the street leading to the park is Empire Blvd. (Photo source unknown) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1584156024106-IK4IG3DED8LN4MFB9P4H/ebbets_kids_peeking_through.jpeg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was The term “knot hole gang” is often used for baseball-related events with lots of kid spectators, like special stadium days and ticket packages. It originated with literal knot holes, which gangs of kids would take turns looking through to watch a game from outside for free. By this time in stadium construction, few knot holes remained, but Brooklyn kids made it work. (Photo: Old NYC Photos.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1583461170229-HOSWFFKEOZTI7UGKJ52T/Dodger_crowd.jpg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was Dodger fans waiting in line for bleacher tickets share a pot of (spiked?) coffee in this photo snapped by the Brooklyn Eagle before Game 4 of the 1949 World Series. “Another banner crowd in the old Flatbush ballyard will be out to root the Dodgers back into a tie,” the Eagle reported (they did not — the Dodgers lost). Fans would often hang out all night outside waiting for tickets — check out this photo of them playing cards. (photo: Brooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1583300287173-ZM82W1TQ8G9N2FYHMG3Q/ebbets-scoreboard.jpg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was In this photo of the Ebbets scoreboard (and a player really going for it), you can see the deep outlines around the h and e in the Schaefer beer sign. They lit up when there was a hit (h) or error (e). (Photo: found on Flickr) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1583300937346-971S720JAHINDK8YMF2F/ebbets-field-from-flatbush-avenue.jpg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was This was the view of Ebbets Field from the edge of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in 1916. Flatbush Ave is in the foreground, and that lil’ house is a fire department signaling station. (Photo: Old NYC Photos) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1583302335096-VQJDSYHJ6UWHC3TFWQ7T/ebbets-1920s-fans-loc.jpg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was This photo of Dodgers fans outside the stadium in the 1920s shows how enthusiastic the fans were, how awesome hats are, and that there were still patches of random grass in Flatbush. (Photo: Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1583299465554-BJRKWB3U483M6GW188QU/ebbets-parking-lot-1916.jpg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was The parking lot at Ebbets Field in 1916. According to the aerial photo shown above, it appears that the parking lot was behind the stadium at the current site of Medgar Evers College. (Photo: Library of Congress.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1583302258644-NL6GB0VDN7BGVVLTN20S/ebbets-bedford.jpg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was As hard as it is to imagine today, Ebbets Field was part of the fabric of Flatbush for 40 years — even the traffic. This photo shows cars driving down Bedford Ave. toward Sullivan Pl. with Ebbets Field in the distance (photo: the depths of the internet via Flickr.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1583300668883-Z40GM6RGZCCKHGB1LVQP/ebbets-front-trolleys.jpg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was The front of Ebbets Field — from the point of view of Empire Blvd., approximately the current site of the McDonald’s today. If you’ve heard ANY Brooklyn trivia EVER, you know that the Dodgers were originally called “the Trolley Dodgers.” This was kind of a sweeping nickname for loser suburbanites at the time, from people in Manhattan who had moved on from the trolley era. (photo: Old NY Photos) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1583301153483-QJAU15VERZ8Q93WV5MHN/Ebbets_late-50s-color.jpg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was Fans cutting across a Mobil station) heading toward Ebbets Field sometime in the late 50s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1583557128167-QTHJ4U87VCQ6D8EQJOMM/ebbets-article.png Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was The Oct 10. 1955 edition of Life magazine featured a story about Ebbets and the World Series by the one and only Joe DiMaggio. Three weeks later he would divorce Marilyn Monroe — no, that’s not relevant but c’mon, he was married to Marilyn Monroe! Click thru for a clearer version. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1583551148840-09I2UL7C0UFJRC8402ZM/Night_Game_at_Ebbets.jpg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was Ebbets Field during a 1939 night game, as seen from across Bedford Ave. From this angle today, you’d be looking right at the ugly-ass “Ebbets Field” apartments sign in front of the complex. Doesn’t it break your heart a little, even if you’re not a baseball fan? (photo: Brooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1584158716993-L63S2HRSWRW351UTWAXU/Ebbets-outside.jpg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was Iconic view of the outside of Ebbets Field, shortly after its opening (photo: Wikimedia commons) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1584157747981-PK9PMO10CB2BL264HNZW/citi-ebbets.jpeg Articles - Ebbets Field, the Best Ballpark There Ever Was Citi Field, the best ballpark in New York City today (yep I said it), is modeled after Ebbets Field. (photo: me) https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/cortelyou-building monthly 0.5 2023-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1581798579743-12TDB8BR8LPTSZZFHV4K/67C2935E-DF87-4340-9290-5DE30A996A1E.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: A Unique Building on Cortelyou https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1581798659802-YOE9E3DZ1XZ3VMJUG6L0/D2BA1032-A774-4314-9A6C-BA8F88603185.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: A Unique Building on Cortelyou https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/when-the-circus-came-to-flatbush monthly 0.5 2023-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580444552836-PD6YZ6PORR74BKJEC416/Zacchini.jpeg Articles - When the Circus Came to Flatbush The heavily publicized “human projectile” Hugo Zacchini was met with “many oooohs and aaahs,” according to the Eagle. (Image via the Internet Antique Shop.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580530830733-AT96V10EXU6C2UTLRT64/250px-Alfredo_and_Vera_Codona_%28c.1932%29.jpg Articles - When the Circus Came to Flatbush Tragic acrobatic couple Alfredo Codona and Vera Bruce performed in Flatbush only a couple of years before Cadona was forced to retire. (Image via Circopedia.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1582398803675-RM40VL2GE2HBYUP9ECYS/Ditmas%2BPark%2Bhistory%2Bcircus%2B1.jpg Articles - When the Circus Came to Flatbush The circus was known to set up at the corner of Nostrand & Flatbush, but these photos from sometime in the 1930s show circus tents at the corner of Clarkson & Brooklyn (an intersection that no longer exists, due to SUNY Downstate Medical Center). My guess is that this is where they lived while performing at the Junction. (Photo: Eugene Armbruster via The New-York Historical Society.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1582398851060-3O66XKMFIDJPS4SNTAXU/Flatbush_%2Bunidentified%2Bcircus%2Btent%2Band%2Bbackstage%2Barea%2Bwith%2Belephant%252C%2Bundated..jpg Articles - When the Circus Came to Flatbush The circus camped out in Flatbush. I could spend about 5 minutes looking at this photo alone. I think an elephant is getting a bath? (Photo: Eugene Armbruster via The New-York Historical Society.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1582399028830-ATWV42Y6VNM27EJ9YM9M/Circus_map_May_8__1932_.jpg Articles - When the Circus Came to Flatbush This map from the May 8, 1932 Brooklyn Eagle shows where at the Junction the circus set up. Much of it was on the present-day location of Brooklyn College. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580527045864-M3RK23EY6SC8L5WCL47J/circus_1932.jpg Articles - When the Circus Came to Flatbush Program for the 1932 Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey circus. (Photo via the Internet Antique Shop.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580355347443-2QEHID1L4I48TE80P37L/ditmas_park_history_circus_4.jpg Articles - When the Circus Came to Flatbush The circus in Flatbush. I’m very intrigued by the “Boxing Fat Girls” marquee on the upper right of this photo. (Photo: Eugene Armbruster via The New-York Historical Society.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580533021196-TKWB5RH26MLUFJ1R8CDX/ditmas_park_circus_5..jpg Articles - When the Circus Came to Flatbush The hustle and bustle of the circus at the future site of Kings County Hospital as captured by photographer and historian Eugene Armbruster. (Photo via the New-York Historical Society.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1582398947797-LQFE7AD8XXTG8L0R8M9B/The_Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle_Wed__May_11__1932_.jpg Articles - When the Circus Came to Flatbush The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported on the circus every day it was in Flatbush in May 1932. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580528493527-QG23B18Q4DZHW8W2YOD8/The_Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle_Tue__May_10__1932_.jpg Articles - When the Circus Came to Flatbush In the 1930s, circuses also served as traveling zoos at a time when animals’ comfort and safety were not made a priority. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/boy-scouts-farming monthly 0.5 2020-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580258536957-DWU1788F0WJXSU8QCB8P/8686EDA3-C550-497D-861C-63A7402E5D92.jpeg Articles - Photo of the Day: Boy Scout Photo Opp https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/ghost-signs-of-flatbush monthly 0.5 2023-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579671582377-IQ0D6HYE9V60J066X8H1/Lindsay_for_mayor_ghost_sign.jpeg Articles - The Ghost Signs of Flatbush This “Lindsay for Mayor” sign on Flatbush & Bedford Aves immediately dates itself — the last time Lindsay ran for mayor was in 1969. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579671743750-DQ6X1MG0A2P649JBIM9Z/Brooklyn_ghostsign.jpeg Articles - The Ghost Signs of Flatbush Botanicas like this one on Flatbush Ave & Chester Ct. are starting to go out of business due to gentrification. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579671823763-SCPUS5J80BQ4CSVFUTGH/IMG_9563.jpeg Articles - The Ghost Signs of Flatbush Two ghost signs for the price of one (both FURS ON VICK and MIlitary Fashions) Flatbush Ave near Linden Blvd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579672053401-3WXIYG5PFXLX5TMJGQ8M/Oldsmobile_ghostsign_copyrightedJBoudinot.jpeg Articles - The Ghost Signs of Flatbush Iconic Oldsmobile sign on Flatbush Ave & Ave D https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579672232360-AFKLCKBEDSPQPEZJPVU2/NYC-ghost-sign.jpeg Articles - The Ghost Signs of Flatbush Lincoln Savings Bank, shown here on this ghost sign on Church Ave near Bedford, was bought out in 1995. They had a giant & beautiful bank on 5th Ave & Bay Ridge Pkwy in Bay Ridge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580361308991-OO73X472XWHDLG07AL07/bank-ghost-signage.jpeg Articles - The Ghost Signs of Flatbush Independence Bank maintained its independence a decade longer than Lincoln. It was bought out by Santander Bank in 2006. This old sign is painted on a building near the subway tracks on Newkirk Ave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580258756082-T31IF4JRKER213XXBX9P/ghost-sign-brooklyn-florist.jpeg Articles - The Ghost Signs of Flatbush This ghost sign for a florist hangs near Bar Chord on Cortelyou Rd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579672512621-VUJL9E93X5XTZNELDJBX/Cortelyou_ghost_sign.jpeg Articles - The Ghost Signs of Flatbush Greenfield Pharmacy ghost sign through the window of the Cortelyou Rd train station. Greenfield actually still exists, a few stores away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580536382122-YK2RZIUBD3U0JFI8GRP4/ghost-sign-history.jpeg Articles - The Ghost Signs of Flatbush This 1940s municipal photo shows the edge of the above ghost sign when it was new: look just below the word “Chemist.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579672417676-THUT93VZTND292CDE404/Loews_ghost_sign.jpeg Articles - The Ghost Signs of Flatbush The Kings Theatre’s ghost sign is probably the most-photographed in the nabe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580443531950-7N67CPH0043OORRVB6SM/Lowes-ghost-sign.jpeg Articles - The Ghost Signs of Flatbush A view of the now-ghost sign on the Loew’s Theatre back when it was freshly painted. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/speakeasy-graffiti monthly 0.5 2023-01-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/d5cafed5-403f-4130-a86e-27002f546c70/Flatbush_%2Bspeakeasy_armbruster.jpg Articles - Photo of the Day: Speakeasy Graffiti https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/then-and-now-east-19th-street monthly 0.5 2023-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579927288477-PV64F2UU1UR7I37DFM0W/IMG_8912.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: East 19th Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579903212663-YOQGDP59Y0DESPJGT8BL/IMG_8908.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: East 19th Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579903254630-OMH8L9FMCHOBGZIXGKIK/IMG_8910.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: East 19th Street https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/samuel-anderson monthly 0.5 2023-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579901874006-VLYVFFKJ7UAF5W0AX6IB/Flatbush-slavery-1.jpeg Articles - Samuel Anderson: Flatbush's Famous Black Pioneer Illustration of Samuel Anderson (most likely based on the image below), who was known to white people as Uncle Sammy. (From the book Tales of Old Flatbush by John Snyder, 1945.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579992781124-H3H2SBMZRACZE2QID3GG/Flatbush-Samuel-Anderson-black-pioneer.jpeg Articles - Samuel Anderson: Flatbush's Famous Black Pioneer Detail of the illustration of Samuel Anderson in front of his cottage that accompanied the Brooklyn Daily Eagle article on him in 1898. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1582415810909-TU7TUQ39IMPBEBQEJJYO/The_Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle_Sun__Sep_18__1898_.jpg Articles - Samuel Anderson: Flatbush's Famous Black Pioneer Interview with Samuel Anderson in the Sept 18, 1898 Brooklyn Daily Eagle. LMAO that he mentions the Dutch intermarrying. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/history-of-horses monthly 0.5 2023-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1581996158949-6OAHFYTRJ9YJ8T2H4KIR/ditmas-park-history-horses-2.jpg Articles - On the History of Horses in Flatbush Horses on the Vanderveer farm in 1888. The Vanderveers were known for breeding high-quality race horses. (Photo: Old NYC Photos) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579994137592-B1Q3N4IJAB5UVUEV08S1/ditmas-park-history-horse-post-fiske-terrace.jpeg Articles - On the History of Horses in Flatbush This garage sale sign has as its base an old hitching post. This relic is located on the corner of Ave H and E. 18th in Fiske Terrace, and would have been used for tying up horses near the corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1581996038094-JIGRUY12QC9N3SXD3XZ5/horse_caton_ave_brooklyn.jpg Articles - On the History of Horses in Flatbush Horses were the main source of transportation for both goods and people before automobiles were invented. Here, a horse pulls a Flatbush Parlor Bakery truck sometime around 1875, at the intersection of Caton and Ocean Aves. (Photo: Adrian Vanderveer Martense via the Brooklyn Historical Society) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579670485017-8YZCCU1Y36Q5IIM3ID39/parade+ground+horse.png Articles - On the History of Horses in Flatbush Horses had the tough job of pulling trolleys across metal tracks that were embedded in the road. (Photo: Old NY Photos) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580517337253-HB71L1MKTT90Z2BGH2HA/Albemarle-horse.jpg Articles - On the History of Horses in Flatbush Even when lots of people had personal cars, horses were often used for labor and deliveries. Here, a horse helps some landscapers on Albemarle Rd (photo via Flatbush Gardener). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579994217173-1C3UC9GCBLJ4J8QLFD28/flatbush-frolic.jpeg Articles - On the History of Horses in Flatbush Modern day horses in Flatbush: Kids enjoying pony rides at the 2019 Flatbush Frolic street fair. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/a-peek-at-1940s-cortelyou-rd monthly 0.5 2024-07-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580093952816-HRHRX7YUCD5EFW5SBDYQ/1027_cortelyou.png Articles - A Cortelyou Rd Street Scene 1027 Cortelyou Rd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580094024205-P1NUEO5QLFQWNQ802VJN/1029_cortelyou.png Articles - A Cortelyou Rd Street Scene 1029 Cortelyou Rd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580094691086-E6HTTI27B4IMRCW8H227/1031_cortelyou.png Articles - A Cortelyou Rd Street Scene 1031 Cortelyou Rd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580094910000-J02RP7F4WGCJILGIII3W/1033_cortelyou.png Articles - A Cortelyou Rd Street Scene 1033 Cortelyou Rd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580095393679-VMN0XNV95YWTQ8C3JU2G/1035_cortelyou.png Articles - A Cortelyou Rd Street Scene 1035 Cortelyou Rd https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1582420439710-8LDBRG658NSBK7RNI92L/ditmas-park-street-view.jpg Articles - A Cortelyou Rd Street Scene The building shown in these photo was torn down around 2018, but in 2019 you could still see it on Google street view. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1581823431539-ZH8QK8XDHVXS6BKWR8Y5/ditmas-park-history-cortelyou-rd.jpeg Articles - A Cortelyou Rd Street Scene An early 2020 photo of the building that was built where these stores once stood. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/dutch-reformed-church monthly 0.5 2023-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1581824732172-KQHTKHWY3BGNFZHF1OWJ/flatbush-church.jpeg Articles - The Dutch Reformed Church: OG Flatbush Landmark The Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church as seen from the cemetery, in 2020. The polygon-ish addition to the back (called the apse) was added in 1887 and houses the church’s organ. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/2f623cf4-3b07-4cf2-b9b0-35636e3da1ac/Dutch_Church_old_photo.jpg Articles - The Dutch Reformed Church: OG Flatbush Landmark This photograph of the Dutch Reformed Church was taken by George Bradford Brainerd in 1877, when Flatbush Ave was still mostly a dirt road was tracks for horse-drawn trolleys. (Brooklyn Museum Collection) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580516394725-7R6IJN2FQL289WHO2P7U/Flatbush+Reformed+Dutch+Church+-+Armbruster+-+April+1923..jpg Articles - The Dutch Reformed Church: OG Flatbush Landmark Photo of the church by Eugene Armbruster sometime in the 1920s-30s. It seems to have a lot of ivy at this point! (photo: New York Historical Society) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1581824856419-GJIXJ0GE0X5T1G9CYT44/dutch-chuch-angle.jpeg Articles - The Dutch Reformed Church: OG Flatbush Landmark Once the center of a rural village, the Dutch Reformed Church of Flatbush is now surrounded by traffic and people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1581824433815-MBRCJSM5A20R7E5OG6Y9/IMG_2353.jpeg Articles - The Dutch Reformed Church: OG Flatbush Landmark Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant told the Dutch settlers to build a church on this spot back when Manhattan was called New Amsterdam. The church served numerous community functions beyond preaching the gospel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1581824479222-HRRIGI0G9T7X7K2I51FM/IMG_2349.jpeg Articles - The Dutch Reformed Church: OG Flatbush Landmark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1581824571658-WPDQLAYF0X2XT2QB62PC/old_flatbush_ave_church_steeple.jpeg Articles - The Dutch Reformed Church: OG Flatbush Landmark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1581824614812-5J8EW8481NUP6WRY3N67/Flatbush_inside-Dutch-cemetery.jpeg Articles - The Dutch Reformed Church: OG Flatbush Landmark Flatbush resident HP Lovecraft called the cemetery of the Dutch Reformed Church an "iron-railed yard of Netherlandish gravestones" in his short story ““The Horror at Red Hook.” It’s eerily peaceful inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1582426227098-UL3ANL9TZA5Q8YS2L19T/Gravestones_list_flatbush.jpeg Articles - The Dutch Reformed Church: OG Flatbush Landmark A list of Dutch gravestones in the cemetery made by Gertrude Lefferts Vanderbilt around 1900. Most (if not all) have been lost to time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1581824666342-5ABO2U35DFU7IU4E0JNC/LeffertsMartensegravestone.jpeg Articles - The Dutch Reformed Church: OG Flatbush Landmark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1581824786323-AWYFIZDA7KK84HKUKEIJ/Adjustments.jpeg Articles - The Dutch Reformed Church: OG Flatbush Landmark https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1581824822299-5IJYDEVUAEZ2IAHXXS36/IMG_2385.jpeg Articles - The Dutch Reformed Church: OG Flatbush Landmark Monument to a soldier lost in the Civil War with Erasmus Hall in the background. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/still-missed-the-flatbush-macys monthly 0.5 2023-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579669423960-B3NAU26Q2ZYO9PL55IGE/Macys_Tilden.jpg Articles - Still Missed: The Flatbush Macy's Macy’s on Flatbush and Tilden Aves when it opened in 1948. Awnings were soon added to the front to deal with the sunlight pouring in. (Photo: Library of Congress) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579669477854-WK82P09G59BA7LY6DDQZ/Macys-ad_the_Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle_Sun__Oct_31__1948_.jpg Articles - Still Missed: The Flatbush Macy's Who’s excited?! This full-page ad appeared in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle’s Sunday edition the day before Flatbush Macy’s opened. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580666388149-CO5YR7VW8I3DDN4MP8T0/macys-on-flatbush-ave.jpg Articles - Still Missed: The Flatbush Macy's You can see the corner of the Flatbush Macy’s in this old photo of the Lowe’s Kings Theater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1582423576964-C36V8YW5GXLN5ZWDT8MK/Flatbush_macys_cornerstone.jpg Articles - Still Missed: The Flatbush Macy's The New York Daily News ran this photo of a cornerstone-laying at the Flatbush Macy’s, which was attended by the mayor, borough president, and Macy’s president. See a clearer view of this image at Getty Images. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/church-ave-billboards monthly 0.5 2023-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579992533707-JAZHZ16E21E0IF0DNGMB/916-920_flatbush.png Articles - Then and Now: Flatbush Ave Billboards A 1940s view of the Flatbush Ave billboards, advertising Jantzen swimsuits, the Greater New York Fund, Ruppert Beer, and Pittsburgh Paints. An eagle-eyed commenter on Instagram noticed the Rainbow store here, part of the chain you’ll still find today. (Photo: NYC Municipal Archives) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579994029202-XN35WO56ME0C3G6R8KTG/flatbush-ave-billboard-thingjpeg Articles - Then and Now: Flatbush Ave Billboards A 2019 view of the rusty billboard holder across from Erasmus High School on Flatbush Ave. You can still see some of the original facade of the strip of shops underneath on what’s now Root & Bundle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1582422428278-W89UZET5XZGZLQD7UWKR/Historic-flatbush-ave-1932.png Articles - Then and Now: Flatbush Ave Billboards This photo from 1932 shows the billboards on the left just before the Dutch Reformed Church. (photo: Percy Loomis Sperr via the NYPL) https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/flatbush-ave-as-a-dirt-road monthly 0.5 2020-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580590064885-TBYDL1QEFF0VCX8GG9O1/flatbush_ave_dirt_road.jpg Articles - Photo of the Day: Flatbush Ave as a Dirt Road https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/the-lords-of-flatbush monthly 0.5 2022-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580360632192-Z7TVFT7PH09U5C96N5A2/tilden_high_school_lords_of_flatbush.jpg Articles - The Lords of Flatbush, Flatbush, Flatbush... Perry King and Sylvester Stallone doing what they do best — hasslin’ ladies — in The Lords of Flatbush. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/then-and-now-a-cortelyou-market monthly 0.5 2020-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579993690770-2BUV2O8G4INJJJC3GQHP/1224_cortelyou.png Articles - Then and Now: A Cortelyou Market 1940s tax photo of Bowman’s Market on Cortelyou Rd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580361224660-MTTWFGMXWI8OG5334DLA/Cortelyou-Rd-12.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: A Cortelyou Market You can see some of the original architectural detail next to Salahi’s Deli. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579993768039-DHZWMCG0Y1Y86MD5CBKL/4B399F3B-4DC2-46BC-97FC-99D0A460A73F.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: A Cortelyou Market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1581824324520-HDI0X5UGMBDRDIG6YOIL/Cortelyou-Rd-History.jpg Articles - Then and Now: A Cortelyou Market Another 1940s view of Bowman’s, matching the present-day view below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579993876122-KMXIW630BTYM0TFEST90/2CA2C5F4-75E5-4BEA-AB6E-7B7F79BA3DCA.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: A Cortelyou Market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579993786991-AHHXAM6MYDF4HJQQ9X1T/338C775F-F3E8-4DDF-AFD4-6E9276576A4F.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: A Cortelyou Market https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/joost-van-nuyse-house monthly 0.5 2020-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579992959405-B7YD964K8CLR3XVM728V/IMG_0845.jpeg Articles - Stopping by the Joost Van Nuyse House The Joost Van Nuyse House, aka the Ditmas Coe House, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579992998622-GGOTPWI3J9MPYU212JVO/IMG_0843.jpeg Articles - Stopping by the Joost Van Nuyse House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580082426594-AU91CBDT2037Y06DZNKX/joost-van-nuyse-house.jpeg Articles - Stopping by the Joost Van Nuyse House The Joost Van Nuyse House in 1923 in its original location. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/the-junction-1914 monthly 0.5 2020-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580521601036-DA4GPIVSUYIL6SZJUXPW/Flatbush-Junction-history.jpeg Articles - Photo of the Day: The Junction in 1914 (Photo: William Davis Hassler via the New-York Historical Society.) https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/vanderveer-park-beginnings monthly 0.5 2020-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580516780446-ROJ857SRYH2KWUIGXIJI/vanderveerpark.jpg Articles - When Vanderveer Park Changed Everything This Vanderveer Park sign gives me major Bailey Park from It’s a Wonderful Life vibes....or more accurately, Bailey Park has major Vanderveer Park vibes! Could it have been the production designer’s inspiration? Photo: Columbia University Libraries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580521783843-6TQV7KSFY9Q7C4IGUQEC/Vanderveer-park-flatbush-historyjpeg Articles - When Vanderveer Park Changed Everything First page of an advertisement for Vanderveer Park in a pamphlet I found at the Brooklyn Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580521816152-WXEVMI6KA8Q5ESX63S0X/IMG_9678.jpeg Articles - When Vanderveer Park Changed Everything First page of an advertisement for Vanderveer Park in a pamphlet I found at the Brooklyn Historical Society. You’ll notice it says “restricted against nuisances” at the end. Pretty sure nuisances were considered anyone who didn’t have lily-white skin and worship that one particular God that was invented by Christians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580521737277-5OHWEL07JX8482UTMC2L/Vanderveer-park-map.jpeg Articles - When Vanderveer Park Changed Everything The location of Vanderveer Park, as shown https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/then-and-now-coney-island-ave-at-newkirk monthly 0.5 2023-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579993056705-8EADLAP6HHJ4UPKNI8A9/Ditmas-Park-History-photo-5.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: Coney Island Ave at Newkirk Coney Island Ave & Newkirk Ave in 1947 (photo: Old NYC Photos.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579993145890-8ZZEQHXKRW79ME36DPDP/Coney-Island-Ave-Newkirk.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: Coney Island Ave at Newkirk Coney Island Ave & Newkirk Ave in 2019. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/the-parsonage monthly 0.5 2020-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579902837022-GRBR6MANDVDXWEJDZGM8/Dutch_Parsonage_Flatbush.jpeg Articles - The Parsonage: Historic Home Still Standing The Parsonage of the Dutch Reformed Church on Kenmore Terr. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580521366422-4T2POAPIBXILVQNW3GMZ/Flatbush-Dutch-Church-history-strong.jpeg Articles - The Parsonage: Historic Home Still Standing An image of Rev. Thomas M. Strong, at the beginning of his history of Flatbush. Rev. Strong lived in the Parsonage when it was on Flatbush Ave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579927619912-OU8IOQ5X4F5KWYUHI63C/Historic_Flatbush_photo.jpeg Articles - The Parsonage: Historic Home Still Standing This circa 1908 photo by Charles Andrew Ditmas shows the Parsonage where it was originally built, on Flatbush Ave. next to the church. From Dimas’s book Brooklyn’s garden; views of picturesque Flatbush via Archive.org. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580278461534-JCUI76LH4RWF5JX1SCBR/IMG_0995.jpeg Articles - The Parsonage: Historic Home Still Standing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579902871096-6Z14RUZTBV9RX61D2LSY/IMG_9019.jpeg Articles - The Parsonage: Historic Home Still Standing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579902956680-XVXFYN99EX95SKX6EH6N/IMG_8990.jpeg Articles - The Parsonage: Historic Home Still Standing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579993961747-M1LI1863DS7QWQOC0OB5/IMG_2389.jpeg Articles - The Parsonage: Historic Home Still Standing https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/vanderveers-mill monthly 0.5 2023-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579669713711-75HBR0F6YL4XXMXXDVWV/vanderveers+mill.jpg Articles - Vanderveer's Mill: Lost Landmark A photo of Vanderveer’s Mill as it looked at the time of the Draft Riots (circa 1872-1887), when it was being used as a grain silo. (Photo: George Bradford Brainerd via The Brooklyn Museum) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580516205712-OEC8UPD561BDRT3MLC9M/vanderveerwcows.jpg Articles - Vanderveer's Mill: Lost Landmark An illustration of some cows in front of the Vanderveer windmill back when it still milled stuff. (Photo: Columbia University Library.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580443872279-JCWM7E6B6FBYFOOAEMET/Adjustments.jpeg Articles - Vanderveer's Mill: Lost Landmark An illustration of Vanderveer’s Mill in winter, from the book Tales of Old Flatbush by John Snyder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/15f75ed0-1d74-4dae-81ab-a1310c607b39/vanderveer+mill+map.jpg Articles - Vanderveer's Mill: Lost Landmark - Make it stand out This 1859 map covers all of Kings and Queens counties, but Vanderveer’s Mill was so important that it’s denoted here alongside Flatbush landowners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1581307143411-A9EZUJZXLA9L1KHY29G2/The_Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle_Wed__Mar_5__1879_.jpg Articles - Vanderveer's Mill: Lost Landmark Brooklyn Daily Eagle article about the destruction of the Vanderveer Mill from March 5, 1879. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/then-and-now-marlborough-rd monthly 0.5 2023-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579927785776-ETWK56E2VDZQJQQK2OO1/Malborough_rd_victorian_flatbush.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: Marlborough Rd Marlborough Rd between Beverley & Albemarle, 1905 (photo from Flatbush of To-Day: The Realm of Light and Air) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580334325529-Y9KF5LDPIQ01K3QTN1NA/victorian-flatbush-marboro.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: Marlborough Rd Marlborough Rd between Beverley & Albemarle, 2019. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580334558993-2SZD7HJ7WU4MVYYI8Y88/Albemarle_sign_victorian_flatbush.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: Marlborough Rd Marlborough Rd street sign from the 1900s, shortly after the street was renamed from E 15th St. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/bickfords-dimestore-art-deco-on-flatbush-ave monthly 0.5 2020-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580273630985-2RY3AB20UYD6WYW3OSG4/Bickfords_flatbush_history.jpg Articles - Bickford's: Dimestore Art Deco on Flatbush Ave This 1940s tax photo shows Bickfords at its old glory when, fittingly, it appears to have had a bank upstairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580278344065-O5DTZHGJ3TF08F7F5KLH/Bickfords-ditmas-park-history.jpeg Articles - Bickford's: Dimestore Art Deco on Flatbush Ave Once a popular cafeteria on Flatbush Ave, Bickford’s is now a Santander Bank. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/lewis-h-pounds-father-of-ditmas-park monthly 0.5 2020-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579902436138-XKDNAU8JCYBESQPNV9JZ/IMG_9276.jpeg Articles - Lewis H. Pounds: The Man Who Named Ditmas Park Lewis H. Pounds, the man who bought a ton of land from the Ditmases, then sold it to some other people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579902468792-6T5X762BEV73U7IBB4L9/Historic-House-Ditmas-Park.jpeg Articles - Lewis H. Pounds: The Man Who Named Ditmas Park Ditmas Park Developer Lewis H. Pounds lived (and died) in this house on e. 17th St in Beverly Square East. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579902539755-UPN5NK6APEESIY473CV4/Dimtas-Park_History22.jpeg Articles - Lewis H. Pounds: The Man Who Named Ditmas Park I believe this is an ARTS & CRAFTS style home (check out that stone foundation!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579902640196-IINX76I4DVULYH2CTFSY/Ditmas-Park-history-1.jpeg Articles - Lewis H. Pounds: The Man Who Named Ditmas Park It’s fitting that the former home of Lewis H. Pounds is shrouded in trees, because he’s the dude who’s responsible for the planting of so many different varieties of street trees in our neighborhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579902683335-TK8CZHPD0JJSVL36LY0C/IMG_9277.jpeg Articles - Lewis H. Pounds: The Man Who Named Ditmas Park Ad for Ditmas Park in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle by Pounds & Decker. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/hot-dog-eating-contest monthly 0.5 2020-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579665203957-LA2TLF8883RVIM4U7TCW/flatbush_boys_hot_dogs.jpg Articles - Photo of the Day: Hot Dog Eating Contest https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/1300-flatbush-ave monthly 0.5 2020-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580361868837-IHAOW0H8N3AY1SVEAQKJ/1300-04+flatbush.png Articles - 1300 Flatbush Ave: The Oil-Burner Building 1940s tax photo of 1300 Flatbush Ave. If you zoom in on the sign on top of the building, it says Marr Oil Burner, which makes me think maybe Chrysler bought-out another furnace shop and didn’t bother to replace the sign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579841806963-5ZSRYDOGX4SCDCGI17ID/Flatbush-Flatiron-building.jpeg Articles - 1300 Flatbush Ave: The Oil-Burner Building Current view of 1300 Flatbush Ave, the most Flatirony-looking building on Flatbush Ave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579842105820-EQVAI630F4AHLCH6QZ22/IMG_1024.jpeg Articles - 1300 Flatbush Ave: The Oil-Burner Building Detail of 1300 Flatbush Ave, which I call the Oil Burner Building in my head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1581284433799-2FZJ5NJ9YSNH3W8N9V4P/oil_burner_furnace_ad.jpg Articles - 1300 Flatbush Ave: The Oil-Burner Building This 1937 ad from LIFE magazine shows Crysler’s furnace and air conditioning offerings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579841920594-4GBDYD8W8A5DB6UK0DKK/Flatbush_Ave_door.jpeg Articles - 1300 Flatbush Ave: The Oil-Burner Building Part of 1300 is a counselling center. In the 80s, the ground floor was a bar/restaurant. More recently, it was used as a campaign headquarters for Bernie Sanders’ 2016 campaign, but according to the NYC Department of Buildings, shortly before Hillary Clinton was named the presumptive nominee, a tenant registered a complaint, saying, “MY BUILDING IS PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED DUE TO SOME TYPE OF EXTREME RENOVATION. THERE ARE NO PERMITS AND IT IS SCARY.” I don’t think it’s been anything since, but you can rent it yourself for $7,000 a month. Probably don’t sell oil-burning furnaces though. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/then-and-now-forever-ink monthly 0.5 2023-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579994378655-WZSAPTSSXPG1EG940B8X/B9CB46E5-C753-46C5-8D57-97487B5F2A0B.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: Forever Ink's Top https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579994399480-OI7THGMZB5YZMVSXZ6N5/D2A4D2AF-063F-444C-8FEF-AD7C3EAD9A06.jpeg Articles - Then and Now: Forever Ink's Top https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/flatbush-trust-company monthly 0.5 2023-01-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580370309524-OBREH6L610LKWMQ38D16/victorian_flatbush_history_bank1.jpeg Articles - Flatbush Trust Company: Who Wants to Start a Bank?! A color postcard of the Flatbush Trust Company after it was bought out by Irving National Bank, which added the striped awnings. (Photo via Columbia University Libraries) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580370254337-6PFDEQD2BKOWXV0HW4IZ/Victorian_Flatbush_history_bank2.jpeg Articles - Flatbush Trust Company: Who Wants to Start a Bank?! To commemorate the occasion of the bank opening, it published a book called Flatbvsh Past & Present. The “u” was written in the old-fashioned Latin way to make it seem fancy, kind of the equivalent of writing something in a script font today. Inside was a photo of the “Ladies’ Room,” which (I gather) was a room where ladies can hand over their money, and not a place for them to pee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580370284373-2XRX7LJGWQTM3U2SW0JQ/IMG_8969.jpeg Articles - Flatbush Trust Company: Who Wants to Start a Bank?! The interior of the Irving National Bank on Flatbush Ave. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580673997597-W6CLSOPT96IL3NP5I159/flatbush-bank-library.jpg Articles - Flatbush Trust Company: Who Wants to Start a Bank?! This postcard shows where the Flatbush Trust Company was on Flatbush Avenue in relation to the Flatbush Library, which is still there today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579903111154-CG1ESMW5OUGUT8KEVBEE/Flatbush_history_bank.jpeg Articles - Flatbush Trust Company: Who Wants to Start a Bank?! This ad, which appeared in the promotional book Flatbvsh Past & Present, lists the amount of assets held by the bank in the times before Americans’ money was insured by the FDIC. https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/the-wilbur-house-end-of-an-era monthly 0.5 2020-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579670668585-13X4GF83MN2T572GVDQ7/martense_house.png Articles - The Wilbur House: End of an Era The home of Judge Martense as photographed by Eugene Armbruster (photo via the New-York Historical Society). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579670715438-IHW98LSZHULFMTSAWEGO/martense+front.png Articles - The Wilbur House: End of an Era Another view of the home of Judge Martense as photographed by Eugene Armbruster (photo via the New-York Historical Society). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580695195081-QZTRS77DF2FC0GEGOB78/Flatbush_+Lionel+A.+Wilbur+House%2C+%5B684+Flatbush+Avenue+opposite+Winthrop+Street%2C+1922.%5D.jpg Articles - The Wilbur House: End of an Era Front view of the Wilbur House, one of the last homes on Flatbush Ave that could be traced back to the old Dutch farm families (photographed by Eugene Armbruster via the New-York Historical Society). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580697497965-P6SNPE7Y45OSJFV1JLP0/wilbour-house3.jpg Articles - The Wilbur House: End of an Era Back view of the Wilbur House (photographed by Eugene Armbruster via the New-York Historical Society). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580697582069-8NTJBSGR2HL0E89X89DH/wilbur-Quarters.jpg Articles - The Wilbur House: End of an Era Servant quarters behind the Wilbur House (photographed by Eugene Armbruster via the New-York Historical Society). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580697660553-IOIYRFUQVVA5OPIQ2TER/IMG_1761.jpg Articles - The Wilbur House: End of an Era This listing in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle describes an event at the Wilbur House that includes a candy table, flower booth, and Dutch exhibit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580697396193-4QXIKD79GN6AXNRUSXFN/wilbur_wellhouse.jpg Articles - The Wilbur House: End of an Era Super-cute wellhouse on the grounds of Wilbur home (photo by Eugene Armbruster via the New-York Historical Society). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580695156015-362557739GYUI8K8EJE5/Flatbush_+Lionel+A.+Wilbur+House%2C+684+Flatbush+Avenue+%28built+1878%29%2C+west+side%2C+opposite+Winthrop+Street%2C+1922.+Demolished+1923..jpg Articles - The Wilbur House: End of an Era The Wilbur House undergoes demolition in 1923 (photographed by Eugene Armbruster via the New-York Historical Society). https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/then-and-now-blue-ribbon monthly 0.5 2020-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580273294034-S7V9NZ3Z9VGL1XBZH615/broolyn_history_blue+ribbon+then.JPG Articles - Then and Now: This Building on Church Has Seen a Lot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580273346932-V32J416GG6L4SHYBOT0G/blue+ribbon+now.JPG Articles - Then and Now: This Building on Church Has Seen a Lot https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/old-stone-house-on-ocean-parkway monthly 0.5 2023-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580359662839-POVFECV649BQIBOO1TOU/Flatbush_+northeast+corner+of+Ocean+Parkway+and+Caton+Avenue%2C+June+1926..jpg Articles - 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Lenox Sports Shop Lenox Sports Shop advertising a fancy new radio in a Christmas advertisement (bottom right) in the Brooklyn Eagle’s Sunday, Dec 19, 1926 edition. As a copywriter, I have to admit I’m a little jealous about the amount of copy that was “du jour” on advertisements--compare to today’s tagline of 6 words or less. I also love how they sell the idea of a radio to the public: “If you have never experienced the fascination of turning dials and bringing in entertainment from all over the country, you have something unusual to look forward to.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1578176925477-095Z6MM7O0ZERC9YQLK7/GoodLenox2.jpg Articles - Lenox Sports Shop The Lenox Sporting Goods Store circa 1920s. Photo: Eugene Armbruster via the New-York Historical Society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579666268845-OK52G04H3MWYF56P9V91/Flatbush_History_Lenox1.jpg Articles - Lenox Sports Shop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579666619960-2BE48PN25YF5LKPWEC8Q/Flatbush_History_Lenox3.jpg Articles - Lenox Sports Shop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579666714876-Q48CENS0RB3FG8URPOU3/Flatbush_History_Lenox4.jpg Articles - Lenox Sports Shop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579666796692-89NR6MIKN5UMK6GHWHA8/Flatbush_History_Lenox5.jpg Articles - Lenox Sports Shop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579666906149-Q6UFIB18YIGP7OCFY5RT/Flatbush_History_Lenox6.jpg Articles - Lenox Sports Shop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579667073462-XX9V3NXFW9HJTMQFVH6P/Flatbush_History_Lenox7.jpg Articles - Lenox Sports Shop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1579667361166-N8NPLGFI3JJ5V9WU4BND/Flatbush_Ave_architecture_detail.jpg Articles - Lenox Sports Shop https://www.flatbushhistory.com/articles/the-flatbush-tollbooth monthly 0.5 2023-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1578171815152-09DAN6INC6F1M1MZVYW9/Historic_flatbush_tollbooth.jpg Articles - The Flatbush Tollbooth The Flatbush Tollboth is shown here sometime before 1914, at the intersection of intersection of Flatbush Ave and Hawthorne St. (Photo: Daniel Berry Austin, via the New York Public Library, Irma and Paul Milstein Collection) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580517752137-OI0OPSA94YH4NESF6318/flatbush_tollbooth_modern_dayjpg.jpg Articles - The Flatbush Tollbooth You can visit the Flatbush tollbooth in Prospect Park and take your own photo with a guy in it who’s pushing a stroller and wondering why you’re taking a photo! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5d37843b7dc5cc0001b2a9a2/1580517855619-LS4GT5T1RP8PWZZ6ZKGV/Flatbush_history_tollbooth_arm.jpg Articles - The Flatbush Tollbooth Brooklyn historian Eugene L. Armbruster took this photo of the Flatbush tollbooth in 1922, four years before it was moved to Prospect Park. 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