Wednesday, June 06, 2007

THIS IS WHERE I COME FROM





Empire Boulevard looking east from Flatbush Avenue; Ebbets Field on far left, 1947


Neighborhood borders map for Flatbush


Nostrand Avenue looking north from Empire Boulevard, 1947



Flatbush Avenue looking north at Church Avenue, 1912


Cortelyou Road, looking east from Coney Island Avenue, 1915. Avenue C trolley seen at its terminal


Flatbush Avenue looking south at Caton Avenue, 1945



Coney Island Avenue looking north to Leader Theater, past Newkirk Avenue, 1946


Looking east on Church Avenue to Nostrand Avenue, 1948


Flatbush Avenue looking south to Martense Street; Dutch Reformed Church in right background



Cortelyou Road looking east to Stratford


Flatbush Avenue south to Church Avenue, Garfield's Cafetria 1953


Loew's Kings Theater, 1950. We have ALL other Flatbush area theaters



Modern architecture comes to Flatbush: Macy's Flatbush at Flatbush and Tilden Avenues, 1948


Flatbush Avenue south at Church Avenue, 1914


Flatbush Avenue at Empire Boulevard, looking southeast. Bond Bakery, 1941



Malbone Street Wreck, renamed Empire Blvd, worst rapid transit wreck in world for 80+ years, 1918


Ocean Avenue, looking north from Newkirk Avenue, 1905


Flatbush Ave. s. to Church Ave., Garfield's, Erasmus Hall HS on left, Dutch Reformed Church on right



Looking north to Flatbush Avenue and Cortelyou Road, 1926


Northwest corner Nostrand Avenue and Empire Boulevard at fringes of Pigtown, 1940


Ocean Avenue, looking north from Parkside Avenue, Prospe