Zone 4 Euclid Avenue Formerly known as Market Street Tony Danza and Peter Criss (Cris Criscuola), the drummer for the rock band KISS, lived on Euclid Ave. Tom DeVoy recalls Criss and his grandparents lived between Ridgewood and Etna, several doors up from Sal's Deli. Click on thumbnails to enlarge
		Cypress Hills Street The first shots are actually across Jamaica Avenue, where Cypress Hills Street begins. Peter Stango took the shot on the left in 1983 after a blizzard, matched by my 2005 shot on the right. The large structure is the entrance to Salem Fields Cemetery, a Jewish cemetery founded in 1852 . Cypress Hills Street was once known as Stoney Road in its unpaved days.
		Salem Fields Cemetery Salem Fields sits between National Cemetery on Hale and Cypress Hills Street. (So technically it belongs in Zone 3). Laid out and conducted by Temple Emanu-El, such notable families as the Guggenheims, Schuberts and Seligmans have family members laid to rest here. The Guggenheim mausoleum pictured here sits right along the border of the National Cemetery. The image on the right is an entrance that I suspect faced Cypress Hills St. and not Jamaica Avenue given the slope of the road. Both images are from King's Views of Brooklyn, 1905.
		Euclid Hotel prayer book The hotel seems to date between 1900 and 1920. This is a mourner's Kaddish, a Jewish prayer book for those visiting Salem Fields across the street. I found an Eagle article from 1902 about the Cypress Hills Republican club meeting here. (The 21st AD Republican Club was over on Pennsylvania Avenue) The census data did not turn up anything on Sidney Jackier, the proprietor.
		Jamaica Ave. East from Euclid The first photo, from the Brian Merlis Collection is from 1946. Cypress Hills Cemetery is on the left. In the distance, mostly blocked, is a sign for Werner and Acker Florists, still in business today. On the right is a shot from 1923. The building beyond the "Socony" sign started life as Distler's Hotel, than became Harmon's Casino Grove before it became Weismantel's. I suspect the building on the far right in both photos was the Euclid Hotel (the building was listed as a hotel in 1908) but I have no confirmation.
		Jamaica Avenue Entrance to Cypress Hills Cemetery Maker: Wm Fick Dated: unknown Status: need Great shot from early 1900s with a running trolley and the Cypress Hills station in the background. Entrance to Cypress Hills Cemetery Maker: Wm. Fick Dated: Unknown Status:Own(RG) Another great similar shot, with a horse drawn carraige.I blew up the image and the arch bears a date of 1893. The cemetery has been around since 1848 so I am assuming it is the date of the arch.We now have a page devoted to the Cypress Hills Cemetery located here.
		Euclid Ave. looking north from Ridgewood Avenue, 1905 This is the mystery card posted on the home page. The 2018 update photo on the right shows the homes along this block are still intact.
		From Tom Devoy; "Here is a photo from approx 1964 directly across from my home (160 Euclid Ave).It was the small store front next to Gildea's Bar. For a short while my father Tom Devoy and uncle Tony Liberto had a handy man shop.I can also remember store being a taxidermist,The Cypress Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corp (in 1969,they rang all the ambulance sirens when the Mets won the 69 World Series) and a shop where a guy made dentures/false teeth. In photo left to right:Tom Devoy (my father),me (Tom Devoy Jr),Joan Devoy (my mom),My aunt Elizabeth Liberto,my uncle Tony Liberto,my cousin Jerry Liberto. On the right, the location today is used as a hair salon.
		Euclid and Fulton, 1938 You have to admit Peter Stango sends in some cool photos. Though the picture is of his relatives (mother, aunt, grandparents) crossing the intersection, what is going on in the background? There is a guy on the ground and a small crowd hanging around. Tim O'Reilly's sharp eye corrected my orientation. The view is the northeast corner of Euclid and Fulton. The picture ends before the school comes into view. If you check the Local Live shot on the right, you can match up the window configuration of the building on the corner, which was Riese's Poultry. Pete's Uncle Ray recalls the poultry shop used to have fresh killed rabbits hanging in the store. Tim recalls the corner as the Donnelly and Purcell Funeral Parlor.
		Small mystery- That corner building has both a Fulton St. address and a Euclid Ave. address. I assume the apartments above are accessed from Euclid Avenue and on the city records the address is 213 Euclid. The next building up is 199 Euclid. This 1938 ad has 201 Euclid as an address. That corner is not issued a CO for the funeral parlor until 1940.
		I'm sure glad Peter's family liked taking pictures-this view is looking north up Euclid toward Fulton Street. It was taken on January 24, 1943 and that's Peter's mother Christina on the left, but it was the background that caught my eye. First, we can see the original Blessed Sacrament building is still standing, and we can also see a trolley running along Fulton Street. This was the Broadway line, sort of followed the el, turning up Crescent and ending at Jamaica Avenue. Although it ran until 1950, its rare to find pictures of them on the Fulton Street stretch in our neighborhood.
>	Euclid and Fulton, July 5, 1942 Another Peter Stango gem. The view is south, on the northeast corner of Fulton and Euclid. That's his Uncle Lou DeStefano and Marion Oest in 1942. Marion's family owned an ice cream parlor on the north side of Fulton between Euclid and Pine, and they also made homemade chocolate. Peter also relayed an anecdote about the girl; "When she was 1 year old her father gave her mother a trip to Germany (just the mother and Marion Oest went) I think it was 1939, so they got to Germany and then WWII Broke out and they were Stuck there and not allowed to come back home. My mom don't remember how long they ended up staying in Germany. " Note Donnelly and Purcell's sign on the corner. The parlor is still there, but I believe in name only. Also note in the background across the street the plumbing supply store. Below it the store appears in a 1941 tax photo shot that was pretty poor so I removed it from the site for awhile. That picture shows the old LIRR connection. Peter also had a story about that building- " ..that Plumbing store on the corner in the back round was the location of my Grandfather's store I guess before 1920 or around that time somewhere. My mother was actually born in that corner building (midwives in those days), and maybe my Uncle Ray too, according to my mom. My Grandfather was partners with a Centola . That's my Grandmother's maiden name so it must have been her brother or cousin, I'll find out. My grandparents lived on one floor of that corner house, and the Centola's lived on the other floor. I'm not sure if they had to get out of that corner building for any particular reason like landlord problems, or the families had a disagreement. But they split and Centola ended up opening a store on Rockaway Blvd. someplace and my Grandfather bought the building a few doors down at 3296 Fulton and opened the DeStefano Store there." The final shot from Peter has a view of the plumbing store showroom and a reflection of the el. Peter ids Fannie, Christina (DeStefano) and Walter Steinfeldt in the carriage.
		LIRR El Removal Tim O'Reilly tipped me off to this image. It is poorly identified in the BPL's archives. It shows workmen removing the remnants of the connecting El structure in the 1940s. Euclid Ave would be on the right and the view is north with the towers of Blessed Sacrament visible in the background.
		Blessed Sacrament, Euclid and Fulton Dated:1910 Maker: Unk Status: Own(BG) This is the original church, located on the northwest corner of Fulton and Euclid. The new church, built in the 1920s, was located a little north of the corner. We now have a page devoted to Blessed Sacrament which can be found here.
		Peter Stango supplied this wedding shot (I'm guessing early 70's) in front of the church, but the real detail is the fact that Euclid was a 2-way street then, as you can see from the cars in the background. I've paired it with a 1975 image from Tim O'Reilly of his sister's communion, and Euclid is now one-way south at this point..
		3296 Fulton Street, 1925 A favorite of mine, contributed by Peter Stango, which we used in the book. It is his grandfather's grocery, located on the south side of Fulton between Euclid and Pine St. It was DeStefano's, and the picture on the right is his mother in the backyard of that store in 1926. Peter notes that his grandfather would make money during prohibition selling his homemade wine under the counter. Peter's mother also supplied some recollections; "Dad used to sell dates in bulk and I remember my mother taking one with an ice pick so we could sample them. The same with the fresh cherries. Pasta was sold loose by the bound from a show case. Each type of macaroni was in a different drawer with a glass front showing the type of pasta in each drawer. There was a glass showcase in front of the store in the summertime where sliced watermelon and fresh coconut was sold."
		241, 243 Euclid Avenue, 1940s Peter continues the great contributions by sending over these shots just south of Fulton. His relatives owned 241, 243, and 245 Euclid along the east side. On the left, a 1942 Easter shot of Uncle Andy DeStefano who grew up over the store at 3296 Fulton; that's Peter's mother Christina to the left and his Aunt Tessie on the right. On the right, a view behind 241 Euclid. Peter provides some in depth details about the buildings along Fulton.
		241, 243 Euclid Avenue, 1940s Peter explains that "Aunt" Tessie was just a close family friend, she is pictured here with her brother Leo at the rear of 241 Euclid in 1945. The houses shared a common driveway and that's Tessie with a pretty cool car in the driveway in 1944.