Zone 5 South of Atlantic, west of Elton St. I have rearranged this page and have generally ordered the views from west to east. See the dropdown menu for specific streets, the Piels factory, St. John's and St. Michael's.
		139 Hinsdale Street, 1945 Dan Bivona sent over these family pix of 139 Hinsdale, down near Glenmore Ave. These wood frame houses are long gone, replaced by an industrial area. The first shot is of Dan's father with his uncle Charlie, who is heading off to Okinawa in the summer of 1945. On the right is his grandfather Damiano, showing off one the ship models he built himself.
	Eastern Park, 1893 Built in 1890, first used by the Brooklyn Wonders of the Player's League, it was next used by the Brooklyn Bridegrooms from 1891 to 1897. Patrons to the games had to be adept at dodging all the trolleys in the area and eventually the team name morphed to the Trolley Dodgers, and eventually, the Dodgers. Also used as a football field, it was the site of a classic Yale-Princeton clash on Thanksgiving of 1890, and one set of temporary stands collapsed under the weight of the crowd. The park was torn down in 1898, and is more or less an industrial wasteland. Pictures are rare and hard to find. For more history, visit David Dyte's site
		Synagogues Demetrius Pestun sent over two 2007 shots of defunct synagogues. Congregation Eliezer East New York was located on Hinsdale between Glenmore and Pitkin. Built in 1910, now the Jones Temple, First Born Church of the Living God. On the right, congregation shevre spahrd of pereyaslov(perevaslov is a town or city in ukraine). Located on Snediker between Sutter and Belmont, George Gershwin lived on this block. In 1967 switched hands and is now the Brooklyn Christian Center.
		Synagogues Two synagogues sat relatively close to each other on 43 and 71 Malta Street. At 43 Malta stood the Alleppo Congregation Agudeth Achim Ansei New Lots, founded in 1911. The 1941 tax photo sent in by JoAnn Montgomery shows the Jewish star in the circular window, now hidden in the current picture sent in by Demetrius Pestun. Sold to the West Baptist Church of Brooklyn in 1966.
		Synagogues Just down the block at 71 Malta was the Synagogue of Friendship Truth and Brotherhood Kastorialis. According to Ellen Levitt, this was a Sephardic (Levantine) synagogue. Thanks to Demetrius for the current photo, now the Church of God of Prophecy.
		Alabama train yard On the right is an early 20th century view looking down from Highland Park and we have tried to identify that tank in the distance. Neil Sullivan provided this shot of the Alabama train yard before 1920, and this certainly could be that tank. The yard was bounded by Alabama, WIlliams, Belmont and Sutter and serviced the Fulton Elevated line. The tank, however belonged to the Brooklyn Union Gas Company. It was apparently removed in the 1920s.
		P.S. 174 Located on the south side of Dumont Avenue between Williams and Alabama, P.S. 174 dates back to 1913. I was more interested in the rear of the building, which featured an unusual double chimney as part of its original architecture. In the early photo on the left from the 1930s the building is in the distance but you can see the unique roofline and chimney caps. The roof underwent a major renovation in the 1990s, I'm not sure that's when all the detail was lost but in the Local Live photo on the right you see see the roofline has been flattened. It still functions as a New York public school today serving grades K-8.
		8mm Film, St. John's and Georgia Avenue This serves as a reminder that we have individual pages now for Georgia Avenue and St. John's Church on New Jersey Avenue. The first video is a wedding at St John's, with views primarily north up New Jersey Avenue in April 1947. The second film is of Georgia Avenue between Liberty and Atlantic around 1950. First Video: Second Video:
		Piel's Brewery, 1947 Located off Georgia Ave. , the Piels Brewery had a famous neon advertising sign atop the building. Prior to using the "Harry and Burt" advertising scheme, the Piels Co. used gnomes in their advertising, pictured on the right. These gnomes could be seen in the neon sign "bowling" as the lights changed. Thanks to the assistance of Breweriana collector TJ Wiegand, we have a page dedicated to the Piels brewery .
		Parker Stearns Manufacturing My brother stumbled on this old medical products brochure which was only interesting for the image of a magnificent factory on the cover. Located on the south side of Belmont Avenue between Georgia and Sheffield the company existed into the 1930s. There were COs issued for a glue manufacturer in the 1940s and I believe the building is still standing, partially obscured by adjacent buildings in the Local Live image.
		P.S. 190 Constructed in 1924 on Sheffield Avenue between New Lots and Riverdale Avenues, and still in use. "Subway Al" Zelazo is the first to submit a P.S. 190 contribution, his mother's graduation class picture from 1945.
		New Jersey Avenue,north towards Atlantic, 1940s We had the details of this image incorrect, but Tony "Mat" Pomila came to our rescue. I've embedded the key directly into the picture. The shot on the right comes from Dan Bivona, the corner of New Jersey and Liberty Ave. in 1963. They are sitting in his pal Dominic Piazza's 1955 Oldsmobile. Joe Czajkawski is seated next to Dan in the front, behind the driver Nino Sciarrino with Dominic, and standing outside the car, Vita Sciarrino and Sal Amereco
		Judy Zimmer has sent in some great shots, and this darling photo features her and a neighbor friend Larry Heintz, circa 1950. They are pictured in front of her grandparents house on 275 New Jersey Avenue. She reconnected with Larry after all these years through the website making for a nice story. That's some contraption Judy is riding, and my aunt provided me with some background
		Mike Shulman sent in this shot of his father's grocery store on the corner of New Jersey and Glenmore Avenues. He believe it is circa 1952. Note the Trommer's and R&H beer ads in the window. R&H used to have the beer concession at Dexter Park and old-timers used to say R&H stood for "Rotten and Horrible". For the answer to the trivia question as to what R&H really stood for, click on the beer coaster picture.
		Cool cars, New Jersey Avenue Tony Pomila sends in not 1 but 2 cool car shots in the same location (New Jersey Avenue off Atlantic). The first was taken during the war years (hard to see but there's a gas rationing sticker in the window). It's a '34 Ford. Tony is the small boy in the front. On the right, taken in 1955, is a 1954 Ford Crown Victoria.
	St. John Cantius, New Jersey and Blake Peter Koch and a current local resident both reminded me of this Polish church. Started as a mission in 1892 at Pitkin and Wyona, the church is formed in 1901 and named St. John of Kenty, changing to St. John Cantius in 1905. The building was constructed in 1903. Father Misicki founded the church for the growing Polish population in Brooklyn, but in fact the area around the church filled up with mostly Jewish residents and the parish struggled. A school was opened in 1921 and can be seen behind the church in the local live image. The school was closed in 2005 by the diocese. A more complete history can be found at the Brooklyn Genealogy site. We now have a full St. John Cantius Page.
		P.S. 149, Vermont and Sutter Ave. Dated: 1912 Maker: Wm. Fick Status: own(BG)< Neil sends in the 2006 shot. Built in 1906 and still standing, now known as The Danny Kaye School as well. We have a page devoted to 149 here.
		Duke's Candy Store, Vermont and Glenmore 1952 Off the southeast corner, Rod Maggio IDs the gang posing in front of the store- "Jr." Baxter, "Whitey" Emmet, Albie Hennigan, Henry "Buzzy" Caron, Rod, and in front Jim McCance, Phil Cipriano, Ron Quintavalle. Tony Pomillo recalls: "..I worked for Duke & his brother in law Rocky for a while. My job was to get the "News" & "Mirror" from old "Blind Charlie" on the corner of Pennslyvania & Sutter and bring them back to the store in addition to helping out behind the counter."
		P.S. 182, Dumont and Vermont Ave. Maker: Albertype Dated: Unk Status: Own(BG) Ellen Grove reminded me that P.S. 182 sat down on Dumont Ave between Vermont and Wyona. In 1920 it was listed as 'under construction' and was actually converted into low income condos called The Dumont in 1999. Ellen took the 2006 picture on the right and supplied some memories. Wendy Cade also adds some memories including the school song.
		Richard Woitowitz tipped me off to a synagogue a block away from P.S. 182 at 744 Dumont Avenue. What's amazing is that it appears to still be in use as a synagogue! It was Ohev Shalom ("Lover of Peace") but was sold to First Temple of the House of David in 1975. It was a relatively new one, forming in 1949.
		238 Wyona Street sits between Glenmore and Pitkin. This church building was dedicated May 20, 1889 as St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church, built at a cost of $9,000. The congregation only lasted here about 20 years and the building was sold to the Congregation Achim Bnai Jacob around 1907. In the 1941 tax photo you can see it was still serving as a synagogue. No longer standing, the empty land is owned by the St. Augustus Roman Catholic Church.
		532 Wyona, 1963 Rich Woitowitz sent us a wealth of photos and these give us a view of Wyona south of Dumont Avenue. On the left, sporting his "Tom Landry" look, Rich stands infornt of his home at 532 Wyona. On the right, sporting what I would call his "Fidel Castro" look, we see Rich in a view south down the block. The tall fence on the left surrounds the playground of P.S. 182.
		Wyona Street, 1965-66 These two views of Rich and his mother Helen provide additional views of Wyona in the mid-60s. On the left, a view at the south end with the IRT in the background. On the right, a view across from 532 Wyona.
		Biltmore Theater, Wyona and New Lots Avenue The Biltmore was opened in 1927 and lasted into the 1970s. The building sat empty for a number of years in hopes of revitalization, but was finally demolished sometime around 2000 (I'm looking for confirmation of that). It is now a parking lot for a local supermarket.
		Riverdale Hospital I stumbled on Riverdale Hospital while perusing the 1929 Plat maps. Built on the triangle formed by Bradford, Miller, Riverdale and New Lots Avenue, the history of the hospital is elusive. Apparently it was privately owned. In the obituary of Dr. Maxwell C. Katz, he was not only the attending obstetrician and gynecologist but owner of the hospital until he retired in 1944. Patrick Gilmartin tipped me off that when he worked there in the early 1950s, it had been taken over by Manhattan General and was being used as their tuberculosis annex. Somewhere after 1955 the hospital becomes Linden General, run by Stanley Sharfstein. The hospital loses its accreditation in the mid 1970s, though it continues to run, creating a scandal. By this point its main revenue source is Medicaid. The building winds up in bankruptcy court in 1976, and the city took it over. It was reopened in 1987 as a day care facility. Looking for further information.
		Southwest Corner, Glenmore and Bradford Neil Sullivan sends over a 1939 tax photo of a former residence of his father-in-law. Though the picture is weak, it does tell a tale. There is a candy store on the corner, and a jewish butcher shop next door. By the 1950s, the stores are boarded up and used for storage. In 2006, an empty lot.
		Miller Ave., 1944,1956 Dan Bivona sends over this shot of his grandparents, Sal and Josephine Aresco, on Miller Ave looking north towards Pitkin. On the right, Dan is standing in front of 370 Miller circa 1956.Dan recalls there was a theater on Miller down by Sutter Avenue; I have identified it as the Miller Theater at 747 Sutter. No longer standing, it was issued a CO in November 1926 and again in 1928 for a 575 seat theater and stores. In 1956 a CO is issued at the address for stores but no mention of a theater. Rod Maggio recalls it lasted into the 1960s.
		Miller Park, 1954 Rich Woitowitz is the first to send over pix of this park, which is bounded by Miller, Bradford Street, Blake and Dumont Avenues. This park was known as Linton Park and dates back to the late 1800s when Edward Linton and his German-American Improvement Co. was developing the area. When I checked on Google Maps, I noted it was still referred to as Linton Park today.
		Northeast corner, Miller and Pitkin Neil's father-in-law lived in the house next to Miller's Meat Market, you can see the stoop in the 1939 photo.
		Pitkin Ave, By Van Siclen Some more evolution here, courtesy of Neil. This is the north side of Pitkin, between Miller and Van Siclen. Both of Neil's future in-laws lived on this block, which was torn down for low income housing. The entrance to the building in the 2006 photo appears to sit right in the former location of that house.
		Not too far away, over on Pitkin and Van Siclen by the 8th Ave. Subway station, Mike Bivona sent this pic taken on Easter of 1951. He also provides the IDs; "On the same corner was Jack and Lil's candy store and across the street on Pitkin Ave was Brandt's Ice Cream Parlor. The guys names are left to right: Mike (Red) Bivona, Tony Galucci, Tony (Salute) Sturiano, Pete Basile, on bottom: Pete Sturiano, Louie Skita and brother Mike Skita. On top is Leo (no last name)".
		East End Baptist Church,Van Sicklen and Glenmore Maker: Wm. Fick Dated:1910 Status: Own (RG) Organized in 1887, East End first uses the Zion Evangelical Church on Liberty Avenue (pictured on the Liberty Avenue page) until this structure is built in 1888. Located off the southeast corner of Van Siclen and Glenmore, the NYPDL archive shot on the right is from 1940. Wes Miller attended East End and gave us some background.
		East End Baptist Church, Wedding, 1953 The shot on the right is from the family album of a friend of my mother's. We believe the wedding was at East End, and you can see the "East" in the sign on the right. The church does not look like the clapboard covered structure in the postcard, but the undated shot on the left shows the church had been renovated, date unknown. The church is still standing.
		East End Baptist Church, 2006 Still standing, among a lot empty lots. Note the steeple is no longer there. Wes Miller helps us with that as well; "...sometime in the early 60s the steeple of the church was struck by lightning, severely damaged, and, eventually, just taken off the structure. I remember the big church bell being kept down in the basement of the church after that."
		Ahaveth Chesed Day Nursery Demetrius Pestun sent over this shot of 394 Hendrix, which used to be a Hebrew day nursery. I found this BPL shot from 1951 on the right taken on the property.
		Lyric Theater, Hendrix and Pitkin Originally known as the Hendrix Theater, the name change occured around 1935 and the seating changed from 500 seats to 400 seats. Not sure when it closed. That information from 'Cinema Treasures'. Photos are courtesy of Neil Sullivan.
		676 Hendrix , 1939 and today Ellen Grove had sent me these shots awhile back- a former residence located between New Lots and Livonia Avenue.
		New Lots Reformed Church Dated: 1910 Maker: Wm. Fick Status: need Located at New Lots and Schenck, one of the older churches in Brooklyn dating to 1824. From 'Old Days and Old Ways'; "The timber was cut in the woods of the farmers of the congregation, who not only gave it but cut, hewed and carted it. A part of it had to be sawed, and they dug a ditch for a pit, over which the logs were placed abd sawed by hand, as saw mills were were few and far away in those days. Even the painting was done by the parishioners and the actual cost of the building amounted to $35". Thanks to Neil for 2006 shot.
		P.S. 72, New Lots Road and Schenck Avenue Dated: 1910 Maker: Wm. Fick Status: Own(RG) Across from the church sat the original schoolhouse, built in 1740. This structure was built in 1810 and eventually moved to 639 Barbey to make way for a brick school. The church's graveyard sat on both sides on New Lots Ave. which means the first two schools sat next to a graveyard. This version of P.S. 72 is the result of numerous additions to the original brick structure. This building is no longer standing, replaced by a branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. Therese Xuereb lived across from this location and recalls the school came down circa 1955. The library was dedicated September 10, 1957.
	P.S. 72, New Lots Avenue I was able to piece together some of the missing history of this school. After a fire in 1944 revealed the dangers of the old building, the Board of Education quickly closed the school amidst local protests. The building remained vacant and unmaintained, and this article in 1951 highlighted the dangers of the decaying property.
		2313, 2316 Pitkin Avenue Located between Jerome and Barbey, Rod Maggio has amazed me with a recall of names and addresses of the neighborhood. Rod notes the Tony (La)Danza was born at 2297 Pitkin, several doors down. On the left is Leo "The Limp" Piccola who lived on the 3rd floor and Rod himself in 1951 (Rod noted he slept right behind that window). On the right, from 1953: "Don 'Dunna"' Lucera, Atlantic Ave above Fish Store (Cleve-Elton) lot became Benny Vitucci Sr pre-owned cars......Pete 'Hooknose' Chiapone...330 Jerome St.....Vito 'Willie' Capitelli 338 Warwick St."
	Jerome Street, 1949 This great shot from Rod dates to his sister's confirmation in 1949. The view is north towards Atlantic in front of the Convent. That's his sister Angela, Ida (mom) Maggio, Carol "Errico" Maggio, Rod, Joseph (dad) Maggio, Angela & Frank Lualdi (noni & grandpa). Rod recalls; "Sister Helen, didn't actually care for or like Italian American Public School kids in her Religious Instruction Classes Wednesdays 2 to 3:30, Sundays after 9 am Mass, we were "marched" out the side door, into the school building until 11:30". note "The building in foreground above my head ,(s/east corner Jerome-Atlantic) has been gone for some time now, the former site was Jerome Bar or Cafe` became Safeway Gas, Saeway, Merit, then Hess (presently) gas station " > Mike Suchocki adds; "Across the street from the Church in the wooden house lived a very famous --Daily News Photographer --Paul Gallagher . He always had one of his action photos published on the middle page of the paper almost everyday in the 40's & 50's I remember his son Paul Jr. who went to Power Memorial and was a member of the St. Michael's Marching Band."
	Jerome St., 1948 Rod Maggio supplies a nice wedding day picture taken June 27, 1948 off of Pitkin Ave and Jerome St. Rod provides the IDs; " Maid of Honor, Antoinette Errico (grooms sister) Joe Maggio, Carol Maggio, Flower Girl, Angela Maggio, limo driver Willie Terlizzi (grooms cousin) Backround Limo is 37 or 38 LaSalle (Division of Cadillac) 1940 was last year of production for LaSalle."
		St. Michael's Church Dated:1910 Maker: P. Miller Status: Own (BG) There is now a page dedicated to St. Michael's church and School, located here These two postcards show the original church and the school around 1910.
		Synagogues Demetrius Pestun is helping us backfill the missing synagogues from the site. On the left in Temple Achim Bnai Jacob. Located on Glenmore and Miller, it was built in 1921 and is now I believe the Second Calvary Baptist Church. On the right is Sons of Judah Temple, built I believe around 1930. Located on Sutter Ave. between Barbey and Jerome, it is now Messiah Baptist Church. Rod Maggio believes Rev. Elijah Pope bought or rented the building around 1964- the same time he bought his building at 2313 Pitkin, and quickly drove out all the long term tenants.
		Synagogues Demetrius also sent in this one of Talmud Torah, located at Ashford and Sutter. On the right, not a temple but a school, Yeshiva Toras Chaim. Built in 1927 on the northwest corner of Belmont and Jerome, now owned by the Board of Education and is the Community School for Comprehensive Education. Rod Maggio recalls they used to turn the lights on for Yeshiva on Friday nights, and sometimes crashed the weddings held in the basement ballroom!
	Ted Maciag sent in this great 1928 picture taken in front of 432 Warwick Street, which is just south of Pitkin Ave. The El can be seen on the right. We need a car buff to ID the great car in the shot.
		Can you guess where this is? Lou Schreiner sent in these shots from 1947. "On the Southwest corner of Linden Blvd. and Pennsylvania Avenues there was Fishman's Dairy, open field with cows, chickens,barn,goats,etc. Continuing south lived several families, then a junk yard, then all the marshes that were eventually filled in where Starret City, the Belt Pkwy and so forth are today. Also there were several riding acadamies heading east on Linden from Pennsylvania."
		Linden Projects There is actually another website titled ENY Projects, devoted to the projects south of Linden Boulevard. The Boulevard Houses were the first large scale housing project down there, built in 1951. Their website has some old pictures and stories from those who lived there.
		Linden Houses Al Durant took these shots of the Linden Houses from his apartment in the early 1970s. The Linden Houses were completed in 1956, and Al's family moved in about 1958 from Brownsville. (His uncle's company, Durant and Sons Moving, was one of the early successful black-owned businesses in the area). The prior use of this land was a bit interesting, see below. Al also adds a story about the land used for Starrett City.
		Temporary Housing, 1950s After the war, the city was scrambling for places to house returning veterans. Vacant land between Linden Boulevard and Cozine Avenue (north to south) and New Jersey and Miller Avenues (west to east) was used to construct quonset huts and temporary housing. This "temporary" solution lasted until 1954 when the most of that land was cleared for the Linden Houses. The above image from the NYC Housing Authority shows families preparing to finally move out.

Zone 5

South of Atlantic, west of Elton St. I have rearranged this page and have generally ordered the views from west to east. See the dropdown menu for specific streets, the Piels factory, St. John's and St. Michael's.