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Etna StreetFormerly named Eagle Street, I am still investigating the origins of the name.Click on thumbnails to enlarge |
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2 Etna This weak 1939 tax photo I believe is actually taken from Highland Place, looking east with Force Tube Ave in the background. Neil Sullivan's 2006 shot is I believe a view south across Etna. |
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102, 104 Etna Street Frank De La Rosa sent in this 2006 update shot to compare with a photo labeled "me and Tony B" taken in the mid 70s. |
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Driveway Mystery Peter Stango sent in this mystery driveway which is actually on Richmond St. but leads us to Etna. Peter recalled the driveway to nowhere from his childhood- even though it looks like it could be a driveway for the house on the corner, the legend was it belonged to the house on the corner which was allegedly moved to Etna St. The first clue we have is in the local live image in the right- I circled barn-like garages in the rear lined up with the driveway. |
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Driveway Mystery I went to the Plat maps to look for some clues. The 1908 map on the left reveals the house on the corner did face Richmond, and the lot next to it was clear back to a rear structure. On the right, the 1929 map shows the lots have been rezoned- and tax lots 29, 30, 31 have been restructured into a series of lots which face Etna. |
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Driveway Mystery Peter also supplied shots of 150 Etna today- the house that was allegedly moved from the corner. The shot on the right is the garage structure that even seems to have a hayloft type window at the second level. We are looking to confirm if this was indeed moved from Richmond St. |
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160 Etna I dug this 1939 tax photo up for former resident Sharon Seitz. The house is right around the corner from Richmond Street. Neil supplied the 2006 image. |
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Etna Clubhouse, Logan and Etna St., East New York Maker:Kraus Dated: 1912 Status: Own(BG) Darlene Hutto recalls this being a Masonic Club building; she also recalls it was known as the Compass Club due to the Masonic Logo on the front of the building. Robert Hensel adds that his parents rented the hall for his graduation party in 1977; there was a sign for the "American Turners of Brooklyn" and there were also bowling alleys in the basement. Leonora Licata lived next door in the 1950s and recalls her mother was friends with the woman who ran the club, Ann Tiedemann (sp?). She used to bowl while the ladies drank coffee. Anthony Messina did some research for us and discovered an "Etna Club" listed in the 1916 Brooklyn Eagle Almanac at this location dating to 1903. The 1928 Almanac listed both the Compass Club of Brooklyn (1918) and Corner Stone Fellowcraft Club of Corner Stone at this address. Anthony also found evidence of and athletic association in a New York Times article quoted under the "History" button. Neil supplied the 2006 shot. Peter Stango follows up on the driveway mystery; you can see 150 Etna in the background of this shot- meaning that house has been there since at least 1912. 
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Etna St., Looking West, Cypress Hills Dated: Unknown Maker:Unknown Status:Need I had this postcard incorrectly slotted in zone 4 until Peter Stango correctly identified the location- it is a view west looking across Euclid . Note his 2005 photo- the corner buildings framing the shot are three stories tall while the rest of the block is lines with two story buildings.Rob Jefferson points out the apartment building on the left in the 2005 photo is 97 Euclid, where he lived from 1958 to 1963. |
| Etna St.,looking east from Richmond Peter Stango took this shot in 1983 after a blizzard. | |