North of Atlantic Formerly named Monroe Street, I am still investigating the origins of the name. Part of the Stoothoff farm, the farmhouse is still standing at 494 Jamaica . Click on thumbnails to enlarge
		P. S. 108, Linwood Street and Arlington Ave. Dated: 1912 Maker:Wm. Fick Status:Own (RG) Linwood Street, showing P.S. 108 Maker:Art Postcard and Novelty Co. Dated: 1930 Status:Own(BG) Rob Jefferson amused me by referring to my old school as the place where the "bad kids from P.S. 65 were sent".Now a historic landmark, it has its own photo page here.
		"Bill's", Linwood and Arlington 1968 Bill's, the candy store across from 108, contributed heavily to all our future dental problems. Thanks to Richard Moore for finally locating a pic for us, taken during a Memorial Day parade in 1968. Richard also sent in this picture of Angie, the school crossing guard, taken on graduation day in 1964.
		Stoothoff House, 1923 If you check the "old maps" page, you can see the Stoothoff farm was squeezed between a couple of the Schenck farms. At 494 Jamaica stood their house, dating to the 1840s, between Elton and Linwood. I believe this is the oldest house in ENY. On the right, an early drawing, from Maude Dilliard's "Old Dutch Houses of Brooklyn".
		Stoothoff House, 1945, 2007 What's nice is that this house is still standing. On the left is the 1945 used in Dilliard's book and on the right a 2007 update photo. The wonderful Brooklyn Genealogy site has the text of that book here.
		500 Jamaica Ave. That's my brother Lou pictured in this photo circa 1977. Coming back from Highland Park after a snowstorm, my mother snapped him in front of this house which I have since identified as 500 Jamaica, on the southwest corner, next to the Stootholf house. This house was on the 1893 maps. Until recently it was pretty hidden by trees but they are all gone as can be seen in the 2007 photo.
		112 Linwood Laura (McLaughlin) Facey's great-grandfather built this house, which sits one house up from Ridgewood Avenue. The picture is circa 1890; I captured an update in February 2008. Bruce McLaughlin notes the gas lamp on the corner and the phone wiring although it is not hooked up to 112 yet.
	112 Linwood Mark Hehl's family lived there from 1955 to 1967 and Mark supplies a number of memories that include the attic, the porch, and even the end of that tree seen in the 1941 tax photo. Mark recalls the basement had to be dug out by hand to create a usable room. His family actually rented out all 3 bedrooms on the second floor individually, sharing one kitchen. There is a second staircase at the back of the house and Mark learned quite a bit about plumbing helping his dad replace most of the original pipes.
		111 and 113 Ridgewood On the northwest corner of Ridgewood and Linwood, from the 1939 tax photos and today. Update: those two houses have now been stuccoed, see below.
		On the southwest corner of Ridgewood and Linwood, an 1891 drawing advertising floors for rent. The 2006 view of the house courtesy of Frank De La Rosa. Elsie Anzalone recalls her brother's godparents, John and Carrie Calia lived on the ground floor. They used to enter via the side entrance on Linwood Street. Above them lived the D'Nardio family (Carrie's sister).
		How about some "update" updates? I always thought they butchered the siding job on that house on the corner, and apparently someone agreed- I took a shot in February 2008 and the updated siding job now was done quite well. On the left, 111 and 113 Ridgewood have now been stuccoed.
		289 Arlington Ave. This is the northeast corner of Arlington and Linwood,across from PS 108, in 1939 and today.Note this building does not appear in the 1930 postcard of 108 above, yet records show it was built in 1915.
		291 Arlington Ave. Right next door, Richard Moore sent in this family shot taken in front of 291 Arlington Avenue on Easter 1962.
		187 Linwood 1939 tax photo and today. Looks like that tree has survived all these years.
		Northwest corner, Linwood and Fulton 1939 tax photo. It seems Bohack had small stores all along Fulton. Thanks to Neil for the update photos on 187 and this corner.
		Judy Close supplied this 2000 picture of her block, the east side of Linwood just south of Fulton. The area behind these houses was for years Laird's greenhouse, dating back to the early 1900s. It was gone in Judy's time, just an empty lot though some remnants remained. A&P built a supermarket on the corner facing Fulton, it is now a Key Food. Judy's family lived in that house from 1922, and she provides some background on the wonderful details in that house.

North of Atlantic

Formerly named Monroe Street, I am still investigating the origins of the name. Part of the Stoothoff farm, the farmhouse is still standing at 494 Jamaica .

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