Zone 5 South of Atlantic, west of Elton St. I have rearranged this page and have generally ordered the views from west to east. Special pages now exist for Georgia and Pennsylvania Avenues, the Piels factory, St. John's and St. Michael's.
		P.S. 63 The original P.S. 63, pictured on the left, was located at Hinsdale Street between Liberty and Glenmore. The center portion was built in 1878 with additions in 1900 and 1906. The "new" P.S. 63 on the right was built back to back to the old, facing Williams Avenue, in 1926. The old building became an annex to Thomas Jefferson High School. I do not have a date on demolition. The view is north in that shot. My mother attended P.S. 63.
		P.S. 63, 1938 This is a first grade shot of my mother and some classmates. If it appears they are on the roof, it is because they are. With the old school still standing behind it, there was no playground space at street level. My mother recalls the fences were high enough for the older boys to play punchball without losing the ball. Robert Pagillo recalls playing punchball on the roof. The city declared the building 'surplus' in 1980, I'm not sure when it last operated as a school. It was opened as a homeless shelter in 1981, and is still owned by the Board of Health today.
		Here's a slice of life from a bygone era. It's a rather ordinary shot, looking north up Williams Avenue from Pitkin in 1941. On the corner building, however reads a sign; "Storage- $5 Live, $2 Dead". I suppose its some form of poultry storage, have fun guessing.
		Demetrius Pestun supplies shots of 2 synagogues on Williams. On the left, at 611 Williams Ave., was Beth Hamedrash Hagadol of ENY. On the right , further south down at 699 Williams sat the United Sephardim of Brooklyn. Demetrius advises it was the main temple for the Sephardic population in the area. Now the Lambert Chapel of the Holy Church, they took possession in 1970.
		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. There are no known pictures, only engravings. 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 more from Demetrius; down at 41 Malta was the Alleppo Congregation AgudethAchim Ansei and on the right at 71 Malta the Synagogue of Friendship Truth and Brotherhood Kastorialis. I have not yet researched current names and dates of transition.
		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.
		New Jersey Avenue,north towards Atlantic, 1940s I've had this shot of New Jersey Ave. for awhile, but had no reason to post it until Mike "Sharkey" Suchocki provided some great details- "On the left is the homes of The Ryebacks & The Martinie Family on the corner on the top floor lived the Gladfelters,in fact looking with a magnifying glass the little girl looks like Mary Martinie? On the right side of the street on the near corner is now a post office. On the far side of Atlantic on the right side is Ponseys Saloon".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
	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. I don't have an exact date for the building, it is on the 1908 plat maps. 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.
		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.
		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. The hospital becomes Linden General, run by Stanley Sharfstein from the 1950s to the 1970s. 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.
		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.
		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 "
	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!
		Belmont Ave, Looking East from Warwick St. and P.S. 158 Dated: 1911 Maker: Wm. Fick Status: Need Public School 158, Belmont Ave. and Warwick Street Maker: Wm. Fick Dated: Unk Status: Own(BG) Located on Belmont between Warwick and Ashford, the official address is 400 Ashford. Construction began in 1907, and the school opened Sep. 14, 1908. It is still in use today as an elementary school for 564 students.
		P.S. 158 Class picture 1956, Thrift Honor Class, 1954 Angela (Crescimanno) Affisco sends over her 1956 class picture; she supplies a partial key and even IDs site fan Dan Bivona. On the right, Phyllis (Annunziatta) Esposito sent in this 1954 shot of Mr. Scharf's class 5-1.
		Kudos to Linda Amato who is the first non family member to contribute old family photos to the site! The first shot is circa 1963, a shot of her dad by the family car. That is St. Michael's playground on the right. The second shot is from 1962, looking north up towards Liberty Ave. on Ashford St.
		Completing Linda's set, this is a view looking south down Ashford, and a view of 249 Ashford.
		Demetrius Pestun and I continue our quest to ID every synagogue. Pictured on the left at 336 Ashford (near Pitkin) was Chevre Chayei Adam. The structure was built by the Tabor Lutheran Congregation for the Swedish immigrants in the area, somewhere around 1900. The building still stands, now a church again, for the East New York Westley congregation. On the right, and image of the Crowning Glory of Israel, located at 481 Ashford and now gone.
		The "Triangle" The area where Livonia Avenue comes in to meet New Lots Avenue, right around Ashford Street, is known as the 'Triangle' for obvious reasons. Jack Magat sent this great photo of the intersection in 1960. It's a bit of a mystery on why it is so crowded, other than being at the foot of the train station. The Local Live image on the right shows the triangle from above in 2006.
		The "Triangle" The 1917 image on the right shows the triangle before the elevated line is constructed. The view is west from New Lots, and recently built homes occupy the area. On the right is the William Hopkins house, which sat in this area back when it was all his farm. As a a reminder we have a series of historical views along New Lots thanks to Peter Rapalje who submitted this image along with a number of others which can be seen on the New Lots pages in Zones 5 and 6.
	"Stylin'", 1952 This shot is less about location (s/e corner Belmont and Ashford, Carl's candy store)than it is about fashion and where to shop in 1952. That's Pete Chiappone and Rod Maggio- from Rod; "In this 1952 pic , Pete was wearing rust pants, white belt, white shirt I'm wearing the Aqua pants, brown belt, chocolate brown and aqua shirt, brown featherweights (shoes) featherweights and french toe shoes were the most "coveted" style then you got them @ Thom McCann, AS Beck, and Kellers on s/side of Liberty Ave Warwick-Jerome; many called them Kellers Kardboards, but they were real leather too, later on you may have progressed to Stadler/Florsheim irregulars/slightly damaged (shoes) coulda been got on Orchard St for 1/2 the price J & G Clothes (custom and ready made) I hadda pair of wool gabardine Aqua pants made there for $16.00 with a 2 inch hi-rise, crossloops(for belt), 26 inch knee, 16 inch peg (cuff) saddle stitch down leg seam, and pistol shaped pocket flaps (rear) Popular colors back then were, purple, canary yellow, electric blue, rust/copper, chocolate brown, chartruese(kinda light lime), powder blue, black, maroon (burgundy/wine) fire engine red, and kelly green and of course different colored belts to match some guys had different color combo's for loops, pockets and stitching.........the girls wore tight fitting sweaters of same colors "shocking pink" then, was later called "hot pink"
		Southwest corner, Pitkin and Cleveland Neil supplied both the 1939 tax photos and the update shots.
		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. I have not done much research yet, I know they were built in 1957, and their website has some old pictures and stories from those who lived there.

Zone 5

South of Atlantic, west of Elton St. I have rearranged this page and have generally ordered the views from west to east. Special pages now exist for Georgia and Pennsylvania Avenues, the Piels factory, St. John's and St. Michael's.