Photo 2 of 5 at Bay Avenue & Kings Highway, Brooklyn
1922; 1923; 1924
(1) Bay Ave., north of King's Highway. The street in the foreground is Ryder Ave., a continuation of Bay Ave. Both of these streets are non existent in 1929. The house in the background is 1515 Mansfield (East 24th Street), in 1929. The house in the foreground if standing in 1929, would be at the N.W. corner of Bedford Ave. and King's Highway. This house was the property of one Wyckoff in 1857? and later of the C. Bennett Estate?. It definately [sic] belonged in 1873 to W. Convel and at a later date, to B.G. Hitchings, being known then, as "The Club House." From fore to background, those two houses occupied lots 142 and 144 in the Town of South Greenfield, according to Map No. 444 issued in 1854. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, which was also known as the "Senate House" in 1860. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same, a view southward. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (4) The same, showing the steel structure of a building that will shortly be a 6-story apartment building known as "Congress Arms." August 1924. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
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