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East 55th Street & Beverly Road, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: 55th Street (East) - Beverly Road, 1910–1923

    Brooklyn: 55th Street (East) - Beverly Road

    1910; 1923

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Brooklyn: 55th Street (East) - Beverly Road, 1910–1923

Photo 1 of 1 at East 55th Street & Beverly Road, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 55th Street (East) - Beverly Road

1910; 1923

(1) East 55th Street, east side, between Beverly and Clarendon Roads, showing District School No. 2, also known as Flatlands Neck School. This structure was built in 1835 or 1837, to replace a smaller school house built in 1786. The older building had originally been standing a little further back, and was moved to the new site given by a member of the Lott Family, who needed the old site for building purposes. The building was razed in 1926, because the site was required for the widening of Kings Highway which cuts diagonally across East 55th Street at this point. March 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection (2) The same, from another angle. March 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection (3) The same, showing an earlier period. Prior to 1910? Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

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