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Flatbush Avenue & Dorchester Road, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Dorchester Road, 1898

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Dorchester Road

    1898

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Dorchester Road, 1898

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Dorchester Road

    1898

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Clarendon Road, 1910

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Clarendon Road

    1910

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Dorchester Road, 1898

Photo 2 of 3 at Flatbush Avenue & Dorchester Road, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Dorchester Road

1898

1162-66 Flatbush Avenue, adjoining the S.W. corner of Dorchester Road, showing the Suydam-Ditmars House, built about 1700 and torn down in 1911. Hendrick Suydam, born in 1732, purchased the farm in 1759 from the heirs of Jacobus Lott. The house was owned by the Ditmars family until 1909. John Ditmars, son-in-law of Capt. Andrew Suydam, was the first Ditmars owner. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection About 1898 Views 1,2

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