Jamaica Avenue & Hemlock Street, Brooklyn
2 historical photos taken here in 1923, oldest first.
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Photo 1 of 2 at Jamaica Avenue & Hemlock Street, Brooklyn
(1) 870 Jamaica Ave., south side, between Hemlock and Crescent Streets, showing the blacksmith shop of S. Platt Nicoll. In 1882 the toll gate was opposite this building. He operated a blacksmith shop at this place from 1870-?. This building does not appear on the 1929 maps. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, another view; overhead is the B.M.T. Fulton Street Elevated Line. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
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