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Landmarks! Stories! Old photos! Baseball! Dutch stuff! Articles about Flatbush History by Jennifer Boudinot.

Photo of the Day: Speakeasy Graffiti

“Speakeasy on Erasmus and Rogers”

This photos is undated and exact location unknown, but this was taken by Eugene Armbruster, who took lots of photos of Flatbush as it began to fully transition from rural to urban. (Photo: New-York Historical Society.)

 

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Photo of the Day: Cortelyou Rd, 100 Years Ago
Photo of the Day: Cortelyou Rd, 100 Years Ago

A rare photo of the short-lived Cortelyou Rd trolley.

Photo of the Day: Flatbush Ave, 1890
Photo of the Day: Flatbush Ave, 1890

Two girls stand beside a Dutch house typical of rural Flatbush.

Photo of the Day: Speakeasy Graffiti
Photo of the Day: Speakeasy Graffiti

How to find black market booze in Flatbush the 1920s.

Photo of the Day: Flatbush Ave as a Dirt Road
Photo of the Day: Flatbush Ave as a Dirt Road

It’s hard to imagine now, but Flatbush Ave was once a dirt road.

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