The street corner of Rogers and Newkirk in the 1940s and today.
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Three “self service” groceries from 1940s Flatbush, and why they’re called that.
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“Ghost signs” is the cool-sounding name for advertising for businesses that are no longer around. Here’s a collection of the many ghost signs I’ve spotted in the neighborhood.
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What did people do on Cortelyou Rd in the 1940s? A glimpse at a Flatbush shoppers visiting a restaurant, bike shop, and laundromat as seen in some photos taken by NYC for tax purposes.
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The now-gone twin of the Art Deco Sears, the Flatbush Macy’s (on the corner of Flatbush Ave and Tilden) had some innovative features and a lot of fans.
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Remnants of a large market called Bowman’s can be seen on Cortelyou Rd. Here’s what it looked like back in the 1940s.
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The building shown in this 1947 photo of Coney Island Ave at Newkirk is still standing, but much changed.
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This Flatiron-y building near Flatbush and Bedford will always be “the Oil-Burner Building” in my head after seeing a 1940s photos of it as a furnace store.
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Some rich dudes get together and create the first bank in Flatbush.
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When you can hear a building sigh.
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