Photo Flashback: P.S. 10

In this week’s flashback, we’ve got P.S. 10, circa 1930. The caption on the back of the photo reads, “P.S. 10, Brooklyn, [a large, four-story, brick building with iron fence along front and side] at 7th Avenue and 17th Street, one of 19 new schools and additions that the Board of Education will open tomorrow. P.S. 10 provides nearly 2,000 [seats] and cost about $765,000.”

Although we’ve got more trees, significantly more cars, and a sprinkling of traffic lights in our modern photo, the exterior of the building looks almost identical to the way it looked on the eve of its opening 83 years ago.

Historic photo via Brooklyn Public Library