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Photo submitted by Michael SquicciriniReader Michael Squiccirini sent us this photo of his family at Coney Island in June 1973. Pictured are Elizabeth Stankowski Squiccirini, Michael Squiccirini, and son Michael Polizzi “enjoying a summer day during quieter times!” See more old school photos of Coney Island [/20-historic-photos-of-people-enjoying-the-beach-at-coney-island/#.V0huYZMrI9c] here. Flashback
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From right to left: Assistant District Attorney Jacob Weinberg, Joseph Kelly, Robert Lee, Daniel McCarthy, and Donald Sarra. (Photo via Brooklyn Visual Heritage [http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/youthful-muggers-quizzed])A controversial crime, the assault and robbery of Harry Lehr, has occurred in Park Slope, but don’t worry — the crime dates
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Photo via Brooklyn Visual Heritage [http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/park-slope-jewelers-393-5th-avenue]The buildings in Park Slope predate [/blog/history/flashback-friday-5th-avenue-1930s-style/] the businesses that reside in them currently, and it’s interesting to see what the residents of Park Slope saw when they walked down the streets years ago. Back in 1952,
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Photo:Brooklyn Pix [http://brooklynpix.com/]Some things never change. Like that feeling of nostalgia you get while cruising 86th Street [/cruisin-86th-street-with-actor-filmmaker-william-demeo/#.VzYsEqODGko] under the el at Bay Parkway. Here, a taxi cab takes that well-treaded route sometime between the mid-1930s and the 1940s. This classic photo is available for
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Photo by Donny Levit / Park Slope StoopAre you terrified by Friday the 13th? Do you get out of bed and just assume something awful is going to happen? Well, today, dear neighbors, we are going to protect you. And frankly, we recommend you walk by this very lucky intersection in
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The Brooklyn Atlantics Baseball Club in 1865. Players Fred Crane (far left), Jack Chapman (second from the left), Manager Peter O’Brien (center), and Charles Smith (to the right of O’Brien) are all buried in Green-Wood Cemetery. (Photo via Wikimedia Commons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Champions_of_
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Photo courtesy of Tony Giordano.Back in 1919, this corner was home to Kartevolo Jeweler and Goldensohn’s shop. Now, it’s a grocery store/bodega. But it’s still a commercial street full of small businesses serving Sunset Parkers! Image via Google Maps.
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Image courtesy of Tony Giordano.Happy Earth Day! Did you know that on this day, 46 years ago, Sunset Park resident and community advocate Tony Giordano, along with friends and neighbors, organized “the first Earth Day event in Sunset Park.” “We were the Street People Coalition and the grown-ups that
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Photo via Brooklyn Public Library [http://catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/search~S64?/Xthanksgiving+park+slope&searchscope=64&SORT=DZ/Xthanksgiving+park+slope&searchscope=64&SORT=DZ&extended=0&SUBKEY=thanksgiving+park+slope/13%2C2245%2C2245%2CB/frameset&FF=Xthanksgiving+park+slope&searchscope=64&
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Via Brooklyn Daily EagleYou’ve seen the beloved commercials [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JC6AzmXrNbU] , “We make your dreams come true. The Grand Prospect Hall [http://www.grandprospect.com/].” Did you know, though, that the hall standing today is not the original? The original — called Prospect Hall — was built
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461 15th Street from a photo in the Brooklyn Eagle, July 27, 1915. The sign reads: “This building for rent. COLORED people only. Boarding house preferred. Inquire Hudson Terminal Building, New York, Room 414.” (Via Brooklyn Eagle) Edward Reiss, owner of Marine Wrecking Company — meet Walter Kraslow of Kraslow Construction
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