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May
19
Then & Now: Photographer Documents How Flatbush & New York City Have Changed Over The Past 140 Years

Then & Now: Photographer Documents How Flatbush & New York City Have Changed Over The Past 140 Years

What was Flatbush Avenue like nearly a century and a half ago? What about Prospect Park? Church Avenue? Our neighborhood,
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Apr
01
10 Old Photos Of Prospect Park To Remind You Spring Is On The Way

10 Old Photos Of Prospect Park To Remind You Spring Is On The Way

The recent dreary weather has us daydreaming about spring in Prospect Park [http://www.prospectpark.org/] — the picnics, the lazing
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May
08

New Photo Exhibit Depicts Coney Island In the Early 1960s

In the spirit of the weather warming up and summer right around the corner, New York Magazine [http://nymag.com/
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Dec
14

Postcard: Vintage Coney Island Hospital Ambulance

Source: NYC EMS via Friends of Ocean ParkwayOur friends at Friends of Ocean Parkway [http://www.friendsofoceanparkway.org/2012/12/
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Aug
31

One Reader Shares A Glimpse Into His Family’s, And Sheepshead’s, Past

The family of reader Saul Braksmajer in front of his grandfather’s grocery at 144 Neptune Avenue. Photo courtesy of
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May
25

Postcard: The New Iron Pier At West Brighton, 1879

Click to enlarge.I can’t believe it’s been more than a year since the last entry in our
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