| Avenue
U to Avenue W & Gerritsen Avenue Above Avenue U and Between Avenue U and Avenue V |
| 1998 Street No. |
Recently |
Earlier |
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 2165
Gerritsen Ave. |
Engine 321 NYFD |
Engine 321
NYFD |
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| 2137 Knapp Street |
2000
photo |
Leon's Pastry Shop (1962 ad) |
The best Jewish rye bread. |
| 2245 Gerritsen Ave. |
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Big Apple (1962 ad) |
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| Coyle Str. & Ave. U |
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Gerritsen Beach
Lumber, Coal and Coke,Inc, (1935); Fox Lumber |
-- |
| 1702 Ave. U |
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East Brooklyn Savings Bank (1962 ad) |
- |
| Ave.
U and Gerritsen Ave.. |
- |
Larry's (Gas
Station, Repairs, Parts, Tires) |
- |
| Between
Avenue V and Whitney Avenue |
| 1998 Street No. |
Recently |
Earlier |
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| 2335 Gerritsen Ave |
Resurrection Catholic Church and School |
2382-2384
Gerritsen Ave |
James P. Byrnes
Funeral Home
(residence was listed as 109 Celeste Court in 1939) |
Across from Resurrection. Byrnes'
sister Winnie married Tom McQuillan and opened the saloon McQuillan's.--AR (or was it P.J.
Byrnes?) |
| Whitney Avenue |
| 1998 Street No. |
Recently |
Earlier |
- |
| - |
coop apartments |
Graham Theatre |
The Itch. They held yo-yo
contests. We were shipped off there on Christmas Eve Day while my mother got the house
ready for dinner. I always ate Vincent's potato chips.--MK |
| - |
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Pizza place |
The first pizzeria opened next
to the Graham and John and I used to go an eat whole pies and roll out the door.--AR |
| - |
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Beauty parlor |
Next to the Graham, at least in
the 50s. Got my first haircut there at age 14.--MK |
| Between Whitney Avenue and Avenue W |
| 1998 Street No. |
Recently |
Earlier |
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2402
Gerritsen Ave. |
Whitney Ave. Pharmacy |
Sugar Bowl Candy Store (1958 ad); in 1958, Bill-Jack
Luncheonette: Bill Mann & Jack O'Conner |
- |
2404
Gerritsen Ave. |
Gerritsen MRI |
Millers French
Cleaners (50's ?); maybe also Reo Cleaners |
- |
2408
Gerritsen Ave. |
University Internists PC |
McQuillan's Bar, later the Chimes
(1962 Chimes advertisement) |
I waited on tables there while
going to school on the GI bill.--AR |
2412
Gerritsen Ave. |
Chimes Physical Therapy
Associates |
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- |
2414
Gerritsen Ave. |
Argonne Marine Park Post 107
VFW |
VFW Post |
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| - |
residences |
empty lots |
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| 2452
Gerritsen Ave. |
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Ernest C. Gramlich
Luncheonette (1939) |
Home-made candy
and ice cream. Near Ave. W. |
| - |
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Fat Nat's grocery store |
Nat Robbins. Store later became a
church for the "holy rollers." |
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| 1998 listings courtesy of Eric Rasmussen. |
