| Other Places
on the Beach |
| 1998 Street No. |
Recently |
Earlier |
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The End/the Point |
For swimming and catching polio.
Remember the old barge? |
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The Barge |
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84 Ebony Court |
The Tamaqua
(1958 ad) |
On Shellbank Creek (Ebony Court)
between Bijou and Channel Avenues |
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The Civic Club |
Bijou Avenue and Shellbank Creek,
next to the Tamaqua |
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Sutter'sYacht Club |
Across Shellbank Creek. They shot
off firecrackers every July 4th. |
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Shellbank Yacht Club |
Originally on top of a barge next
to Sutter Brothers across the Creek from then end of Ira Court. |
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Mooneys Boat Yard |
At the end of Ira Court. |
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PS 194 |
On Knapp Street, by Whitney Avenue |
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Ryan's stable |
Around Avenue V and Knapp Street |
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houses |
The Church of our Savior on Allen Avenue between Bevy and Celeste Courts |
The original grammar school for
Gerritsen Beach. |
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Dr. John Meindel |
The dentist on Celeste Court. |
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The barracks |
On the other side of Gerritsen
Avenue as housing for WW II vets and their families. Built after the war, probably 1946.
Were down before 1957. |
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21 Lester Court |
Dugan's and Larson's |
A home delivery service for bread
and cake. |
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Genevieve's Dance Studio (1958 ad; photo) |
All the girls took ballet or tap
dance lessons. |
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20 Melba Court |
"Scotty" Arscott,
photographer |
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End of Everett |
Danza's Yacht Club / restaurant |
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2291 Knapp Street |
Mr. Michos |
music teacher &
music arranger at Radio City Music Hall |
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 52 Seba Avenue |
The Vollies, Gerritsen Beach's
Volunteer Fire Department |
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Events |
| 1922 |
PS 194's cornerstone
laid. |
| 1922 |
Gerritsen Beach
Volunteer Fire Department organized. |
| 1925 |
St James and
Resurrection built. |
| 1927 |
James Madison High
School opened. |
| late 1920s |
Graham Theatre opened.
It closed around 1980. |
| 1931 |
Floyd Bennett field
opened. It closed in 1970. |
| 1932 |
Original Brooklyn Public
Library branch at 305 Gerritsen Avenue dedicated |
| 1934 |
Tamaqua opened. |
| 1940-1941 |
Belt Parkway built. |
| 1948 |
Public housing projects
between Ave. X and V from Nostrand to Batchelder built. |
| 1951 |
Streets were raised
and sewers put in. |
| 1953 |
PS 277 built |
| ~1963 |
Houses were built
along Gerritsen Avenue in the New Section |
| ~1963 |
Houses built along
Gerritsen Avenue between Bartlett and Cyrus . |
