Sunset Park History

Underground Equipment and Construction

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Lake of Sunset Park (1908)

Sunset Park was formed by a glacier 14,000 years ago as it pushed soil and rocks across the continent.

Global warming halted its advance and left…

52nd Street and 4th Avenue

Fourth Avenue and 21st St

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56th Street and 4th Avenue Subway construction

Image of temporary barriers and walkways, as well as storefronts at 56th Street and 4th Avenue. Vanderbilt's confectionary is visible.

Trolley at Third Avenue and 39th Street

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36th Street Train Yard

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2286 Fourth Avenue

31st Street and 4th Avenue

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972 4th Ave

Image of subway construction at 4th Avenue and 38th Street. The Elevated Train going from 5th down to 3rd Avenue is prominent. Open cuts, timber, and…

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Subway Construction, 4th Avenue and 50th St.

Construction

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Bush Terminal Hotel

19th Street at Third Avenue

36th Street Shop

Image of the 36th Street Repair shop located at 36th Street and 5th Ave, facing southeast.

57th Street and 4th Avenue

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Norwegian Hospital on 4th Avenue

Brooklyn Eagle Postcard, Series 34, no. 199

26th Street Between 4th and 3rd Avenue

Snow covered street and cars on 26th Street between 4th and 3rd Avenue.

Norwegian Hospital

Bush Terminal

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36th Street Train Yard Shops

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648-650 Fourth Ave

Trolley Barn

Sunset Park Methodist Episcopal Church

Sunset Park Methodist Episcopal Church, now known as
Christ United Methodist Church, located at 673 45th Street at Seventh Avenue.

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Corner of 32nd Street and Fourth Avenue

A mustachioed man in a coat and top hat poses in at a corner of a sidewalk. A sign labeled "NE32" is paralel to him, and a storm drain is in front of…

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Corner of 27th Street and 4th Avenue

Paradise Theatre

Image of the Paradise Movie Theater. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and Meet the Killer are playing. Reverse side image notes that the Pradise…

56th Street and 4th Avenue

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Brooklyn Rapid Transit Terminal, 65th Street

Image of the 65th Street and Third Avenue Terminal of Brooklyn Rapid Transit's Fifth Avenue–Bay Ridge Line

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4th Ave & 43rd St Old Police Precinct (1890)

Built in 1889, police moved out in 1970.
Was the 43rd Precinct, then the 18th and then
the 68th. A NYC landmark. Stable for horses (building on the…

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4718-4720 Fourth Avenue

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Water Front at 65th Street

Image of the 65th Street Waterfront from the Brooklyn Eagle.

2283 Fourth Avenue

Trolley Barn

Trolley Barn at 3 Avenue and 58th Street, Brooklyn NY

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Tunnel Under 60th Street and Fourth Avenue

Image of subway construction at approximately 60th Street and 4th Avenue. Workers are visible in the background, and sunlight shines on the open cut…

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Brooklyn Terminal Garage and Machine Company - 3 Ave and 25th St.

B.R.T. Insurance Company photo of Brooklyn Terminal Garage and Machine Co., 3rd Ave and 25th St, looking southeast. A MobileOils gasoline building is…

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Additional Freight Yard for Bush Terminal

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52nd Street Shops

52nd Street and First Ave, Looking Southeast

5622 Fourth Avenue

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Produce Vendor

A produce vendor arranges items in a truck.

Reinforced Concrete Construction and Brick

Subway Construction Workers and Equipment

Image of workers and subway construction equipment, including water tank, at 1842 4th Avenue (39th Street and 4 Ave), Brooklyn NY

Between 14th and 15th Street and Fourth Avenue

Entrance to Green-Wood Cemetery

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Contract 11-3-A, at 640 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Temporary roadway and temporary sidewalk. West side, between 18th and 19th Street, looking south.…

Fourth Avenue, Between 16th St and Prospect Ave

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Trinity Lutheran Church

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Fourth Avenue, Between 17-18 Street

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Subway Construction

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65th St. Station, Bayridge

Image of Bay Ridge Park and the 65th Street and Third Avenue Elevated Train Station of the Fifth Avenue Elevated.

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39th Street Shops

North Side of Pier 6

Trolley at 39th Street between 4 and 5 Avenue

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Station 298+25?

Image of Subway Construction. Per NY Historical Society item https://digitalcollections.nyhistory.org/islandora/object/nyhs%3A132851 this near the 4th…