Sunset Park History

Underground Equipment and Construction

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Between 14th and 15th Street and Fourth Avenue

17th St and 4 Ave, Facing South East

648-650 Fourth Ave

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56th Street and 4th Avenue

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Norwegian Hospital

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Fourth Avenue and 21st St

Fourth Avenue, Between 16th St and Prospect Ave

26th St and 4 Ave

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31st Street and 4th Avenue

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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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Water Front at 65th Street

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

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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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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.

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…

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2283 Fourth Avenue

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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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86th Street Trolley (Between 2nd and 3rd Ave)

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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Fourth Avenue, Between 17-18 Street

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39th Street Shops

57th Street and 4th Avenue

Trinity Lutheran Church

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5622 Fourth Avenue

Trolley Barn

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26th Street Between 4th and 3rd Avenue

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

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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.…

19th Street at Third Avenue

2409 4th Ave

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Norwegian Hospital on 4th Avenue

Brooklyn Eagle Postcard, Series 34, no. 199

Trolley Barn

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

36th Street Shop

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

36th Street Train Yard Shops

Reinforced Concrete Construction and Brick

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2286 Fourth Avenue

4718-4720 Fourth Avenue

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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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52nd Street Dock

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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…

52nd Street and 4th Avenue

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Bay Ridge Driveway and 65th St., "L" Station

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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…