3rd Ave & 28th St (1893)

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Title

3rd Ave & 28th St (1893)

Description

Schermerhorn House was then the oldest house in
Brooklyn. The original house built here in 1636
was the first house built in Brooklyn.

What time of year was this photo taken?

Notice the clotheslines?

Italian immigrants were living in the house at the time.

A street in downtown Brooklyn is named after
the Schermerhorn family.

The wife of John Jacob Astor was born here.

Date

1893

Contributor

Tony Giordano

Identifier

3

Collection

Citation

“3rd Ave & 28th St (1893),” Sunset Park History, accessed March 28, 2024, https://www.sunsetparkhistory.org/items/show/445.

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