Gravesend, Brooklyn (Then and Now) by Joseph Ditta

Author:Joseph Ditta [Ditta, Joseph]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2009-07-19T16:00:00+00:00

Seen here soon after it opened in 1909, P.S. 153 at 1970 Homecrest Avenue is one of about 400 New York City schools designed by Charles B. J. Snyder (1860–1945), architect for the board of education between 1891 and 1922. The structure follows one of Snyder’s standard forms: P.S. 159 at 2781 Pitkin Avenue in East New York is identical. Except for its missing cornice, the building stands largely unchanged. (Courtesy of Michael V. Susi.)

Unlike the forgotten names of most early Gravesend real estate developments, places like Arlington Terrace and Effingham Park, Homecrest has endured since 1898. The neighborhood lies (roughly) between Avenue S, Avenue W, East Eighth Street, and Ocean Avenue. The houses shown here, on the east side of Homecrest Avenue north of Avenue T, went up before 1907. No. 1979 (far right in the old image) was demolished around 1954 to extend the oddly located Beth El Jewish Center of Flatbush.

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