Sunset Park History

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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

Subway Construction

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52nd Street Shops (Looking Southeast)

Brooklyn Rapid Transit photograph of 52nd Street Shops, Brooklyn Heights Railroad Corporation

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Between 14th and 15th Street and Fourth Avenue

Underground Equipment and Construction

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…

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

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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…

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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36th Street Train Yard Shops

Subway Construction, 4th Avenue and 50th St.

Construction

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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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Fourth Avenue, Between 17-18 Street

Bush Terminal

Trolley at 39th Street between 4 and 5 Avenue

Entrance to Green-Wood Cemetery

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52nd Street Dock

57th Street and 4th Avenue

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648-650 Fourth Ave

Trolley Barn

Trinity Lutheran Church

Trolley Barn

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

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

26th St and 4 Ave

Bush Terminal Hotel

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North Side of Pier 6

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36th Street Shop

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

Norwegian Hospital

Station 298+25?

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

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Trolley at Third Avenue and 39th Street

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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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

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

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Produce Vendor

A produce vendor arranges items in a truck.

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4718-4720 Fourth Avenue

Reinforced Concrete Construction and Brick

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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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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.

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…