Here’s a look back at that bygone era long before Barclays Center took over the area around Atlantic Avenue and Flatbush. These photos from the early 1900s show the Brooklyn neighborhood as a hub of activity, with the subway lines being constructed and the area getting built from the ground up. Click through for a look at the Barclays intersection before Barclays existed, in the early 1900s.
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Atlantic Avenue, construction of Long Island Railroad Depot. ca. 1900 |
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View of subway construction site at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and 4th Avenue. Image includes three trolley cars at an elevated station in the background. 1907. |
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Subway construction site at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and 4th Avenue. Image includes a horse-drawn wagon in right foreground, one man standing and a fire hydrant in the left foreground, and an unidentified church in the background. |
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View of subway construction site at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Flatbush Avenue. Image includes a large, commercial or office building, located at 124 Flatbush Avenue, with a large sign, 'Painless Parker,' in the backgound. 1907. |
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Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue. ca. 1900 |
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A few blocks down at Atlantic Avenue and Washington Avenue. College of Immaculate Conception, construction. 1915. |
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March 1, 1907. Construction of the subway at Atlantic and 4th Avenues. |
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A few blocks down, at Atlantic and Clermont Avenues. A. Schrader's Son Building. ca. 1912. |
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Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue. Williamsburgh Savings Bank, exterior of temporary bank. 1/8/1927. |
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