https://gravesendgazette.com/about/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1885-samuel-smith-2010.jpg1885.Samuel.Smith.2010. . . an 1885 map announcing the sale of the Samuel Smith estate in Gravesend.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/me-2014-03-07a.jpgme.2014.03.07aYours truly in front of . . .https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ditta-joseph-tour-2009.jpgDitta.Joseph.tour.2009https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/tn-gravesend-brooklyn-front.jpgT&N.Gravesend.Brooklyn.front2023-05-30T02:30:31+00:00weekly0.6https://gravesendgazette.com/2020/04/19/wyckoff-bennett-wafers/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sonn-early-american-wrought-iron-vol-3_p213_featured_1024x266.jpgSonn-Early-American-Wrought-Iron-vol-3_p213_FEATURED_1024x266https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/wyckoff-bennett-1924-keskachauge.jpgWyckoff-Bennett-1924-KeskachaugeThe Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead as it appeared around 1924. Image from Frederick Van Wyck, Keskachauge . . .https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sonn-early-american-wrought-iron-vol-3_p213_edited.jpgSonn-Early-American-Wrought-Iron-vol-3_p213_editedRubbing of the "WB / 1780" wafer iron from Albert H. Sonn, Early American Wrought Iron (New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1928), vol. 3, plate 307.2020-04-20T16:49:24+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2014/05/11/dandelion-wine/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bauhan-dandelion-1911-04-25-others.jpgBauhan.Dandelion.1911.04.25.othersCharles W. Bauhan (1861-1938), Dandelion gathering, April 25, 1911. (Collection of Joseph Ditta)https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/bauhan-dandelion-1911-04-25-main-figure.jpgBauhan.Dandelion.1911.04.25.main.figureCharles W. Bauhan (1861-1938), sketch of a dandelion gatherer, April 25, 1911. (Collection of Joseph Ditta)2020-04-20T01:21:59+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2019/06/26/schools-out-for-the-summer/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cropsey.avenue.2550.ps81.brooklyn.times_.union_.sun_.feb_.2.1930.featured.jpgCropsey.Avenue.2550.PS81.Brooklyn.Times.Union.Sun.Feb.2.1930.FEATUREDhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cropsey.avenue.2550.ps81.brooklyn.times_.union_.sun_.feb_.2.1930-1.jpgCropsey.Avenue.2550.PS81.Brooklyn.Times.Union.Sun.Feb.2.1930https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cropsey.avenue.2550.ps81.brooklyn.times_.union_.sun_.feb_.2.1930-e1561692858134.jpgCropsey.Avenue.2550.PS81.Brooklyn.Times.Union.Sun.Feb.2.1930"Antiquated and in the way of waterfront highway improvements, the old P.S. 81 building near Gravesend Bay soon is to be demolished." Brooklyn Times Union, Sunday 2 February 1930.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cropsey.avenue.2550.ps81.recto_.watermarked-e1561598024903.jpgCropsey.Avenue.2550.PS81.recto.WATERMARKEDPostcard view of P.S. 81, Ulmer Park, Brooklyn, published by S. Strauss, postmarked July 16, 1911.2020-04-20T00:27:17+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/02/20/fingers-crossed-for-moody-house/2020-04-19T18:49:32+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/03/27/gelukkig-pasen/2020-04-19T18:49:05+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/02/12/holy-corner/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/neck-road-14-m-e-church-watermarked.jpgNeck.Road.14.M.E.Church.watermarkedPostcard view of the Gravesend Methodist Epsicopal Church, southeast corner of Neck Road and Van Sicklen Street, circa 1910. {Collection of Joseph Ditta}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/neck-road-14-coney-pentecostal-recto-watermarked.jpgNeck.Road.14.Coney.Pentecostal.recto.watermarkedPostcard view of the Coney Island Pentecostal Church, 14 Neck Road, circa 1950s. {Collection of Joseph Ditta}2020-04-19T18:44:38+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2019/03/08/the-other-white-horse-tavern/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/avenue.u.286.schindlbeck.recto_.1024x266.jpgAvenue.U.286.Schindlbeck.recto.1024x266https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/screenshot-2019-03-10-at-10.16.49-pm.pngScreenshot 2019-03-10 at 10.16.49 PMGoogle's street view of the same corner as it looked in June 2018.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/avenue.u.286.schindlbeck.recto_.watermarked.jpgAvenue.U.286.Schindlbeck.recto.WATERMARKEDCirca 1911 postcard view of Engelbert Schindlbeck's White Horse Tavern, 286 Avenue U, Gravesend, Brooklyn. (Collection of Joseph Ditta.)2019-09-06T16:11:50+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2019/07/19/flash-flood-past/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/east.13.2403.flood_.recto_.1024x266.jpgEast.13.2403.flood.recto.1024x266https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/east.13.2403.flood_.recto_.jpgEast.13.2403.flood.rectohttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/east.13.2403.flood_.recto_.watermarked.jpgEast.13.2403.flood.recto.watermarked"IT RAINED IN BROOKLYN. Brooklyn, N.Y. . . . Officially, only 1.48 inches of rain fell on Brooklyn, N.Y., during the precipitation of the past thirty hours, but, in spots, it seemed that the amount was many times that. Here is a scene on Avenue X, at East 13th Street, which gives an idea of the flood conditions faced by residents of that neighborhood." 9-18-34.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/east.13.2403.flood_.recto_.cropped.jpgEast.13.2403.flood.recto.cropped2021-02-02T17:19:21+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2011/08/26/a-soggy-day-in-gravesend-town/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/1933-ave-y-flooding-cropped.jpg1933.Ave.Y.flooding.croppedP.L. Speer, "Street Crossing Avenue Y at E. 11St. Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, after Sunday Downpour." (Collection of Joseph Ditta)2021-02-08T02:07:28+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2018/11/19/sally-gils-gravesend/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/gil_moody_cropped.jpgGil_Moody_croppedhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_20181101_1836321.jpgIMG_20181101_183632Sally Gil, "Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky," 2018. Sea Beach line, Avenue U station, Coney Island-bound platform. Hubbard House in silhouette (left), Gravesend Cemetery sign (left of center).https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_20181101_1836221.jpgIMG_20181101_183622Sally Gil, "Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky," 2018. Sea Beach line, Avenue U station, Coney Island-bound platform. Hubbard House in silhouette (left of tulips).https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_20181101_1836071.jpgIMG_20181101_183607Sally Gil, "Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky," 2018. Sea Beach line, Avenue U station, Coney Island-bound platform. Masjid Al-Iman Islamic Center (left), New Utrecht Reformed Dutch Church (center).https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_20181101_1835502.jpgIMG_20181101_183550Sally Gil, "Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky," 2018. Sea Beach line, Avenue U station, Coney Island-bound platform. Houses at 71-75 Avenue U (right).https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_20181101_1835342.jpgIMG_20181101_183534Sally Gil, "Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky," 2018. Sea Beach line, Avenue U station, Coney Island-bound platform. Avenue U station house (left of center).https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_20181101_183519.jpgIMG_20181101_183519Sally Gil, "Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky," 2018. Sea Beach line, Avenue U station, Coney Island-bound platform. Hubbard House in silhouette (center).https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/img_20181101_1834592.jpgIMG_20181101_183459Sally Gil, "Edges of a South Brooklyn Sky," 2018. Sea Beach line, Avenue U station, Coney Island-bound platform. Antonio Meucci monument (center), Stryker House (right).2019-07-19T22:39:48+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/06/17/fathers-day-on-gravesend-bay/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/gravesend-bay-1884-09-05-new-scan-watermarked.jpgGravesend.Bay.1884.09.05.new.scan.watermarked2019-06-28T01:00:24+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/07/17/summering-in-sheepshead-bay/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/jones_cottages_ocean_inn_ad_1913_full_cropped.jpgJones_Cottages_Ocean_Inn_ad_1913_full_croppedA 1913 advertisement for Ocean Inn and Jones' Cottages.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/jones-cottages-ocean-inn-watermarked.jpegJones.Cottages.Ocean.Inn.watermarkedBy 1913 the compound included the Ocean Inn at 3024 Ocean Avenue.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/jones-cottages-views-sheepshead-watermarked.jpgJones.Cottages.Views.Sheepshead.watermarkedA 1909 view of 2637, 2639, and 2647 (demolished) East 19th Street.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/jones-cottages-brochure-p07-08-watermarked.jpgJones.Cottages.brochure.p07-08.watermarked2019-06-28T00:59:35+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/08/05/coney-island-palimpsest/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/surfw8th_google_aug2011.jpgSurf&W8th_Google_Aug2011The New York Aquarium's pedestrian bridge spanning Surf Avenue as it looked in June 2011 {Courtesy of Google Street View}.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1893_nysfa_coney_island_aug_watermarked.jpg1893_NYSFA_Coney_Island_Aug_watermarkedhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/1893-coney-arch-watermarked.jpeg1893.Coney.Arch.watermarkedLooking west through the temporary arch over Surf Avenue at West 8th Street, Coney Island, August 1893 {Collection of Joseph Ditta}2019-06-28T00:58:31+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/08/29/willy-wonka-at-the-avalon/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kings-highway-1720-avalon-wonka-verso-copy7.jpgKings.Highway.1720.Avalon.Wonka.verso - Copy7https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kings-highway-1720-avalon-wonka-verso-copy6.jpgKings.Highway.1720.Avalon.Wonka.verso - Copy6https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kings-highway-1720-avalon-wonka-verso-copy5.jpgKings.Highway.1720.Avalon.Wonka.verso - Copy5https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kings-highway-1720-avalon-wonka-verso-copy4.jpgKings.Highway.1720.Avalon.Wonka.verso - Copy4https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kings-highway-1720-avalon-wonka-verso-copy3.jpgKings.Highway.1720.Avalon.Wonka.verso - Copy3https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kings-highway-1720-avalon-wonka-verso-copy2.jpgKings.Highway.1720.Avalon.Wonka.verso - Copy2https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kings-highway-1720-avalon-wonka-verso-copy1.jpgKings.Highway.1720.Avalon.Wonka.verso - Copy1https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kings-highway-east-watermarked.jpgKings.Highway.East.WatermarkedKings Highway in its heyday, looking east from the Brighton Line. Note the Avalon Theatre, at right. {Collection of Joseph Ditta}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kings-highway-1720-avalon-wonka-verso.jpgKings.Highway.1720.Avalon.Wonka.versohttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/kings-highway-1720-avalon-wonka-recto.jpgKings.Highway.1720.Avalon.Wonka.recto2019-06-28T00:57:55+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2017/06/16/on-the-avenue/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/gravesend_gazette_avenue_u_matt_fontana_1995_watermarked.jpggravesend_gazette_avenue_u_matt_fontana_1995_watermarkedPastel fantasy of Avenue U at the southeast corner of West 11th Street by Matt Fontana (b. 1940).https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/gravesend_gazette_avenue_u_70_varacalli_watermarked.jpggravesend_gazette_avenue_u_70_varacalli_watermarkedArmand Varacalli in his grocery store at 70 Avenue U, around 1949https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/gravesend_gazette_avenue_u_62_tonys_watermarked.jpggravesend_gazette_avenue_u_62_tonys_watermarkedOutside Tony's Luncheonette at 62 Avenue U, when the Mets won the pennant, 1969.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/avenue_u_google_2014_sep-e1497584022829.jpgavenue_u_google_2014_sepThe south side of Avenue U between West 10th and 11th Streets, Brooklyn, as it looked in September 2014. Courtesy of Google Street View {https://goo.gl/maps/WpjKgMNrHMA2}.2019-11-22T02:20:12+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2017/08/11/when-everything-old-is-new-again/2019-06-28T00:52:59+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/10/30/the-buggy-headed-bat-baby-of-dead-horse-bay/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/1884-sheephshead-bay-copy.jpg1884.Sheephshead.Bay - Copyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/img_20151021_144954.jpgIMG_20151021_1449542019-02-02T02:04:52+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/then-now-gravesend-brooklyn/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tn-gravesend-brooklyn-back.jpgT&N.Gravesend.Brooklyn.backBack coverhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/tn-gravesend-brooklyn-front.jpgT&N.Gravesend.Brooklyn.frontFront cover2023-07-31T00:09:52+00:00weekly0.6https://gravesendgazette.com/2016/03/17/erin-go-bellwood/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bellwood-social-club-interior-watermarked.jpgBellwood.Social.Club.interior.watermarkedList of officers, Bellwood Social Club of Gravesend, 1917. {Collection of Joseph Ditta}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/bellwood-social-club-cover-watermarked.jpgBellwood.Social.Club.cover.watermarkedCover, Souvenir Journal for the Fifth Annual Ball of the Bellwood Social Club of Gravesend, 1917. {Collection of Joseph Ditta}2018-03-17T16:46:47+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2017/12/10/blue-christmas/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/blue_christmas_coney_island_creek_1893-e1512957878744.jpgBlue_Christmas_Coney_Island_Creek_18932017-12-12T02:00:37+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/02/08/hidden-in-plain-sight/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/jackson_viola_2014_10_19-copy.jpgJackson_Viola_2014_10_19 - Copyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/169_bay_28th_street_google_2014_aug.jpg169_Bay_28th_Street_Google_2014_Aug2017-04-15T17:29:51+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/09/04/the-fiery-end-of-gerritsens-mill/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/gerritsens-mill-pond-postcard.jpgGerritsens.Mill.pond.postcardAnother view from the same series of postcards: "Mill Pond, Sheepshead Bay, N.Y." {Collection of Joseph Ditta}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/gerritsens_mill_brooklyn_daily_eagle_wed__sep_4__1935.jpgGerritsens_Mill_Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle_Wed__Sep_4__1935The charred remains of Gerritsen's Mill. Photograph from the Brooklyn Eagle, Wednesday, September 4, 1935, p. 13.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gerritsens-mill-suydam-1900-obverse-cropped.jpgGerritsens.Mill.Suydam.1900.obverse.croppedDetail from an early twentieth-century cabinet card showing Gerritsen's mill and dam. {Collection of Joseph Ditta}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gerritsens-mill-stone-postcard.jpgGerritsens.Mill.stone.postcardThis postcard mailed from Brooklyn in 1907 shows an abandoned millstone reminiscent of the ones Samuel Gerritsen hid from the Hessians. {Collection of Joseph Ditta}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gerritsens-mill-postcard.jpgGerritsens.Mill.postcardA post-1907 view of the "Old Mill, Over 200 Year Old. Sheepshead Bay, N.Y." {Collection of Joseph Ditta}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/gerritsens-mill-1909-ditmas-copy1.jpgGerritsens.Mill.1909.Ditmas - Copy"Gerretsen's [sic] Mill at Gravesend," image from Charles Andrew Ditmas, Historic Homesteads of Kings County (1909).2016-12-26T05:08:18+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/12/20/gravesends-70s-toyland/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tavernas_flyer_featured_image.jpgtavernas_flyer_featured_imagehttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tavernas_flyer_p8_watermarked.jpgtavernas_flyer_p8_watermarkedhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tavernas_flyer_p7_watermarked.jpgtavernas_flyer_p7_watermarkedhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tavernas_flyer_p6_watermarked.jpgtavernas_flyer_p6_watermarkedhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tavernas_flyer_p5_watermarked.jpgtavernas_flyer_p5_watermarkedhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tavernas_flyer_p4_watermarked.jpgtavernas_flyer_p4_watermarkedhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tavernas_flyer_p3_watermarked.jpgtavernas_flyer_p3_watermarkedhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tavernas_flyer_p2_watermarked.jpgtavernas_flyer_p2_watermarkedhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/tavernas_flyer_p1_watermarked.jpgtavernas_flyer_p1_watermarked2024-02-08T21:01:24+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/03/26/gravesend-characters-past-the-white-rats/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ulmer-park-white-rats-1910-08-04-baseball-watermarked.jpgUlmer.Park.White.Rats.1910.08.04.baseball.watermarkedhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ulmer-park-white-rats-1910-08-04-band-watermarked.jpgUlmer.Park.White.Rats.1910.08.04.band.watermarkedhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/ulmer-park-1907.jpgUlmer.Park.19071907 overview of William Texter's Ulmer Park. [Collection of Joseph Ditta]2016-08-08T10:11:15+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/03/29/pony-express/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/coney_island_jockey_club_8_sept_1906_names.jpgConey_Island_Jockey_Club_8_Sept_1906_nameshttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/coney_island_jockey_club_8_sept_1906_watermarked.jpgConey_Island_Jockey_Club_8_Sept_1906_watermarkedConey Island Jockey Club, Sheepshead Bay, Saturday, September 8, 1906, second race, won by "John M. P.," followed by "Agent," "Alfar," and "Haylas." {Collection of Joseph Ditta}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/brooklyn-jockey-club-1908-photos4-copy.jpgBrooklyn.Jockey.Club.1908.photos4 - Copyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/brooklyn_jockey_club_8_june_1908_watermarked.jpgBrooklyn_Jockey_Club_8_June_1908_watermarkedBrooklyn Jockey Club, Gravesend, Monday, June 8, 1908, second race, Steeplechase, won by "Simon Pure, followed by "Henderson," "Waterspeed," and "Boadwee." {Collection of Joseph Ditta}2016-07-17T14:16:29+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/04/18/nico-ornamental-works/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle_mon__jun_30__1952_.jpgThe_Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle_Mon__Jun_30__1952_https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/13054945_10154201409614623_1544962729_o.jpg13054945_10154201409614623_1544962729_oPhotographs by Lisanne Anderson . {Used by permission}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/13054677_10154201409294623_1019238609_o.jpg13054677_10154201409294623_1019238609_oPhotographs by Lisanne Anderson . {Used by permission}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/13016669_10154201409329623_1422635167_o.jpg13016669_10154201409329623_1422635167_oPhotographs by Lisanne Anderson . {Used by permission}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/13009849_10154201409419623_154742733_o.jpg13009849_10154201409419623_154742733_oPhotographs by Lisanne Anderson . {Used by permission}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/hubbard-street-2502-watermarked.jpgHubbard.Street.2502.watermarked2021-07-02T00:43:22+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/03/12/gravesend-characters-past-vamps-of-1915/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/museum-firefighting-postcard-pumper.jpgMuseum.Firefighting.Postcard.pumperhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/gevfa1915ball.jpgGEVFA1915BallGRAND ANNUAL BALL / GRAVESEND EXEMPT VOL. FIREMEN'S ASS'N / AT STAUCHE'S [sic] PALACE HALL C.I. FEB. 8TH 1915. / PHOTO BY E.E. RUTTER / 298 WASHINGTON ST. B'KLYN. [Collection of Joseph Ditta]https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/gevfa-1915-invitation.jpgGEVFA.1915.invitationInvitation to the 1915 ball of the G.E.V.F.A. at Stauch's Palace Hall, Coney Island. [Collection of Joseph Ditta]https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/gevfa-1915-poster.jpgGEVFA.1915.posterPhotograph of poster announcing 1915 ball of the G.E.V.F.A. [Collection of Joseph Ditta]2023-11-10T14:59:40+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/05/24/gravesend-cradle-of-invention/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/scientific_american_14_july_1883_dredge_augustus_friend.jpgScientific_American_14_July_1883_dredge_Augustus_FriendScientific American, vol. 49, no. 2 (14 July 1883), 18.2016-05-26T17:02:19+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/05/09/extra-extra-read-all-about-it/2016-05-10T02:32:05+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/05/07/greetings-from-gravesend/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/6_johnson_gravesend_ss_simon_jude.jpg6_Johnson_Gravesend_Ss_Simon_Jude6. Sts. Simon and Judes [sic] R. C. Church, Gravesend, N.Y., ca. 1907-11 {Collection of Joseph Ditta}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/5_johnson_gravesend_van_sicklen_street.jpg5_Johnson_Gravesend_Van_Sicklen_Street5. Van Sicklen St., looking North [from Avenue T], Gravesend, N.Y., ca. 1907-11 {Collection of Joseph Ditta}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/4_johnson_gravesend_p_s_95.jpg4_Johnson_Gravesend_P_S_954. Public School No. 95, Gravesend, N.Y., ca. 1907-11 {Collection of Joseph Ditta}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/3_johnson__gravesend_m_e_church.jpg3_Johnson__Gravesend_M_E_Church3. M. E. Church, Neck Road, Gravesend, N.Y., ca. 1907-11 {Collection of Joseph Ditta}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2_johnson_gravesend_firehouse_town_hall.jpg2_Johnson_Gravesend_Firehouse_Town_Hall2. Firehouse and Town Hall, Gravesend, N.Y., ca. 1907-11 {Collection of Joseph Ditta}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/1_johnson_gravesend_village_road_north.jpg1_Johnson_Gravesend_Village_Road_North1. Village Road [North], Gravesend, N.Y., ca. 1907-11 {Collection of Joseph Ditta}2016-05-07T15:55:44+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/01/04/dont-blink/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/west_2nd_1634_google_sep_20142.jpgWest_2nd_1634_Google_Sep_2014Screen capture of Google's Street View of 1634 West 2nd Street from September 2014. (https://goo.gl/maps/mJxSTd9jZmN2)https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/west_2nd_1634_google_sep_20141.jpgWest_2nd_1634_Google_Sep_2014https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/west_2nd_1634_recto_watermarked.jpgWest_2nd_1634_recto_watermarkedReal photo postcard view of 1634 West 2nd Street. {Collection of Joseph Ditta}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/west_2nd_1634_google_sep_2014.jpgWest_2nd_1634_Google_Sep_20142016-04-29T17:57:39+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/03/23/forty-years-landmarked/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/gravesend-cemetery-lantern-slide-1896-watermarked1.jpgGravesend.Cemetery.lantern.slide.1896.watermarked2021-11-06T14:16:57+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/04/12/hallelujah/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/27_neck_road_20160326_landmarked.jpg27_Neck_Road_20160326_Landmarkedhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/gravesend-village-square-1873-beers-atlas-long-island-edited.jpgGravesend.Village.Square.1873.Beers.Atlas.Long.Island.edited2016-04-14T02:38:41+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/04/09/your-time-has-come-lady-moody/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/img_20160326_134017.jpgIMG_20160326_1340172016-04-12T18:47:09+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2014/05/23/a-melancholy-bicentennial/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_20140130_103051-copy.jpgIMG_20140130_103051 - CopyLong-Island Star, Wednesday, June 15, 1814, p. 3, col. 2.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/img_20140130_103448.jpgIMG_20140130_103448New York, Commercial Advertiser, Monday, May 30, 1814, p.2, col. 3.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ryder-jacobus-b-2010-10-24-coyle-andrea-07-edited.jpgRyder.Jacobus.B.2010.10.24.Coyle.Andrea.07.editedJacobus B. Ryder stone (d. 1814), Gravesend Cemetery. (Photograph by Andrea Coyle, 2010. Used by permission.)https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/ryder-barnardus-2010-10-24-sheepshead-25-edited.jpgRyder.Barnardus.2010.10.24.Sheepshead.25.editedBarnardus Ryder stone (d. 1814), Gravesend Cemetery. (Photograph by Ned Berke, 2010. Used by permission.)https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle_sat__aug_25__1849_.jpgThe_Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle_Sat__Aug_25__1849_Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 25 August 1849, p. #, col. #.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/vansicklen-cholera-gravestones-edited.jpgMINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERAPart of the third row of gravestones in the Van Sicklen Family Cemetery. (Photograph by Joseph Ditta, 2005)2016-03-27T16:19:24+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/03/03/the-more-things-change/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/east-14th-1635-mon-22-feb-2016-watermarked.jpgEast.14th.1635.Mon.22.Feb.2016.watermarkedThe home of Engine 276 as it looked on Monday, February 22, 2016. {Photograph by Joseph Ditta}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/east-14th-1635-recto-watermarked.jpgEast.14th.1635.recto.watermarkedEarly 20th-century postcard showing the firehouse at 1635 East 14th Street. {Collection of Joseph Ditta}2016-03-04T11:30:18+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/02/23/one-step-closer-to-landmark-status/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/neck-road-27-west_1893-bauhan_watermarked.jpgNeck.Road.27.west_1893.Bauhan_watermarked2016-02-24T14:23:09+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2012/05/17/maurice-sendak-gravesends-own/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1942-wwii-draft-sendak-philip.jpg1942.WWII.draft.Sendak.Philiphttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/boody-beacon-1943-june-sendak-class-new.jpgBoody.Beacon.1943.June.Sendak.class.newhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/boody-beacon-1943-june-cover-new.jpgBoody.Beacon.1943.June.cover.newhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/1940-census-sendak.jpg1940.census.Sendakhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/boody-beacon-1943-june-sendak-class-edited.jpgBoody.Beacon.1943.June.Sendak.class.editedhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/boody-beacon-1943-june-sendak-class.jpgBoody.Beacon.1943.June.Sendak.classhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/boody-beacon-1943-june-cover-edited.jpgBoody.Beacon.1943.June.cover.edited2016-02-22T06:11:48+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/04/02/gravesend-characters-past-governor-of-coney-island/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/brooklyn-eagle-1873-12-09-p3-col2-wyckoff-john-death-notice.jpgBrooklyn.Eagle.1873.12.09.p3.col2.Wyckoff.John.death.noticehttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sagharborcorrector-1873-12-20-p2-col5-wyckoff-john-governor-coney.jpgSagHarborCorrector.1873.12.20.p2.col5.Wyckoff.John.Governor.Coneyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wyckoff-governor-coney-island-reverse.jpgWyckoff.Governor.Coney.Island.reversehttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/wyckoff-governor-coney-island-obverse.jpgWyckoff.Governor.Coney.Island.obverse2016-02-22T05:52:07+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/09/13/that-time-lady-moodys-house-was-in-a-movie/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/brooklyn_eagle_1909_03_10_wed__carlota_cole.jpgBrooklyn_Eagle_1909_03_10_Wed__Carlota_Colehttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/neck-road-27-south-vitaphone-edited.jpgNeck.Road.27.south.Vitaphone.editedScreen capture from the 1932 Warner Bros. production, "The Nickelette." This image of the Lady Moody House at 27 Gravesend Neck Road was taken between 1905 and 1914.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/vitaphone_cavalcade_dvd_set.jpgVitaphone_Cavalcade_DVD_sethttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/neck-road-27-south-ralph-irving-lloyd-bhs.jpgNeck.Road.27.south.Ralph.Irving.Lloyd.BHSThis lantern slide of the Hicks-Platt House (a.k.a. Lady Moody's House) is dated circa 1905, but it must be later, since P.S. 95, constructed in 1914-15, looms to the left. {Collection of the Brooklyn Historical Society.}2016-02-19T18:04:38+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/01/06/1601-avenue-t/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ave_t_1601_lisanne_anderson_photo.jpgAve_T_1601_Lisanne_Anderson_photoA 2015 photograph of the same house by Lisanne Anderson (look at that sky!). (Used by permission)https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/ave_t_1601_postcard_1916_recto_watermarked.jpgAve_T_1601_postcard_1916_recto_watermarkedReal photo postcard view of 1601 Avenue T, mailed on October 31, 1916. (Collection of Joseph Ditta)2016-02-13T17:33:26+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/01/27/after-the-races/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/coney-island-jockey-club-police-meet-recto-watermarked.jpgConey.Island.Jockey.Club.Police.Meet.recto.watermarkedReal photo postcard: "POLICE MEET" / SHEEPSHEAD BAY / RACE TRACK / By Bowman {Collection of Joseph Ditta}2016-02-13T17:24:06+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/01/24/the-curious-case-of-quentin-road/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/quentin-road-map-1922.jpgQuentin.Road.map.1922https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/quentin-road-2118-obverse-watermarked.jpgQuentin.Road.2118.obverse.watermarkedDeed Realty Company advertisement for 2118 "Avenue Q" (house at right). [Collection of Joseph Ditta]https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/quentin-road-2216-obverse-watermarked.jpgQuentin.Road.2216.obverse.watermarkedDeed Realty Company advertisement for 2216 "Avenue Q." [Collection of Joseph Ditta]https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/east-21stquentin-view1-watermarked.jpgEast.21st&Quentin.view1.watermarkedPostcard view looking north up East 21st Street to "Ave. Q," now Quentin Road. The house behind the trees is still standing at 2023 Quentin Road. [Collection of Joseph Ditta]2016-01-25T18:39:40+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/01/16/when-the-sea-beach-line-was-new/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/sea_beach_station_house_tiles_cropped_watermarked.jpgSea_Beach_station_house_tiles_cropped_watermarked2016-01-16T16:55:46+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/01/14/everybody-dance/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/olive-social-club-1891-watermarked.jpgOlive.Social.Club.1891.watermarkedInvitation to the first annual masquerade of the Olive Social Club at Kreyer's Hotel, Gravesend, January 7, 1891. {Collection of Joseph Ditta}2016-01-15T03:14:20+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2016/01/11/der-koloss-elefant/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/scientific-american-1885-07-11.jpgScientific.American.1885.07.11https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/illustrirte_zeitung_1885_08_01_stitched1.jpgIllustrirte_Zeitung_1885_08_01_stitched"Der Koloss von Coney-Island," Illustrirte Zeitung, August 1, 1885, p. 119. [Collection of Joseph Ditta]https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/illustrirte_zeitung_1885_08_01_stitched.jpgIllustrirte_Zeitung_1885_08_01_stitched2016-01-15T02:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/12/23/seasons-greetings-from-gravesend/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/kings-highway-savings-bank-santa-reverse.jpgKings.Highway.Savings.Bank.Santa.reverseSanta could also function as a tree ornament with a hook inserted through the hole in his head. (Collection of Joseph Ditta)https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/kings-highway-savings-bank-santa-obverse.jpgKings.Highway.Savings.Bank.Santa.obverseMid-20th century tabletop Santa from the Kings Highway Savings Bank, 1602 Kings Highway, Brooklyn. (Collection of Joseph Ditta)2016-01-14T17:32:07+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/11/26/happy-thanksgiving/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/johnston-1882-goose-reverse.jpgJohnston.1882.goose.reverseJohnston Brothers, grocers, advertising card (back), 1882. {Collection of Joseph Ditta}https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/johnston-1882-goose-obverse.jpgJohnston.1882.goose.obverseJohnston Brothers, grocers, advertising card (front), 1882. {Collection of Joseph Ditta}2016-01-14T17:31:46+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/08/29/save-lady-moodys-house/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/neck-road-27-south_1947-brooklyn-eagle.jpgNeck.Road.27.south_1947.Brooklyn.EagleThe Brooklyn Daily Eagle featured the Lady Moody House on the cover of its 1947 booklet of Gravesend history.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1907-moody.jpg1907.MoodyMap of the Gravesend village square showing in red the location of Lady Moody's house lot in 1907.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1640s-moody-cropped1.jpg1640s.Moody.croppedMap of the Gravesend village square showing in red the house lot allocated to Lady Moody in 1646.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1640s-moody-cropped.jpg1640s.Moody.croppedMap showing in red the house lot allocated to Lady Moody in 1646.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015-03-28-saturday21.jpg2015.Ditta2Another view of main facade from 2015.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/2015-03-28-saturday11.jpg2015.Ditta1The Lady Moody - Van Sicklen House as it appears today.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1945-dilliard2.jpg1945.Dilliard1945 photograph showing columns added to support overshot roof.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1927-lathrop2.jpg1927.Lathrop1927 photograph showing main facade prior to the addition of columns.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1912-stapley2.jpg1912.Stapley1912 photograph showing landscaped grounds and Platt renovations.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/1909-platt2.jpg1909.Platt1909 photograph of east gable end and main facade showing Platt renovations.2016-01-14T17:27:56+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/05/17/gravesend-characters-past-alexander-ganiard/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/west-meadows-cropped.jpgWest.Meadows.croppedhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/ganiard-1897.jpgGaniard.18972016-01-14T17:27:07+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/04/09/gravesend-characters-past-henry-r-williams/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/williams-henry-r-1892.jpgWilliams.Henry.R.1892Henry R. Williams (1840-date)2016-01-14T17:26:43+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/03/19/gravesend-characters-past-betsey/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/1840-census-stillwell-maria-copy.jpg1840.census.Stillwell.Maria - Copyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/brooklyneaglewednesday8march1843pg2col4.jpgBrooklynEagleWednesday8March1843pg2col42016-01-14T17:24:52+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/03/05/gravesend-characters-past-charles-r-stillwell/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/stillwell-charles-r-poultry-farm-1911.jpgStillwell.Charles.R.poultry.farm.1911https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/stillwell-charles-r-eaglebrooklyn-1893-cropped.jpgStillwell.Charles.R.Eagle&Brooklyn.1893.cropped2016-01-14T17:23:40+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/02/26/gravesend-characters-past-the-dog-who-would-not-be-saved/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/gravesend-bay-ice-dog-mine-obverse.jpgGravesend.Bay.ice.dog.MINE.obverse2016-01-14T17:23:14+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/02/19/gravesend-characters-past-richard-lawrence-van-kleek/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/vankleek-richard-lawrence-md-stationery.jpgVanKleek.Richard.Lawrence.MD.stationeryhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/scan0273.jpgSCAN02732016-01-14T17:22:38+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/02/12/gravesend-characters-past-thomas-ferguson/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ferguson-thomas-residence-scan-2012-cropped.jpgFerguson.Thomas.residence.scan.2012.croppedhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ferguson-thomas1-photo.jpgFerguson.Thomas1.photoThomas Ferguson (1845-1903)2016-01-14T17:21:53+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/02/05/gravesend-characters-past-john-l-voorhies/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/voorhies-john-l-anniversary-1887-invitation-new-scan-cropped.jpgVoorhies.John.L.anniversary.1887.invitation.NEW.SCAN.croppedInvitation to the tenth wedding anniversary celebration of John L. and Frances E. (Hicks) Voorhies, 22 November 1887. Frances was the second Mrs. Voorhies; the first -- Ellen Ann (Johnson) Voorhies -- died in 1875. [Collection of Joseph Ditta]https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/voorhies-john-l-anniversary-1887-invitation-copy.jpgVoorhies.John.L.anniversary.1887.invitation - Copyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/scan0266.jpgSCAN0266John L. Voorhies (1832-1898)2023-06-10T03:29:42+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/01/29/gravesend-characters-past-augustus-f-friend/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/friend-augustus-edited.jpgFriend.Augustus.editedAugustus F. Friend (1840-1933)https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/friend-augustus-billhead-1898-cropped.jpgFriend.Augustus.billhead.1898.cropped2016-01-14T17:20:58+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/01/26/a-gravesend-mystery-solved-at-last/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/neck-road-replacements-2012-june.jpgNeck.Road.replacements.2012.Junehttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/neck-road-424_1945-agnes-lake-from-dilliard.jpgNeck.Road.424_1945.Agnes.Lake.from.DilliardThe Agnes Lake House, 424 Gravesend Neck Road from Maud Esther Dilliard's Old Dutch Houses of Brooklyn (1945).https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/saphier-neck-road-img_3105-cropped-edited1.jpgSaphier.Neck.Road.IMG_3105.cropped.edited"Neck Road Farm House, Brooklyn, N.Y., painted by Louis Saphier, July 1942" [Collection of Joseph Ditta]https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/saphier-neck-road-img_3105-cropped-edited.jpgSaphier.Neck.Road.IMG_3105.cropped.editedhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/agnes-lake-house-edited.jpgAgnes.Lake.House .editedUndated view (probably 1920s) by Eugene L. Armbruster of the rear facade of the Agnes Lake House, 420 [or 424] Gravesend Neck Road, Brooklyn. [Collection of the New-York Historical Society.]https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/agnes-lake-house.jpgAgnes.Lake.House2018-04-08T02:53:18+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/01/22/gravesend-characters-past-charles-e-morris/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/morris-charles-tax-billhead-1892-copy2.jpgMorris.Charles.tax.billhead.1892.copy2https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/scan0265.jpgSCAN02652016-01-14T17:20:06+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/01/15/gravesend-characters-past-ebenezer-waters/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image1.jpgimagehttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/image.jpgimage2016-01-14T17:19:27+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/01/08/gravesend-characters-past-gilbert-hicks/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle_mon__mar_9__1903_.jpgThe_Brooklyn_Daily_Eagle_Mon__Mar_9__1903_2016-01-14T17:18:59+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2015/01/01/gravesend-characters-past-abraham-emmens-stillwell/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/stillwell-a-e-billhead-1887-cropped1.jpgStillwell.A.E.billhead.1887.croppedhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/stillwell-a-e-billhead-1887-cropped.jpgStillwell.A.E.billhead.1887.croppedhttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/stillwell-a-e-billhead-1890s.jpgStillwell.A.E.billhead.1890shttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/scan0272.jpgSCAN02722021-10-21T20:39:02+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2014/12/18/an-old-colonial-homestead-born-again-a-peek-inside-lady-moodys-house-1909/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/neck-road-27-interiorembury2-cropped.jpgNeck.Road.27.InteriorEmbury2.croppedThis photograph, from Aymar Embury's 1913 book, "The Dutch Colonial House: Its Origin, Design, Modern Plan and Construction," shows the "living-room of the Lady Moody House, with tile floor and good mantel treatment."https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/neck-road-27-1909-platt-exterior3.jpgNeck.Road.27.1909.Platt.exterior3A less artistic perception might have spoiled this beautiful old Long Island homestead by attempting to remodel rather than to restore it.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/neck-road-27-1909-platt-interior2.jpgNeck.Road.27.1909.Platt.interior2The great oak ceiling beams are 12 x 14 in., and still show the marks of the broadaxe.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/neck-road-27-1909-platt-interior1.jpgNeck.Road.27.1909.Platt.interior1The antique staircase, with its oak treads and mahogany rail and newel posts, was left undisturbed.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/neck-road-27-1909-platt-floorplan-second.jpgNeck.Road.27.1909.Platt.floorplan.secondOn the second floor the only modern touch is the bathroom.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/neck-road-27-1909-platt-floorplan-ground.jpgNeck.Road.27.1909.Platt.floorplan.groundThe Colonial fashion of combining the dining- and sitting-rooms in one large living room gives and effect of spaciousness even to a small house.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/neck-road-27-1909-platt-exterior2.jpgNeck.Road.27.1909.Platt.exterior2https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/neck-road-27-1909-platt-exterior1.jpgNeck.Road.27.1909.Platt.exterior1The Lady Moody Homestead, at Gravesend, L.I.2024-10-28T06:12:35+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2014/05/15/the-mud-gutter-band-2/2017-10-23T15:20:35+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2013/08/26/gravesends-little-chapel-that-could/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle_sun__jan_6__1946_.jpgReverend 12x12 Moves Uphttps://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/luger1966.jpgLuger1966Rev. William George Luger, Kingston (N.Y.) Daily Freeman, Tuesday 15 March 1966, p. 15, col. 2https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/village-road-north-38-chapel-2013-08-25-sunday-anderson.jpgVillage.Road.North.38.chapel.2013.08.25.Sunday.AndersonPhotograph by Lisanne Anderson, Sunday 25 August 2013.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/village-road-north-38-april-1986-chapel-zoom2.jpgVillage.Road.North.38.April.1986.chapel.zoom2Closeup of the chapel behind 38 Village Road North, taken Wednesday 9 April 1986. (Collection of Joseph Ditta)https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/chapel.jpgchapelBrooklyn Eagle, Sunday 6 January 1946, section 2, page 23.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/village-road-north-38-april-1986-chapel.jpgVillage.Road.North.38.April.1986.chapelSide view of 38 Village Road North on Wednesday 9 April 1986. (Collection of Joseph Ditta)2016-01-14T17:15:23+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2012/11/22/thanksgiving-gravesend-style/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/gravesend-cemetery-1905-03-19.jpgGravesend.Cemetery.1905.03.19In the early years of the 20th century, the Gravesend Cemetery was enclosed by a low picket fence, which is just visible in this 1905 view looking west towards Van Sicklen Street. The large house at the center, one of several belonging to the Lake family, stood where Corso Court is today.2016-01-14T17:14:52+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2012/07/17/which-farmhouse-was-it/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/saphier-bob-hope-1945.jpgSaphier.Bob.Hope.1945Louis J. Saphier, portrait of Bob Hope, 1945.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/saphier-neck-road-signature.jpgSaphier.Neck.Road.signatureIdentification on back of painting (Collection of Joseph Ditta)https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/saphier-neck-road-img_3105-cropped.jpgSaphier.Neck.Road.IMG_3105.cropped"Neck Road Farm House, Brooklyn, N.Y., painted by Louis Saphier, July 1942" (Collection of Joseph Ditta)https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/saphier-new-frame.jpgSaphier.new.frame"Neck Road Farm House, Brooklyn, N.Y., painted by Louis Saphier, July 1942" (Collection of Joseph Ditta)2016-01-14T17:13:43+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2011/12/08/christmas-dream/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/bauhan-xmas-1893.jpgBauhan.Xmas.18932016-01-14T17:11:05+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2011/11/24/thanksgiving-basket-for-old-saar/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cedars-19093.jpgCedars.1909https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cedars-19021.jpgCedars.1902https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cedars-1902.jpgCedars.1902Despite the caption on this image from F.A. Busing's "Brooklyn Landmarks" calendar for 1902, "The Cedars" was not in Gravesend Beach, in the western part of town, but between Sheepshead Bay and Gerritsen Beach, in the eastern part of town. (Collection of Joseph Ditta)https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cedars-19092.jpgCedars.1909"On the way to the Cedars at Sheepshead Bay, N.Y." Card postmarked Brooklyn, November 12, 1909. (Collection of Joseph Ditta)https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cedars-19091.jpgCedars.1909"On the way to the Cedars at Sheepshead Bay, N.Y." Card postmarked Brooklyn, November 12, 1909.https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/cedars-1909.jpgCedars.1909"On the way to the Cedars at Sheepshead Bay, N.Y." Card postmarked Brooklyn, November 12, 1909.2016-01-14T17:10:11+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2011/08/01/letter-from-gravesend-1855/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hicks-letter-1855-08-012.jpgHicks.letter.1855.08.01Letter from Gilbert Hicks to Elias Hicks, postmarked Gravesend, 2 August 1855 (Collection of Joseph Ditta)https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hicks-letter-1855-08-011.jpgHicks.letter.1855.08.01Letter from Gilbert Hicks to Elias Hicks, postmarked 2 August 1855https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/hicks-letter-1855-08-01.jpgHicks.letter.1855.08.01Letter from Gilbert Hicks to Elias Hicks, postmarked 2 August 18552016-01-14T17:08:44+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2011/07/25/beating-the-heat-at-gravesend-beach/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/ulmer-park-1894-07-25.jpgUlmer.Park.1894.07.25W.T. Mullen, photo / Outing, Prospect Hill Athletic Cl., Ulmer Park, July 25, 18942016-01-14T17:08:03+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.com/2011/07/13/how-gravesend-celebrated-independence-day-99-years-ago/https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1912-july-4th-medal-reverse-photo1.jpg1912.July.4th.medal.reverse.photoReverse of medal presented to William Faith, winner of the 100-yard dash, Gravesend, 4th July Celebration 1912 (Collection of Joseph Ditta)https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1912-july-4th-medal-obverse-photo1.jpg1912.July.4th.medal.obverse.photoObverse of medal presented to William Faith, winner of the 100-yard dash, Gravesend, 4th July Celebration 1912 (Collection of Joseph Ditta)https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1912-july-4th-medal-reverse-photo.jpg1912.July.4th.medal.reverse.photoMedal presented to William Faith, winner of the 100-yard dash, Gravesend, 4th July Celebration 1912 (reverse)https://gravesendgazette.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/1912-july-4th-medal-obverse-photo.jpg1912.July.4th.medal.obverse.photoMedal presented to William Faith, winner of the 100-yard dash, Gravesend, 4th July Celebration 1912 (obverse)2016-01-14T17:02:12+00:00monthlyhttps://gravesendgazette.comdaily1.02024-10-28T06:12:35+00:00