Look Back: Turn of Century Bedford Stuyvesant

Here’s a photo from 1897 of the view from the stoop of 340 Gates Avenue in Bedford Stuyvesant looking towards Bedford Avenue. We’re a little surprised that the iron fence is not a little more ornate. It looks like the fence one house over might be made of wood, doesn’t it?
Bedford Stuyvesant [Brooklynpix.com] GMAP
May 21, 2012 | 02:16 PM