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It’s on the corner of Herkimer st. and Sackman st. :
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.677271,-73.9062757,3a,75y,6.58h,89.73t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sN3mjTrVjYR7kP5V0Fgf7bQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
Hey Pitkin, where is this one located? (the picture brownstoner posted?)
There’s a few still standing:
Here’s one on Jerome st. between Atlantic ave and Fulton St.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6783477,-73.8880331,3a,75y,44.78h,91.1t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shBUTX4FJYoVVqZJnWVqj4w!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Here’s another one block over on Barbey st. between Atlantic and Fulton:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6778897,-73.8888394,3a,75y,68.76h,87.09t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sEV-vufDJF1MxGl9j0H9OdA!2e0!5s20071101T000000!7i3328!8i1664
This one is on Schenck ave. near Jamaica ave.
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6808122,-73.8905169,3a,75y,74.36h,87.98t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1smR_YzSUHbQhPdgBByzByMQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
This one is on Sunnyside ave. near Highland Park:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6824536,-73.8902577,3a,75y,318.39h,89.81t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYV00GU1H83OABp9UgI5BuQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
Others like these have been renovated and are almost unrecognizable:
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6804057,-73.8876311,3a,75y,219.58h,86.55t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1slloauUaKeCcFihso-DIS0g!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
https://www.google.com/maps/@40.6823332,-73.8871915,3a,75y,247.99h,85.22t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sTlfHuFf5g2EktUDv0FozpA!2e0!7i13312!8i6656