Recognize This Home?
An out-of-town reader writes in: “We are looking to find my adopted grandfather’s history and all we have is a couple of pictures of him in front of his house in Brooklyn. My mother has been searching for years within legal documents to no avail, and I am hoping these images are a clue to…
An out-of-town reader writes in: “We are looking to find my adopted grandfather’s history and all we have is a couple of pictures of him in front of his house in Brooklyn. My mother has been searching for years within legal documents to no avail, and I am hoping these images are a clue to the location. I think the number on top say 335 – but these pictures are from the early 1900’s – so things may have changed a bit. I know you all see A LOT of locations, so I was wondering if this building structure looks like a specific place, or has the housing design of a specific section of Brooklyn?” Can anyone offer any help?
Yeah heather i’m truly freaked. Someone from the miswest hadda german grampa that came thru ellis island and lived in queens. So $&@ing unique on white bread!
Oh, and bensonhurst is not south brooklyn textpert, cg/red hook are.
That’s Queens. Looks like Dartmouth st. Number fits. You’d go to Flushing hosp from there.
will you keep us updated on your findings? maybe you can e-mail brownstoner after you get the tax photo.
what did you think based on what you saw? could this be it? did it have the long bricks between the sets of doors?
this is the 1980’s tax photo for 335 89th street. same stoop, doors, brickwork etc. think this is it?
here is the link to order a tax photo:
http://www.nyc.gov/dorforms/photoform.jsp
i’m pretty confident the 1940 tax photo for 335 89th st will show the house similar to the way it is pictured with your grandfather.
can anyone find an old tax photo of 335 89th street?
where’s MM?
can anyone access tax photos?