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Permits filed in 1885 for a three-story building

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New law tenement, listed in DOB records as five stories

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Constructed as the Bedford Avenue Theater in 1891, renamed Empire Theater in 1893.

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The Hotel Boswyck (later Hotel Andrews) was located at the northeast corner of Bedford Avenue and South 5th Street. The building was demolished as part of the construction of the Williamsburg Bridge and the site is now occupied by a smaller building, constructed circa 1910.

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"Havemeyer & Elder, the sugar refiners, contemplate building a large apartment house on the southeast corner of Quincy Street and Nostrand Avenue.

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"Charles Engert, the builder, will erect 36 two-story frame dwellings with brick basements, all improvements, 18*50 each, on Humboldt Street, both sides, between Driggs and Nassau Avenues, F. J.

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"Charles Engert, the builder, will erect 36 two-story frame dwellings with brick basements, all improvements, 18*50 each, on Humboldt Street, both sides, between Driggs and Nassau Avenues, F. J.

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Congregation Beth Jacob, S.

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One of five neo-Grec brick row houses built by Daniel W.L. Moore, a local builder/developer. Design of the buildings is attributed to Frederick Weber.

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One of five neo-Grec brick row houses built by Daniel W.L. Moore, a local builder/developer. Design of the buildings is attributed to Frederick Weber. Moore lived at 131 Calyer Street when the house was completed.

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Calyer Street in Greenpoint was laid out in 1852. The street was named after Jacobus Calyer (died 1804 or 1766). The Calyer were one of five families who owned and farmed most of Greenpoint in the 18th and early 19th century. According to the Greenpoint Historic District designation report, Calyer Street ran through the northern section of the former Calyer farm. The Calyer farm, constituting about 65 acres, was located in this area until 1848.
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Something got lost in the transcription of the caption for this postcard - St. Carontil, Dupan Street is actually St. Columbkille Church, Dupont Street in Greenpoint (even Eugene Arbruster got the name wrong, but he did get the address right).