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Taken from Surf Avenue looking north west. To the east of the main entrance to Luna Park is Kisters Hotel and Restaurant. The building survived numerous fires, and the demise of its famous neighbor, until the 1970's. "For nearly a hundred years, the...
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Photograph copyright Abe Feinstein
Sky Rapids Water Slide site next to the Stillwell Avenue Subway Station
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Thunderbolt Demolition
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Looking south from Surf Avenue
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Trolley car on Surf Avenue
Brooklyn & Queens Transit trolley 2159 on Sea Gate line (Surf Avenue) passing the L.A. Thompson Scenic Railway, which is being rebuilt by the Bonsignore family. Taken from Surf Avenue looking north.
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Stillwell Avenue Subway Station under construction
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Looking south from Surf Avenue
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Interior of Sea Gate Garage, Mermaid Ave. and West 37th St.
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Sea Gate Beach 4, anti-aircraft battery foundations
The two concrete structures in the photograph are World War II era foundations for anti-aircraft batteries. In the 1940's, when the foundations were constructed, the sand level reached nearly to the top of the structures. Beach filling operations in...
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Photograph copyright Abe Feinstein
Stillwell Avenue Subway Entrance
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