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Guess the Location?? I say an 8...
Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Sep 17 22:46:15 2020 Not much to go on here, but give it your best shot!
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Posted by Wakefield-241st Street* on Thu Sep 17 22:48:27 2020, in response to Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Sep 17 22:46:15 2020.* Myrtle and Jay.
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Posted by heypaul* on Thu Sep 17 23:09:47 2020, in response to Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Sep 17 22:46:15 2020.* Franklin Ave & Bergen St
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Posted by BILLBKLYN* on Thu Sep 17 23:39:23 2020, in response to Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Sep 17 22:46:15 2020.* 3rd Ave El, 149th Street
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Posted by randyo* on Fri Sep 18 02:28:31 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by Wakefield-241st Street on Thu Sep 17 22:48:27 2020.* That’s what it looks like to me.
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Posted by Dave* on Fri Sep 18 07:15:17 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu Sep 17 23:39:23 2020.* Agree on the 3rd Ave. El but I don't know the location.
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Posted by JayZeeBMT* on Fri Sep 18 07:19:22 2020, in response to Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Sep 17 22:46:15 2020.* Myrtle and Jay Streets in Brooklyn. The building in the background is 370 Jay Street, the NYCTA headquarters.
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Posted by zac* on Fri Sep 18 09:35:55 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by JayZeeBMT on Fri Sep 18 07:19:22 2020.* my guess too. Downtown Bkln, not the Bronx.
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Posted by Stephen Bauman* on Fri Sep 18 09:51:51 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by JayZeeBMT on Fri Sep 18 07:19:22 2020.* The building in the background is 370 Jay Street, the NYCTA headquarters. 370 Jay St extends from Willoughby St on the south to Johnson St on the north. Johnson St was 1 block south of Myrtle.
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Posted by qveensboro_plaza* on Fri Sep 18 10:11:28 2020, in response to Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Sep 17 22:46:15 2020.* The building in the background is the state Supreme Court on Adams Street (now Brooklyn Bridge Blvd)
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim* on Fri Sep 18 10:34:36 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by Wakefield-241st Street on Thu Sep 17 22:48:27 2020.* Correct!! What gave it away for you??
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim* on Fri Sep 18 10:35:56 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by JayZeeBMT on Fri Sep 18 07:19:22 2020.* Correct. Excellent detective work!!
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim* on Fri Sep 18 10:37:44 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by qveensboro_plaza on Fri Sep 18 10:11:28 2020.* You mean Frank's Burgers & that barber pole was no help??:)
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Posted by JayZeeBMT* on Fri Sep 18 12:14:09 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Sep 18 10:35:56 2020.* Thank you!
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Posted by qveensboro_plaza* on Fri Sep 18 16:03:27 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Sep 18 10:37:44 2020.* Actually, I remember there was a hardware store at the corner of Myrtle and Jay, but never noticed the barber shop and burger/franks place.
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Posted by jan k. lorenzen* on Fri Sep 18 19:40:30 2020, in response to Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Thu Sep 17 22:46:15 2020.* South sidewalk at Myrtle and Jay during deconstruction of the el. Used to get off the replacement B54 bus across the street before everything else around got torn down in the 90's.
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Posted by jan k. lorenzen* on Fri Sep 18 19:43:03 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by qveensboro_plaza on Fri Sep 18 16:03:27 2020.* Sid's Hardware.
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Posted by qveensboro_plaza* on Fri Sep 18 20:40:46 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by jan k. lorenzen on Fri Sep 18 19:43:03 2020.* Yes - that was it!
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Posted by VictorM* on Fri Sep 18 21:18:03 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by Stephen Bauman on Fri Sep 18 09:51:51 2020.* According to this map Johnson St was one block north of Myrtle:
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Posted by Spider-Pig* on Fri Sep 18 21:31:12 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by VictorM on Fri Sep 18 21:18:03 2020.* Those streets still exist at Jay, although Myrtle is a pedestrian walkway. The building isn’t 370 Jay, it’s 360 Adams, the Kings County Supreme Court.
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Posted by Spider-Pig* on Fri Sep 18 21:33:31 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by qveensboro_plaza on Fri Sep 18 10:11:28 2020.* I see you already posted the correction about the building.
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Posted by Wakefield-241st Street* on Fri Sep 18 22:07:59 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Fri Sep 18 10:34:36 2020.* A lot gave it away and turned that 8 into a 1. The permanently closed terminal at a T intersection and the 1960s era No Parking Anytime sign. Only one location was left that had both, post 1969 on the Myrtle Ave el at Myrtle and Jay
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Posted by W.B.* on Sat Sep 19 12:40:43 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by Wakefield-241st Street on Fri Sep 18 22:07:59 2020.* The building, also.
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Posted by randyo* on Sun Sep 20 01:12:28 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by qveensboro_plaza on Fri Sep 18 20:40:46 2020.* Those of us TA employees who worked at 370 Jay shopped at Sid’s often.
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Posted by randyo* on Sun Sep 20 01:15:09 2020, in response to Re: Guess the Location?? I say an 8..., posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Sep 18 21:31:12 2020.* I believe it was mentioned in another post. 370 Jay would be on the left just outside the view of the photo.
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