7places
8businesses
1842oldest
0still open
8gone
3with photos
Brooklyn on When It Was is 7 addresses and the 8 businesses that have occupied them, the oldest from 1842. None of them are still open; 8 are gone, and 6 of the buildings themselves have been demolished. Every entry below opens a page with the full history of that address, and the map lets you slide the year and watch the city change.
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Brooklyn, decade by decade
- 1840s
- 1860s
- 1890s
- 1900s
- 1910s
- 1920s
- 1960s
- 1970s
Still here, and gone
Gone (8)
- Astroland 1962–2008
- Abraham & Straus 1865–1995
- 2001 Odyssey Disco 1975–1995
- RKO Albee Theatre 1925–1978
- F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company 1842–1976
- Steeplechase Park 1897–1964
- Ebbets Field 1913–1957
- Luna Park 1903–1944
By kind of place
Amusement Park (3)
Luna Park · Astroland · Steeplechase Park
Stadium (1)
Theater (1)
Department Store (1)
Nightclub (1)
Brewery (1)
Every place in Brooklyn (7)
- 2001 Odyssey Disco 802 64th Street · 1975–1995
- Abraham & Straus 422 Fulton Street · 1865–1995
- Astroland Surf Avenue · 1962–2008 · 2 businesses
- Ebbets Field 55 Sullivan Place · 1913–1957
- F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company 430 Kent Avenue · 1842–1976
- Luna Park Surf Avenue · 1903–1944
- RKO Albee Theatre 1 DeKalb Avenue · 1925–1978
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