Welcome To Our Lady of Loreto
Photos From The Past
If you have any photos of Our Lady Of Loretto or any of the stores or
landmarks from the old neighborhood, please send me the photos and
I will add them to this page.
Please visit the Photos Wanted page.
The Knish Man
Ruby Oshinsky
Born January 3, 1917
Died October 9, 1987
The best homemade Knishes in the world
Landmarks
The original Carlucci's Restaurant
1845 Eastern Parkway
1950 thru 1977
Owners of Carlucci's
Anthony V. Bilardi & Elvera Bilardi
Son Carl is on the left
Pacific St. & Sackman St.
Molinari Funeral Home on the left, Loretto on the right.
Pacific St. & Junius St.
Our Lady of Loretto School
Our Lady of Loretto School
Demolition in progress
Photo taken May 29, 2007
The Remains of Loretto School
Our Lady of Loretto Church, Rectory and Convent
Pacific St. & Sackman St.
Former site of Zollo's Luncheonette
Original Matchbook From Tex's Restaurant
2352 Atlantic ave.
Atlantic Ave & Eastern Pkwy. Photo taken in 1940
Before the construction of the Atlantic Ave Viaduct.
Atlantic Ave. & Eastern Parkway 1954
Looking West towards Rockaway Ave.
Current photo of Atlantic Ave & Eastern Pkwy
Molinari Funeral Home
Miranda Beer Distributors
2451 Dean St.
Rossi Pharmacy
1906 Eastern Pkwy
2416 - 2414 - 2412 Pacific St.
2408 - 2406 - 2404 Pacific St.
138 Sackman St.
The Italian American Civil Rights League
Our Lady of Loreto
Powell St. off Liberty Ave.
1896 - 1908
Atlantic Ave. & Sackman St. 1930
Giorgianni Pharmacy 1942
2272 Pacific St. off Easterm Pkway
Highland Park
Indian Bridge, Highland Park
East New York Ave. & Stone Ave. 1954
Before the construction of the Howard Houses
House of the Good Shepherd
Hopkinson Ave. & Pacific St.
Stone Ave. & Sumpter St. 1941
Monaco Pl. & Herkimer St. 1936
Callahan & Kelly Park
Bounded by Fulton St. & Truxton St.
Van Sinderen Ave. & Eastern Pkwy.
The park was named after two local soldiers who died
in World War 1. William E. Callahan and Edward E. Kelly
In 1941 the Fulton St. elevated railway was demolish.
Monaco Pl. & Atlantic Ave. 1940
Lutheran Hospital and Dispensary, 1940
East New York Ave. and Junius Street.
Diana Coal Oil
Atlantic Ave. & Conduit Blvd
Atlantic Ave. & Conduit Blvd
1955 -1981
Recently demolished
East New York Ave. & Pacific St. (Near Junius St.)
The present entrance of the LIRR
East New York station Jamaica-bound
Atlantic Ave & Van Siclen Ave.
LIRR Ticket Window Under East New York Station
Atlantic Ave. Viaduct
LIRR East New York Station
Atlantic Ave & Van Siclen Ave.
Yellow Auto Supplies
2533 Atlantic Ave. off Williams Ave
PS 155
1355 Herkimer Street
Under Construction in 1908
Current Photo
PS 155
1355 Herkimer Street
Howard Ave. & Eastern Pkwy.
White Castle
Atlantic Ave & Highland PL.
Opened in 1955
Loew's Pitkin Theatre
Pitkin Ave & Legion Street
Pitkin Ave & Legion Street
Sackman St & Pitkin Ave. 1965
Pitkin Ave. & Christopher Ave. 1964
The Kishke King
1711 Pitkin Ave.
Pietro LaBarbera Grocery (Mid 1930)
177 Rockaway Ave.
Ariola Bakery
143 Rockaway Ave.
Between Herkimer & Fulton St.
Mrs Maxwell's Bakery
1930 Photo of Atlantic Ave. looking East from Wiliams Ave.
NYPD 73rd Pct Police Car
1968 Plymouth Fury
The 73rd Pct
East New York Ave. & Rockaway Ave.
Brownsville Boys Club
Stone Ave. & Liberty Ave.
Pitkin Ave. & Rockaway Ave. 1965
St. Michael's School
237 Jerome St. Off Liberty Ave.
237 Jerome St. Off Liberty Ave.
St. Michael's Chapel
Piel's Brewery Delivery Truck
315 Liberty Avenue
Founded in 1883 by the Piel brothers
Our Lady of Lourdes
DeSales Pl.
Brownsville Fire Station
107 Watkins Street
Aerial photo of Betsy Head Pool
Bounded by Livonia, Dumont,
Bounded by Livonia, Dumont,
Hopkinson and Blake Aves
East New York Savings Bank
Stone Ave. & Pitkin Ave.
Rare 1923 Photo of Atlantic Ave. looking West from Sackman St.
Brownsville Public library
61 Glenmore Ave
61 Glenmore Ave
East New York Ave. Underpass
Our Lady of Loretto in the backround
In 1943 Atlantic Ave. was elevated above the LIRR East New York Station.
H. Fox & Co. Inc.
416 Thatford Ave.
Makers of U-bet syrup
Sackman St & Glenmore Ave.
BMT "L" Line
Atlantic Ave. Station
Russian Orthodox Church
Pennsylvania and Glenmore Ave.
St Clements Church
Liberty Ave. & Pennsylvania Ave.
Sackman St & Herkimer St.
Broadway Junction Subway Station
Fulton St. & Van Sinderen Ave.
William H. Maxwell High School
145 Pennsylvania Avenue
ENY Bus Depot
Jamicia Ave. & Alabama Ave.
YMCA
570 Jamaica Avenue
ENY Savings Bank 1938
Pennsylvania and Atlantic Ave.
Coney Island Joe's Hot Dogs
Linden Blvd & Stone Ave.
Franklin k Lane High School
Fulton St. & Rockaway Ave. 1942
TSS Store on Linden Blvd.
Harry Houdini's Gravesite (With Bust)
Machpelah Cemetery, Cypress Hills. NY
The original bust was stolen in 1975
Replaced and stolen again in 1983
The Men of the Pacific Street Social Club.
This is a Must Have book with great authentic
Italian recipes and neighborhood memorabilia.
Did you know???
East New York was developed by John R. Pitkin. A Connecticut
merchant who visualized it as a great city rivaling New York.
John R. Pitkin bought a large plot of land in 1835 as a speculative
venture, and named it "East New York" under the belief that this
would become the eastern edge of the great city. The scheme failed
during the depression of 1837, but the name stuck and East New York was born.
By the 1930s, the residents were chiefly Italians, Jewish, Germans, and Russians
who moved in from Brownsville, Bushwick, and other nearby crowded localities.
merchant who visualized it as a great city rivaling New York.
John R. Pitkin bought a large plot of land in 1835 as a speculative
venture, and named it "East New York" under the belief that this
would become the eastern edge of the great city. The scheme failed
during the depression of 1837, but the name stuck and East New York was born.
By the 1930s, the residents were chiefly Italians, Jewish, Germans, and Russians
who moved in from Brownsville, Bushwick, and other nearby crowded localities.
Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY
Eastern Parkway was the world's first six-lane highway.
It was completed in 1874
Outside The Neighborhood
Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY
Bedford Avenue is the longest street in Brooklyn. Stretching 10.2 miles
and 132 blocks from Greenpoint south to Sheepshead Bay.
Paramount Theater
DeKalb and Flatbush Ave
Junior's Restaurant
DeKalb and Flatbush Ave
The best cheesecake in New York
Freedomland Amusement Park
Freedomland was a short-lived amusement
park in the Baychester area of The Bronx.
park in the Baychester area of The Bronx.
Opened June 19, 1960. It closed in the 1964
season when it failed to make a profit.
Co-op city now stands in it's place.
The Freedomland Jingle
Mommy and Daddy take my hand......
take me out to Freedomland
Lundy Brothers Seafood Restaurant
Emmons Ave. 1946
Sunrise Drive-In Theater
Sunrise Hwy, Valley Stream, NY
Opened in 1938
Williamsburg Savings Bank
1 Hanson Pl. Brooklyn, NY
Tallest building in Brooklyn
The New York Daily Mirror
Published in 1938
In 1938 the cost was 2cents
Empire Roller Rink
200 Empire Blvd
Utica Joe's Hot dog stand
Farragut Rd and Utica Ave
Truck Ride
The Whip
Truck Ride
Half Moon
Idlewild Airport
The airport was renamed John F. Kennedy
International Airport in 1963, one month after
the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Rockaway Playland
Rockaway Beach, NY
Opened in 1901 - Closed in 1986
Chocolate Egg Cream
The Egg Cream was created in
1890 by a Brooklyn candy shop
owner name Louis Auster
The Elmhurst Gas Tanks
Built in 1910 and 1921
Recently demolished in 2001
St. Anthony's Hospital
89-15 Woodhaven Blvd.
Silvercup Bread
34-02 Starr Ave. in Long Island City
Palisades Amusement Park was located
in Cliffside Park and Fort Lee, NJ.
Opened 1898 - Closed 1971
Bungalow Bar Ice Cream
21 Garfield Pl. Brooklyn
Birthplace of Al Capone
Domino Sugar
Kent Avenue off South 1st Street.
Floyd Bennett Field
New York City's first Municipal Airport
Opened in 1931
Doo Wop
With Wolfman Jack
Born in Brooklyn, NY
Jan. 1938 - July 1995
Wolfman's real name
Robert Smith
New York
New York received it's name in 1665 after the English seized it from the Dutch
and renamed it in honor of James, the Duke of York and brother of King Charles II.
New York achieved statehood in 1788, as the 11th State in the United States of America.
More photos coming soon
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Dominick Mondelli (Donny)