highland park clubhouse

One hundred years ago today … the Chat was reporting about successful plans to build a clubhouse at Highland Park, situated along the Brooklyn-Queens border.

The Chat, 4 December, 1920, p.1. Newspapers.com.

The Chat, 4 December, 1920, p.1. Newspapers.com.



Here’s a view of Highland Park in “about 1920.” showing the south side of Jamaica Avenue between Linwwod and Warwick Streets.

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Brooklyn: Highland Park." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1920.

Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Brooklyn: Highland Park." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1920.

–Jonathan Goldman, December 4, 1920


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