I notice that in 1937 there appears to be parking on just one side of the street along the service road for Eastern Parkway. Which means you can have a bus route along the service road.
I've given away a couple of thousand books to churches and charities over the years but have kept a few books even after reading them several times. One of my most treasured books remains Younger's Old Brooklyn In Early Photographs 1865-1929:
One topic I always enjoy is 1800s NYC baseball pics. While I have found many online, I have found very few pics of cricket during that era. Cric was very popular back then with Brooklyn having two teams - one for Brooklyn, the other for East New York. Hopefully, someone will find and post them online soon.
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...most of the pictures on the feed are of Manhattan, but there are occasionally Brooklyn ones. This one popped up there sometime this weekend.
Here is a site that has similar photos for sale, and organized: http://www.brooklynpix.com/
Here is a shot from GAP looking down Eastern Parkway. It was taken in 1900. There are some horse drawn carriages in it.
There seem to have been a few changes in technology and population between 1900 and 1937.
If the route ever comes back, it will likely run on the actual parkway.
The median to the west of Washington is now approximately as wide as the one to the east.
The service roads are now approximately the same width as well.
This app will let you choose an intersection and see what it looked like approximately 100 years ago.
...not all intersections, of course:
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/see-what-the-area-around-you-looked-like-100-years-ago-with-this-new-app-051216