Imagine it's 1855! The streets of what would become Carroll Gardens are already laid out. Developers are coming in and are building brownstones, a few here and a few there. But mostly, the blocks still look empty.
These maps were made by a William Perris, cartographer. Their purpose? For fire insurance. A neat document, don't you think, dear reader?
Click on the individual map to get a larger image. The little pink boxes are the already built brownstones.
These images are from a great Brooklyn-Genealogy site. There are are lot more of these maps covering Downtown Brooklyn. To visit site, click here !
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