A Plot block archive
St. Marks Avenue
Between Vanderbilt Avenue and Carlton Avenue ยท Brooklyn
One Prospect Heights block between Vanderbilt and Carlton.
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houses, each with its own page
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property deeds traced
The timeline
How the block got here.
- 1899Built
The block's brownstones go up
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