Built in 1877 following the arrival of many German immigrants to the area

From the NY Times:

"The Thomas Jefferson Democratic Club once ruled southern Brooklyn as its fiefdom. The club’s boss, Meade Esposito, his teeth clenching a cigar, dined with mayors in Canarsie basements and at Gravesend diners, and he cut deals that sealed elections and made and broke political careers. The club made judges, controlled school and community boards, and handed out thousands of jobs to loyal party soldiers."

Part of the Junction streetscape project taking shape around the intersection of Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues in Brooklyn

Built in 1879

Established in 1839 as the Methodist Protestant Church of Canarsie, and later known as Grace Church, this is the oldest congregation in Canarsie, although it's not clear exactly when the present structure was built.

This plaque outside Canarsie's PS 115 looks identical to those found along Eastern Parkway. Planting trees in honor of fallen soldiers seems to have been a popular practice in the years following World War I.

This is the city's last seltzer factory, where a century-old carbonator is still doing its best Jesus impersonation: turning chilled, triple-filtered New York City tap water into "the poor man's champagne". The bubbly beverage is delivered to customers in thick glass siphon bottles (most of them made in Czechoslovakia during the middle of the last century) at a pressure of 60 pounds per square inch. Comparing his supremely fizzy product to "that dreck you buy in the supermarket", Kenny Gomberg says: "Good seltzer should hurt. It’s the truth."