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From: "Pat Wood" <>
Subject: Re: [BKLYN] 1850 Wards
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:09:22 -0700
References: <010a01c89a8d$60c0bf50$020ba8c0@BILL><A4201BE0-C15A-41C2-BE0A-634A876FCAA4@brooklyn11211.com>


WSD ... Assuming that it was Grand AVE ... where would the house numbers
start? In later years Grand Av crossed thru several wards.




----- Original Message -----
From: "WSD" <a@brooklyn11211.com>
To: "Bill" <>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: [BKLYN] 1850 Wards


> Is the address from 1850 exactly? And in Brooklyn? If that's the
> case, it might well be Grand Avenue. Grand STREET is in Williamsburg,
> and in 1850, Williamsburg was a separate city. So the exact date and
> context could be important in this case. After 1855 (when Brooklyn
> absorbed WIlliamsburg, Greenpoint and Bushwick), addresses in those
> areas were often denoted "E.D.", which stood for Eastern District.
>
> Ward
>
> On Apr 9, 2008, at 6:02 PM, Bill wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> I'm trying to locate a Ward map for Brooklyn in 1850. I'm
>> looking for 304 Grand. That's how it is listed in the directory so
>> I'm assuming it's Grand St. I suppose it possible that it's grand
>> Ave it's Grand Ave
>>
>> Bill
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