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Posted by subfan on Fri May 4 16:27:08 2001, in response to Re: Where Do You Say You Live?,
posted by Paul Matus on Fri May 4 16:10:41 2001.
Paul,
I lived on East 19th too, near Avenue L - everyone there used to call it Flatbush when I was younger (1970's), but started referring to it as Midwood some time in the 1980's, probably to distinguish it from the areas near Church Avenue, which were preceived as not as desirable any more (no offence intended to anyone). It was interesting; there was one older gentleman on the block who had lived there since the late 1890's who had pictures of the block when it was a watermelon field.
BTW, Elm Avenue is still there, at least in part - it runs from Coney Island Ave. to Avenue M between East 15 and East 16 - right at the Brighton line, then picks up again to run from East 17 to East 18. It is one of several remnants of the old Midwood street system that can be seen in the area.
subfan
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