I received the following inquiry last week:

I am trying to find a street name and house number map for 1940-1960 for
tiny street in Coney Island section of Brooklyn, NY, USA, Kings County. It
was parallel to W. 5 & W. 6 Streets and perpendicular to Nass Walk. It was
west of W. 5 St. and south of Nass Walk. It was centered at lat: 40.5788879
and lon: -73.9761887. The street no longer exists as it is covered with
newer construction. The house was a small detached home surrounded by a
neighborhood of tall tenements. Please advise me how to
find the information on this older map for my genealogy files. I am trying
to track my relatives who lived at this house and moved on.

In a later e-mail message she said that the street she's looking for is
either Stern Walk or Sands Walk.  We did have a map from the 1960's of
Brooklyn that was fairly detailed but did not show Nass, Stern or Sands
Walk.  Can anyone help her out?

Thanks

Chris Kollen

Chris Kollen
Social Sciences Team
University of Arizona Library
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