Canarsie, Brooklyn – Wikipedia

Ferry service at Canarsie Pier also withered away after the opening of the Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge in 1937, which connected Brooklyn to the Rockaways directly. In 1939, the WPA Guide to New York City mentioned that Canarsie was a “sparsely settled community located on dispiriting flatlands”.

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