Victorian Flatbush

As early twentieth century New York crawled out from the remains of the Gilded Age, the gentry of noisy, polluted Manhattan longed for "a place in the country," as it were. Peaceful and isolated, yet conveniently located near a train for easy access to their banks and offices on weekdays. As a result, farmland in central Brooklyn was bought up and fitted with stately Victorian mansions. Today it would take quite a stretch of the imagination to consider Flatbush countryside, but many of the houses still remain in designated historical districts. The following photos were taken on Albemarle Road in the area known as Prospect Park South.