THE EASTERN DISTRICT of BROOKLYN



V..Streets



VAN BUREN STREET

A SCHENCK House, was located near Sumner Avenue.
R. P. and C. H. McCULLY, surgical instruments, #327.

Waldorf storage warehouses, #552.
 
The frame edifice of, St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church, stood in 1866, on Van Buren Street.
 
The Brooklyn Silk Company, was located at #323 Van Buren Street.
 
Richard L'HOMMEDIEU, resided about 1872, and for many years, at #513.


VARET STREET

Named for Lewis F. VARETTE, who was a land speculator in this neighborhood. 

Varet Street was opened in 1853.

Negro Row, was located on Varet Street. 

Emil BRIELMANN'S, Kindling Wood Factory, established in the 1860's, at #57-63.
In 1890, his lumber place, at #46, 
At #57, he had a wood working plant. 
 
REISS & ROHT, paints, #85.
M. ROCKEL, printer, #9.
 
The Charles GOMER House, at Varet Street, corner of Manhattan Avenue, was built in 1875. 

Theodore MEYER, turner, #61.
MAURER Brothers, soda water manufacturer, #87. 
G. C. LISZKA, varnish maker, #215 
NIELAND & BRAMER, wheelwrights, #250.


VARICK AVENUE

MOUNTER & DUMPROFF, stone dealers, #21.


VERNON AVENUE

Formerly Witherspoon Street. 

Named for John WITHERSPOON, a Signer of the Declaration of Independence.

John GUMPERT'S, livery stables, #80. 
Ferdinand MUENCH'S Brewery, #277 to 283 Vernon Avenue, between Sumner & Lewis Avenues.



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