Great Photo Bob
I think we are looking at Atlantic Avenue. The tracks on the North in front of Howard House are the LIRR line to Atlantic and Flatbush Ave. There were two routes to the Rockaways from Here, one being the LIRR and the second being the Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach RR. The elevated would be the Fulton Street El which ran to the Brooklyn Bridge.
The sign on the building on the right in the photo is insteresting advertising I W Harper a distiller offerring Whiskey for Medicinal purposes. Todays scene is quite a bit differrent. The El is still there except those Brooklyn and Rockaway RR trains are now using it as part of the MTAs Canarsie line. Atlantic Ave is elevated here and the LIRR is below grade and the East New York Station is here. Some of the buildings on Atlantic Ave that we see in the photos are still there at this time.
Thanks for posting
