a little coffee shop at the corner of Court and Schermerhorn Streets, Brooklyn” (Lovecraft Remembered<\/em>, p.188)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I may have found a picture of this cafe, titled “Schermerhorn Street looking north to Court Street, 1928” From Brooklypix<\/a>…<\/p>\n Looking at the other available views of Schermerhorn\/Court, it seems there were no other corner cafes there in the 1920s. The “Scotch Bakery and Lunch Room” can be seen on the right of the picture, and there is also a sculptural sign for it on the right-hand lamp post.<\/p>\n At the corner cafe Lovecraft and the gang would sup a 1 a.m. coffee and peruse the early morning editions of the New York newspapers, often before setting out for a long night walk. …<\/p>\n This essay has been replaced by the essay in my new book of revised, expanded, and footnoted versions of my recent Tentaclii essays, Lovecraft in Historical Context: fifth collection<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n Rheinhart Kleiner opened his memoir of Lovecraft, “Bards and Bibliophiles”, in… a little coffee shop at the corner of Court …<\/p>\n![\"Brooklyn_Scotch_Bakery_court_schermerhorn_1928\"](\"http:\/\/www.brooklynpix.com\/photoframex1.php?photo=\/photo1\/D\/downtown68.jpg&key=DOWNTOWN%2068\")
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