6710 Brooks Street

In the 1940 city directory.

At 6710 Brooks Street in 1940, the householder is Henry J Smith, a chauffeur.

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1: person the 1940 directory lists here
Rebuilt in 1983: today, by the City's records

In 1940

The household

Henry J Smitha chauffeur · householderp. 570

Brooks Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

BROOKS

6710Smith H Jp. 19

Names

Smith Henry J chauf h6710 Brooksp. 570

The lines for 6710 Brooks Street in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library. The name section prints h for a householder and r for someone who lives at the address.

The house today

A newer building, dated 1983 by the City, has the address now: the wood-frame building Goad's 1912 map draws here is gone, replaced after the 1940 directory; no building from before 1946 is left on the 6700 block of Brooks Street; next door, 6716 has one the City dates to 1983.

Since 1940

1983Today's building goes up, by the City's record.

From City of Vancouver open data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver): the property tax report (BC Assessment's years, approximate for old buildings), business licences from 1997 (the kind of business only), issued building permits from 2017 and the heritage register.

The 6700 block of Brooks Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 6710 marked — The 6700 block of Brooks Street, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 6710, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map draws two buildings on the lot at 6710; the one the ring marks is wood-frame. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 6700 block in 1940

Brooks Street, Killarney: every door the 1940 directory lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red.

Brooks Street, the 6700 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)

West side, odd numbers

East side, even numbers

Brooks Street, block by block

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6710 Brooks Street, Killarney, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. The building there today dates from 1983, by the City's record.
Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/6710-brooks, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.

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Sources

The 1940 city directory (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each line above links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. The 1912 plate: Goad's Fire Insurance Map, georectified by the City of Vancouver. Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.