Historical photos of Brooklyn

8,197 photos taken at 2,152 places across Brooklyn. Find a place by name, or start with the most photographed.

Places A to Z

Most photographed places

  1. Surf Ave & 19th St. W (156 photos)
  2. Front Street & Flint Street (141 photos)
  3. Plumb Island (74 photos)
  4. Prospect Park (62 photos)
  5. Barren Island (61 photos)
  6. New Dock Street & Water Street (53 photos)
  7. Montague Street & Court Street (49 photos)
  8. Coney Island beach (45 photos)
  9. Kings Highway & Farragut Road (44 photos)
  10. Tillary St & Fulton St (38 photos)
  11. Flatbush Avenue & Chester Court (36 photos)
  12. Schermerhorn Street & 3rd Avenue (36 photos)
  13. Willow St & Clark St (35 photos)
  14. 84th Street & New Utrecht Avenue (32 photos)
  15. East 40th Street & Kings Highway (32 photos)
  16. Emmons Avenue & Sheepshead Bay Road (32 photos)
  17. Flatbush Avenue & Westbury Court (32 photos)
  18. Shore Boulevard & Emmons Avenue (30 photos)
  19. Ave. U & Van Sicklen St (29 photos)
  20. Meeker Avenue & Schurz Avenue (29 photos)
  21. Surf Ave & 12th St. W (29 photos)
  22. 3rd Avenue & Prospect Avenue (28 photos)
  23. Flatbush Avenue & Kings Highway (28 photos)
  24. Hamilton Avenue & Clinton Street (28 photos)
  25. Henry Street & Cranberry Street (28 photos)
  26. Surf Avenue & West 8th Street (28 photos)
  27. Ave. V & 73rd St. E (27 photos)
  28. Brighton Beach Avenue & Coney Island Avenue (26 photos)
  29. Kings Highway & Avenue D (26 photos)
  30. Shore Boulevard & West End Avenue (26 photos)

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