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18th Avenue & 81st Street, Brooklyn

17 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1932, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street

    1922; 1925

  • Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street, 1922–1932

    Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street

    1922; 1932

  • Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street, 1922–1932

    Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street

    1922; 1932

  • Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street, 1922–1932

    Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street

    1922; 1932

  • Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 81st Street - 18th Street, 1925

    Brooklyn: 81st Street - 18th Street

    1925

  • Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street, 1925–1931

    Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street

    1925; 1931

  • Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street, 1925–1931

    Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street

    1925; 1931

  • Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street, 1931

    Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street

    1931

  • Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street, 1931

    Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street

    1931

  • Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street, 1931

    Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street

    1931

  • Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street, 1931

    Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street

    1931

  • Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street, 1931

    Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street

    1931

  • Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street, 1931

    Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street

    1931

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street, 1922–1932

Photo 5 of 17 at 18th Avenue & 81st Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 18th Avenue - 81st Street

1922; 1932

(1) Eighteenth Ave., east side, from and including 81st to and including 82nd Streets. February 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster collection. (2) Same, showing a view of the house in the summer time. June 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) Same, showing more of 81st Street. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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