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20th Street & 5th Avenue, Brooklyn

12 historical photos taken here between 1910 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue, 1910

    Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue

    1910

  • Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue, 1910

    Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue

    1910

  • Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue, 1920

    Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue

    1920

  • Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue, 1920

    Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue

    1920

  • Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue, 1926

    Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue

    1926

  • Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue, 1926

    Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue

    1926

  • Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue, 1926

    Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue

    1926

  • Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue, 1926

    Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue

    1926

  • Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue, 1926

    Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue

    1926

  • Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue, 1926

    Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue

    1926

  • Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn Fifth Avenue --NW corner--20th Street, 1941-11-05

    Brooklyn Fifth Avenue --NW corner--20th Street

    1941-11-05

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue, 1926

Photo 7 of 12 at 20th Street & 5th Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 20th Street - 5th Avenue

1926

Greenwood Cemetery, from 20th Street on the north, to 37th Street on the south, and from Fifth Ave., on the west, to Fort Hamilton and Mc Donald Aves., on the east. This view is in a south westerly direction, and shows in the background, lower New York Bay. June 1926. Brown Brothers.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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