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23rd Street & 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here in 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 23rd Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 23rd Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 23rd Street - 3rd Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: 23rd Street - 3rd Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 23rd Street - 3rd Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: 23rd Street - 3rd Avenue

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 23rd Street - 3rd Avenue, 1940

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Brooklyn: 23rd Street - 3rd Avenue

1940

23rd Street, east from Third Avenue, showing clearances just east of the avenue, where Gowanus Parkway, a part of the Belt Parkway road system, will be constructed. The houses are on the north side of the street. October 17, 1940 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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