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3rd Avenue & 22nd Street, Brooklyn

9 historical photos taken here between 1940 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street, 1941

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street

    1941

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street, 1941

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street

    1941

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street, 1941

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street

    1941

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Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street, 1940

Photo 2 of 9 at 3rd Avenue & 22nd Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 22nd Street

1940

3rd Avenue, north from 24th to 22nd Streets, showing the buildings on the west side of the avenue and the clearance on the east side, which was created by the tearing down of numerous frame dwellings. Third Avenue is being reconstructed into Brooklyn's northerly extension of the Belt Parkway. October 23, 1940 P. L. Sperr View 2 shows to N.E. corner of Third Avenue and 24th Street, before demolition for the Parkway. View 3 shows the east side of the avenue at 23rd Street, looking north. July 22, 1940 view 2: neg. no. A-953 view 3: neg. no. A-954

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