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3rd Avenue & 24th Street, Brooklyn

7 historical photos taken here in 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 24th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 24th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 24th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 24th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 24th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 24th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 24th Street - 3rd Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: 24th Street - 3rd Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 24th Street - 3rd Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: 24th Street - 3rd Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 24th Street - 3rd Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: 24th Street - 3rd Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 24th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 24th Street

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 24th Street - 3rd Avenue, 1940

Photo 5 of 7 at 3rd Avenue & 24th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 24th Street - 3rd Avenue

1940

24th Street, east from Third Avenue. The buildings on both corners were torn down for the widening of Third Avenue which later became a link in the Belt Parkway system of highways. The steeple is that of the Church of Our Lady of Czestochowa. View 1: October 17, 1940 View 2: April 21, 1941 P. L. Sperr

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