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81st Street & New Utrecht Avenue, Brooklyn

8 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1931, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 81st Street - New Utrecht Avenue, 1922

    Brooklyn: 81st Street - New Utrecht Avenue

    1922

  • Brooklyn: New Utrecht Avenue - Vreeland Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: New Utrecht Avenue - Vreeland Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Bay 16th Street - New Utrecht Avenue, 1925

    Brooklyn: Bay 16th Street - New Utrecht Avenue

    1925

  • Brooklyn: 81st Street - New Utrecht Avenue, 1925–1931

    Brooklyn: 81st Street - New Utrecht Avenue

    1925; 1931

  • Brooklyn: 81st Street - New Utrecht Avenue, 1925–1931

    Brooklyn: 81st Street - New Utrecht Avenue

    1925; 1931

  • Brooklyn: 81st Street - New Utrecht Avenue, 1925

    Brooklyn: 81st Street - New Utrecht Avenue

    1925

  • Brooklyn: New Utrecht Avenue - 81st Street, 1931

    Brooklyn: New Utrecht Avenue - 81st Street

    1931

  • Transportation - Sleighs., 1931

    Transportation - Sleighs.

    1931

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Brooklyn: Bay 16th Street - New Utrecht Avenue, 1925

Photo 3 of 8 at 81st Street & New Utrecht Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Bay 16th Street - New Utrecht Avenue

1925

Bay 16th Street, east side, south of New Utrecht Ave., showing in the background, the West End Elevated Line of the B.M.T. March 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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