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

Photo 4 of 8 at 81st Street & New Utrecht Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 81st Street - New Utrecht Avenue

1925; 1931

(1) 81st Street, north side, east of New Utrecht to Eighteenth Aves. March 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, another angle at a later date. January 11, 1931. P. L. Sperr.

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