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  • Brooklyn: 86th Street - 24th Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: 86th Street - 24th Avenue

    1935

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Brooklyn: 86th Street - 24th Avenue, 1935

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Brooklyn: 86th Street - 24th Avenue

1935

2429-86th Street, north side, between Twenty Fourth and Twenty Fifth Aves. A view of Fire Engine No. 253. At the left, (overhead), is the West End Elevated Line of the B.M.T. April 27, 1935. P. L. Sperr.

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