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Avenue L & East 96th Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Avenue L - 96th Street (East), 1933

    Brooklyn: Avenue L - 96th Street (East)

    1933

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Brooklyn: Avenue L - 96th Street (East), 1933

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Brooklyn: Avenue L - 96th Street (East)

1933

9605 Ave. L, at the N.E. corner of East 96th Street, showing a 2-family dwelling, between two 1-family buildings. July 6, 1933. P. L. Sperr.

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