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Bay 22nd Street & Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn

7 historical photos taken here in 1935, oldest first.

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  • Gravesend Bay - Brooklyn - 21st Street., 1935

    Gravesend Bay - Brooklyn - 21st Street.

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Bay 22nd Street - Cropsey Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: Bay 22nd Street - Cropsey Avenue

    1935

  • Gravesend Bay - Brooklyn - 21st Street., 1935

    Gravesend Bay - Brooklyn - 21st Street.

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Bay 22nd Street - Cropsey Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: Bay 22nd Street - Cropsey Avenue

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Bay 22nd Street - Cropsey Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: Bay 22nd Street - Cropsey Avenue

    1935

  • Gravesend Bay - Brooklyn - 21st Street., 1935

    Gravesend Bay - Brooklyn - 21st Street.

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Bay 22nd Street - Cropsey Avenue

    Brooklyn: Bay 22nd Street - Cropsey Avenue

    Unknown

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Gravesend Bay - Brooklyn - 21st Street., 1935

Photo 6 of 7 at Bay 22nd Street & Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn

Gravesend Bay - Brooklyn - 21st Street.

1935

Gravesend Bay, at the foot of 21st Ave., showing a break water encircling a portion of the Bay, that will eventually be filled in and have Warehouse Ave., extended thereon. View 1, shows homes numbered 1916-1962 on Cropsey Ave. at the present shore line. Shortly they will be two blocks inland. Nos. 2 and 3 are westward and show the encircling stone barrier. April 27, 1935. P. L. Sperr.

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