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Bay Ridge Avenue & Colonial Road, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Bay Ridge Avenue - Colonial Road, 1936

    Brooklyn: Bay Ridge Avenue - Colonial Road

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Bay Ridge Avenue - Colonial Road, 1936

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Brooklyn: Bay Ridge Avenue - Colonial Road

1936

139 Bay Ridge Ave (69th Street), north side east of Colonial Road (to the left out of view) December 17, 1936. P.L. Sperr,

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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