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Bergen Street & Rochester Avenue, Brooklyn

18 historical photos taken here between 1925 and 1942, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue, 1925

    Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue

    1940; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Bergen Street, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Bergen Street

    1940; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Bergen Street, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Bergen Street

    1940; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue

    1940; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue

    1940; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Bergen Street, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Bergen Street

    1940; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Bergen Street, 1942

    Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Bergen Street

    1942

  • Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue, 1942

    Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue

    1942

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue, 1940

Photo 11 of 18 at Bergen Street & Rochester Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Rochester Avenue

1940

Bergen Street, north side, east of Rochester Avenue, showing demolition for the Kinsborough Houses. View 3 si east toward Ralph Avenue from near Buffalo Avenue. P. L. Sperr view1: Neg.No. A-996 view2: Neg.No. A-997 view3: Neg.No. A-998 July 13, 1940 Views 1-3

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