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Brighton Beach Avenue & West 2nd Street, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Brighton Beach Avenue - 2nd Street (West), 1923–1924

    Brooklyn: Brighton Beach Avenue - 2nd Street (West)

    1923; 1924

  • Brooklyn: Brighton Beach Avenue - 2nd Street (West), 1923–1924

    Brooklyn: Brighton Beach Avenue - 2nd Street (West)

    1923; 1924

  • Brooklyn: Brightwater Court - Darby Street, 1929

    Brooklyn: Brightwater Court - Darby Street

    1929

  • Brooklyn: Brighton Beach Avenue - Lakeland Place, 1939

    Brooklyn: Brighton Beach Avenue - Lakeland Place

    1939

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Brooklyn: Brighton Beach Avenue - Lakeland Place, 1939

Photo 4 of 4 at Brighton Beach Avenue & West 2nd Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Brighton Beach Avenue - Lakeland Place

1939

273 Brighton Beach Avenue, north side, between Lakeland Place and East Third Street, showing the Lakeland Theatre, looking east. P. L. Sperr September 3, 1939 Neg # 1809 (8x10 Neg)

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