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Buffalo Avenue & Bergen Street, Brooklyn

8 historical photos taken here between 1936 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Buffalo Avenue - Bergen Street, 1936–1940

    Brooklyn: Buffalo Avenue - Bergen Street

    1936; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Buffalo Avenue - Bergen Street, 1936–1940

    Brooklyn: Buffalo Avenue - Bergen Street

    1936; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Buffalo Avenue - Bergen Street, 1936–1940

    Brooklyn: Buffalo Avenue - Bergen Street

    1936; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Buffalo Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Buffalo Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Buffalo Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Buffalo Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Buffalo Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Buffalo Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Buffalo Avenue - Bergen Street, 1941

    Brooklyn: Buffalo Avenue - Bergen Street

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Buffalo Avenue - Bergen Street, 1941

    Brooklyn: Buffalo Avenue - Bergen Street

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Buffalo Avenue - Bergen Street, 1936–1940

Photo 2 of 8 at Buffalo Avenue & Bergen Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Buffalo Avenue - Bergen Street

1936; 1940

Buffalo Avenue, at the S. E. corner of Bergen Street, showing the Buffalo Methodist Espicopal Church. On the left (view 2) is St. Josephs Institute, 113 Buffalo Avenue. May 8, 1936 Views 1,2 View 3: July 13, 1940 P. L. Sperr view 3: Neg. No. A-1039

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