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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: Bergen Street - Buffalo Avenue, 1940

Photo 5 of 8 at Buffalo Avenue & Bergen Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Bergen Street - Buffalo Avenue

1940

Bergen Street, at Buffalo Avenue, showing extensive demolition for the Kingsborough Houses. View 1 shows Bergen Street; View 2 Buffalo Avenue. P. L. Sperr July 13, 1940 View 1: Neg. no. A-1007 View 2: Neg. No A-1008

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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