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Church Avenue & East 53rd Street, Brooklyn

12 historical photos taken here between 1890 and 1931, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East), 1890–1924

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East)

    1890; 1924

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East), 1890–1924

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East)

    1890; 1924

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East), 1890–1924

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East)

    1890; 1924

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East), 1923

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East)

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East), 1923

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East)

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East), 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East)

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East), 1923

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East)

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East), 1923

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East)

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East), 1923

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East)

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East), 1927

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East)

    1927

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East), 1927

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East)

    1927

  • Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Church Avenue, 1931

    Brooklyn: 53rd Street (East) - Church Avenue

    1931

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East), 1927

Photo 10 of 12 at Church Avenue & East 53rd Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 53rd Street (East)

1927

(1) Church Ave., at the N.W. corner of East 53rd Street. (Church Ave., is in the foreground, with the trolley tracks). The person who took the picture states it was the home of John Schenck. The maps of 1890, show it to be the estate of George Schenck, which contained five square blocks in this area. The house was razed in 1927. September 1927. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, showing building in the process of demolition. September 1927. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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