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Church Avenue & Rockaway Parkway, Brooklyn

20 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1927, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway, 1922

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway, 1922

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway

    1922

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Church Avenue, 1922

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Church Avenue

    1922

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Church Avenue, 1922

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Church Avenue

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway, 1922

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway, 1922

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway, 1923

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway, 1923

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway, 1923

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway, 1923

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway, 1923

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway, 1923

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway, 1925

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway, 1925

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway, 1925

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway, 1925

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway

    1925

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Church Avenue, 1926–1927

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Church Avenue

    1926; 1927

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Church Avenue, 1926–1927

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Church Avenue

    1926; 1927

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Church Avenue, 1926–1927

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Church Avenue

    1926; 1927

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Church Avenue, 1926–1927

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Church Avenue

    1926; 1927

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Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Church Avenue, 1926–1927

Photo 17 of 20 at Church Avenue & Rockaway Parkway, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Church Avenue

1926; 1927

(1) New Lots Road, south side, west of Church Ave., showing the Derick Remsen house. April 1926. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, showing the barn being demolished. It was located at the N.E. corner of Church Ave., and Rockaway Parkway. January 26, 1927. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same, showing the barn, partially demolished, and the house razed. Also seen is the side of the William F. Ryerson house. January 26, 1927. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (4) The same, another view. E.L. Armbruster, the photographer, states that one Van Brunt, who took down this house, intends to move it to a place believed to be Westchester County. January 26, 1927. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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