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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: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway, 1923

Photo 10 of 20 at Church Avenue & Rockaway Parkway, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Rockaway Parkway

1923

(1) Church Ave., north side, between Rockaway Parkway and East 96th Street, showing the Derick Remsen property, viewed from New Lots Road. May 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, a close up of the house. 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same; another view, as seen from Church Ave. May 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (4) The same; another view, showing the barn facing Church Ave. August 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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