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Court Street & Garnet Street, Brooklyn

14 historical photos taken here between 1939 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Court Street - Garnet Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Court Street - Garnet Street

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Court Street - Garnet Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Court Street - Garnet Street

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Court Street - Garnet Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Court Street - Garnet Street

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Garnet Street - Court Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Garnet Street - Court Street

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Garnet Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Garnet Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Mill Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Mill Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Mill Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Mill Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Garnet Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Garnet Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Court Street - Garnet Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Court Street - Garnet Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Garnet Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Garnet Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Garnet Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Garnet Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Court Street - Garnet Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Court Street - Garnet Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Court Street - Garnet Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Court Street - Garnet Street

    1940

  • Hamilton Avenue at Garnet Street, to , Brooklyn, 1941-11-15

    Hamilton Avenue at Garnet Street, to , Brooklyn

    1941-11-15

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Garnet Street, 1940

Photo 5 of 14 at Court Street & Garnet Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Garnet Street

1940

Hamilton Avenue, north from Garnet Street. All the buildings are being demolished and the avenue will be reconstructed as the northerly extension of the Belt Parkway. See "The New York Times," June 27, 1940, p.4. April 9, 1939 P. L. Sperr (2) The clearance at the N. E. corner of Hamilton Avenue and Garnet Street. October 23, 1940 P. L. Sperr

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