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Cropsey Avenue & Bay 17th Street, Brooklyn

9 historical photos taken here between 1925 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th Street, 1925–1928

    Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th Street

    1925; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th Street, 1925–1928

    Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th Street

    1925; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th Street, 1925–1928

    Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th Street

    1925; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th Street, 1931

    Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th Street

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th Street, 1935

    Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th Street

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th Street, 1935

    Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th Street

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th Street, 1935

    Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th Street

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th Street, 1935

    Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th Street

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th and 18th Streets., 1936

    Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th and 18th Streets.

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th Street, 1935

Photo 6 of 9 at Cropsey Avenue & Bay 17th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 17th Street

1935

Cropsey Ave., south side, between Bay 17 and Bay 19 Streets. A view of the gate house to the summer home of the N.Y. Children's Aid Society. April 27, 1935. P. L. Sperr. ASSUMING STREET TO BE EAST AND WEST.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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