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Cropsey Avenue & Bay 26th Street, Brooklyn

6 historical photos taken here between 1900 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 26th Street, 1900

    Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 26th Street

    1900

  • Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 26th Street, 1908

    Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 26th Street

    1908

  • Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 26th Street, 1925

    Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 26th Street

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - 21st Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - 21st Avenue

    1935

  • Coney Island Creek -- East -- West 21st Street -- Cropsey Ave. Bridge -- Brooklyn., 1936

    Coney Island Creek -- East -- West 21st Street -- Cropsey Ave. Bridge -- Brooklyn.

    1936

  • Coney Island Creek -- East -- West 21st Street -- Cropsey Ave. Bridge -- Brooklyn., 1936

    Coney Island Creek -- East -- West 21st Street -- Cropsey Ave. Bridge -- Brooklyn.

    1936

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Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - 21st Avenue, 1935

Photo 4 of 6 at Cropsey Avenue & Bay 26th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - 21st Avenue

1935

2100 Cropsey Ave., (right) at the N.W. corner of Twenty-First Ave., as seen across the tennis courts on the S.W. corner. On the left appear buildings on the east side of Twenty-First Ave., at Cropsey Ave. April 27, 1935. P. L. Sperr.

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