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Dean Street & Schenectady Avenue, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here in 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Schenectady Avenue - Dean Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Schenectady Avenue - Dean Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Dean Street - Schenectady Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Dean Street - Schenectady Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Dean Street - Schenectady Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Dean Street - Schenectady Avenue

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Schenectady Avenue - Dean Street, 1940

Photo 1 of 3 at Dean Street & Schenectady Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Schenectady Avenue - Dean Street

1940

Schenectady Avenue, at the N. W. corner of Dean Street, showing the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church. September 12, 1940 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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