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East 63rd Street & Avenue U, Brooklyn

22 historical photos taken here between 1881 and 1930, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1881–1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1881; 1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1881–1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1881; 1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1881–1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1881; 1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1922

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1926

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1926

  • Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1926

    Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

    1926

  • Brooklyn: Ave. U - 63rd St. E., 1930

    Brooklyn: Ave. U - 63rd St. E.

    1930

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Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U, 1922

Photo 14 of 22 at East 63rd Street & Avenue U, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 63rd Street (East) - Avenue U

1922

(1) East 63rd Street, east side, between Ave. U, and Strickland Ave.showing the Schenck-Crooke house. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, viewed southward. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same, viewed north west, and showing also a young man feeding the chickens. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (4) The same, Note the outhouse on the right. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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