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Emmons Avenue & East 22nd Street, Brooklyn

9 historical photos taken here between 1933 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - 22nd Street (East), 1933

    Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - 22nd Street (East)

    1933

  • Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn - [Columbia operating between Sheepshead and Jacob Riis Park, Queens.], 1933–1937

    Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn - [Columbia operating between Sheepshead and Jacob Riis Park, Queens.]

    1933; 1937

  • Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn - [Columbia operating between Sheepshead and Jacob Riis Park, Queens.], 1933–1937

    Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn - [Columbia operating between Sheepshead and Jacob Riis Park, Queens.]

    1933; 1937

  • Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - 22nd Street (East), 1933

    Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - 22nd Street (East)

    1933

  • Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn - [Columbia operating between Sheepshead and Jacob Riis Park, Queens.], 1933–1937

    Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn - [Columbia operating between Sheepshead and Jacob Riis Park, Queens.]

    1933; 1937

  • Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn., 1940

    Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn.

    1940

  • Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn., 1940

    Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn.

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - 22nd Street (East), 1940

    Brooklyn: Emmons Avenue - 22nd Street (East)

    1940

  • Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn., 1940

    Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn.

    1940

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Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn., 1940

Photo 9 of 9 at Emmons Avenue & East 22nd Street, Brooklyn

Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn.

1940

Sheepshead Bay (Brooklyn): The dock of the Rockaway Transportation Company at Emmons Avenue and East 21st Street. Shown too are the ferryboats "Uncle Sam," and "C. Washington Calyer." View 3 shows the entrance to the dock, No. 2016 Emmons Avenue. June 13, 1940 Views 1,2,3

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