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Flatbush Avenue & Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn

13 historical photos taken here between 1916 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue, 1916

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue

    1916

  • Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave., 1917

    Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave.

    1917

  • Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave., 1917

    Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave.

    1917

  • Brooklyn: Atlantic Avenue - Flatbush Avenue, 1929

    Brooklyn: Atlantic Avenue - Flatbush Avenue

    1929

  • Brooklyn: Atlantic Avenue - Flatbush Avenue, 1929

    Brooklyn: Atlantic Avenue - Flatbush Avenue

    1929

  • Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave., 1940

    Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave.

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave., 1940

    Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave.

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave., 1940

    Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave.

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue

    Unknown

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue

    Unknown

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue, 1941

Photo 11 of 13 at Flatbush Avenue & Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue

1941

Brooklyn "L" Demolition, Flatbush Ave. from Atlantic Ave. Neg. No. A-519, A-522 P.L. Sperr 11-19-41

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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