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Flatbush Avenue & Caton Avenue, Brooklyn

7 historical photos taken here between 1910 and 1929, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Caton Avenue, 1910

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Caton Avenue

    1910

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Caton Avenue, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Caton Avenue

    1922; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Caton Avenue, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Caton Avenue

    1922; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Caton Avenue, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Caton Avenue

    1922; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Caton Avenue, 1928

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Caton Avenue

    1928

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Caton Avenue, 1929

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Caton Avenue

    1929

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Caton Avenue, 1929

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Caton Avenue

    1929

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Caton Avenue, 1922–1925

Photo 4 of 7 at Flatbush Avenue & Caton Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Caton Avenue

1922; 1925

(1) Flatbush Ave., east side, at the foot of Caton Ave. In the left foreground is a trolley right of way swinging in to Flatbush Ave. The turret top building in background was razed in July 1929. The building at right facing on Flatbush Ave was razed in 1930 and Caton Ave. extended. It was the home of W. Stootkoff; in 1891 was the property of Schoomaker; in 1924 John Reis was owner. It housed the Kings County Rural Gazette in 1873. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, showing Nos. 805-815 Flatbush Ave., looking southward from Lenox Ave. Seen are the Flatbush Ave. trolley lines. October, 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same, viewed from Flatbush Ave. September, 1926. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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