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Flatbush Avenue & Chester Court, Brooklyn

36 historical photos taken here between 1900 and 1929, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Fenimore Street, 1900

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Fenimore Street

    1900

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1910–1923

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1910; 1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Fenimore Street - Flatbush Avenue, 1910

    Brooklyn: Fenimore Street - Flatbush Avenue

    1910

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1910–1914

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1910; 1914

  • Brooklyn: Fenimore Street - Flatbush Avenue, 1910

    Brooklyn: Fenimore Street - Flatbush Avenue

    1910

  • Brooklyn: Fenimore Street - Flatbush Avenue, 1910

    Brooklyn: Fenimore Street - Flatbush Avenue

    1910

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1910–1914

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1910; 1914

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1910–1923

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1910; 1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1914–1922

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1914; 1922

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1914–1925

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1914; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1914–1925

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1914; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1914–1922

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1914; 1922

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1914–1922

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1914; 1922

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1914–1925

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1914; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1914–1922

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1914; 1922

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1920

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1920

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1920

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1920

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1920

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1920

  • Transportation - Toll Houses - Brooklyn., 1900–1922

    Transportation - Toll Houses - Brooklyn.

    1900; 1922

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1922

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Rutland Road, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Rutland Road

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1922

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1922

  • Transportation - Toll Houses - Brooklyn., 1900–1922

    Transportation - Toll Houses - Brooklyn.

    1900; 1922

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1922

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Rutland Road, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Rutland Road

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Rutland Road, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Rutland Road

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1922

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1922

  • Transportation - Toll Houses - Brooklyn., 1900–1922

    Transportation - Toll Houses - Brooklyn.

    1900; 1922

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Rutland Road, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Rutland Road

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1923–1925

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1928; 1929

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1928; 1929

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

    1928; 1929

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Rutland Road

    1929

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Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court, 1928–1929

Photo 33 of 36 at Flatbush Avenue & Chester Court, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Chester Court

1928; 1929

(1) 590 Flatbush Ave., west side, between Chester Court and Beekman Pl. showing the Thatcher house. July 1928. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, showing at left of the Thatcher house, a new structure erected on site of the Ryan house. July 1928. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same, another view. April 1929. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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