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Flatbush Avenue & Kings Highway, Brooklyn

28 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1931, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway, 1922

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway, 1922

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway, 1922

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway, 1922

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway, 1922

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue, 1922

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Mill Lane - Kings Highway, 1923

    Brooklyn: Mill Lane - Kings Highway

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway, 1923

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway, 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway

    1923; 1925; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway, 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway

    1923; 1925; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway, 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway

    1923; 1925; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway, 1923–1924

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway

    1923; 1924

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway, 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway

    1923; 1925; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue, 1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue, 1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue

    1922; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue, 1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue, 1926

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue

    1926

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway, 1931

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Kings Highway

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue, 1931

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue

    Unknown

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue

    Unknown

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  • Kings Highway & East 38th Street, Brooklyn (6 photos)
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Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue, 1925

Photo 21 of 28 at Flatbush Avenue & Kings Highway, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Flatbush Avenue

1925

(1) Kings Highway, (Kouwenhoven Lane), south side, east from Flatbush Ave., to East 40th Street, showing part of the John J. Ryder (formerly the J. C. Ryder) house on the right, and the J. B. Hendrickson House in the extreme background. All these houses except the Hendrickson house, were demolished in May 1925. March 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, from a point further east from Flatbush Ave., showing the Hendrickson House (in the background), and the Garretson House at the right. March 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same, showing the Garretson House at the right, known once as 60 Kouwenhoven Lane. This house was occupied by the Garretson family from 1857 to 1873. At the left is seen the Hendrickson House at the N.E. corner of Kings Highway and East 40th Street. March 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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