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Fleet Place & Tillary Street, Brooklyn

9 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Fleet Street - Willoughby Street, 1927

    Brooklyn: Fleet Street - Willoughby Street

    1927

  • Brooklyn: Willoughby St. - Fleet St., 1934

    Brooklyn: Willoughby St. - Fleet St.

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Fleet Place - Tillary Street, 1934

    Brooklyn: Fleet Place - Tillary Street

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Fleet Place - Tillary Street, 1934

    Brooklyn: Fleet Place - Tillary Street

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Fleet Street - Willoughby Street, 1934

    Brooklyn: Fleet Street - Willoughby Street

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Fleet Place - Tillary Street, 1934

    Brooklyn: Fleet Place - Tillary Street

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Fleet Place - Willoughby Street, 1936

    Brooklyn: Fleet Place - Willoughby Street

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Fleet Place - Willoughby Street, 1936

    Brooklyn: Fleet Place - Willoughby Street

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Debevoise Street - Fleet Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Debevoise Street - Fleet Street

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Fleet Place - Willoughby Street, 1936

Photo 8 of 9 at Fleet Place & Tillary Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Fleet Place - Willoughby Street

1936

95 Fleet Place, east side, between Willoughby Street and Myrtle Avenue, showing an abandoned tenement, view 2 showing the rear. These photographs were taken to show primarily bad housing conditions still existent in the borough. June 25, 1936 Views 1,2 Committee on Housing Charity Organization Society

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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