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Fort Greene Place & Hanson Place, Brooklyn

6 historical photos taken here between 1929 and 1978, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Fort Greene Place - Hanson Place, 1929–1978

    Brooklyn: Fort Greene Place - Hanson Place

    1929; 1978

  • Brooklyn: Fort Greene Place - Hanson Place, 1929-10-06

    Brooklyn: Fort Greene Place - Hanson Place

    1929-10-06

  • Brooklyn: Fort Greene Place - Hanson Place, 1940

    Brooklyn: Fort Greene Place - Hanson Place

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Fort Greene Place - Hanson Place, 1940

    Brooklyn: Fort Greene Place - Hanson Place

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Fort Greene Place - Hanson Place, 1940

    Brooklyn: Fort Greene Place - Hanson Place

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Fort Greene Place - Hanson Place, 1940

    Brooklyn: Fort Greene Place - Hanson Place

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Fort Greene Place - Hanson Place, 1940

Photo 6 of 6 at Fort Greene Place & Hanson Place, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Fort Greene Place - Hanson Place

1940

Fort Greene Place, north from Hanson Place, showing the B. M. T. "El" on Fulton Street. In the right foreground is the Y. M. C. A. Building. May 17, 1940 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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