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Hamilton Avenue & Huntington Street, Brooklyn

9 historical photos taken here between 1931 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Huntington Street, 1931–1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Huntington Street

    1931; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Huntington Street, 1931–1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Huntington Street

    1931; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Huntington Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Huntington Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Huntington Street, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Huntington Street

    1940; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Huntington Street, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Huntington Street

    1940; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Huntington Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Huntington Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Huntington Street - Hamilton Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Huntington Street - Hamilton Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Huntington Street, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Huntington Street

    1940; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Huntington Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Huntington Street

    1940

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Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Huntington Street, 1940

Photo 9 of 9 at Hamilton Avenue & Huntington Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Huntington Street

1940

Hamilton Avenue, north from Huntington Street, showing the demolition of buildings for the construction of Gowanus Parkway, the highway which will carry automobile traffic to and from the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel. October 23, 1940 P. L. Sperr View 1, ✓ View 3: July 26, 1940 view 3: Neg. No. A-1022

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