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Hamilton Avenue & Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn

6 historical photos taken here between 1920 and 1945, oldest first.

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  • East River - Piers and shoreline between Buttermilk Channel and Brooklyn Bridge - [Bush Terminal Building.], 1920

    East River - Piers and shoreline between Buttermilk Channel and Brooklyn Bridge - [Bush Terminal Building.]

    1920

  • Buttermilk Channel - Recreation Pier - Foot of State Street - Brooklyn., 1928

    Buttermilk Channel - Recreation Pier - Foot of State Street - Brooklyn.

    1928

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Wyckoff Avenue, 1931

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Wyckoff Avenue

    1931

  • Buttermilk Channel - Governors Island - Brooklyn shore and skyline., 1935

    Buttermilk Channel - Governors Island - Brooklyn shore and skyline.

    1935

  • East River - Brooklyn., 1938

    East River - Brooklyn.

    1938

  • Manhattan: South Street - 65th Street, 1945

    Manhattan: South Street - 65th Street

    1945

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Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Wyckoff Avenue, 1931

Photo 3 of 6 at Hamilton Avenue & Wyckoff Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Wyckoff Avenue

1931

Hamilton Ave., at Buttermilk Channel, showing tugboats of the Wyle Lighterage Corporation. June 6, 1931. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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