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Henry Street & Cranberry Street, Brooklyn

28 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1970, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Orange Street - Henry Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: Orange Street - Henry Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street, 1922–1932

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street

    1922; 1927; 1932

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Orange Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Orange Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Cranberry Street - Henry Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: Cranberry Street - Henry Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Cranberry Street - Henry Street, 1922–1938

    Brooklyn: Cranberry Street - Henry Street

    1922; 1938

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street, 1922–1932

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street

    1922; 1927; 1932

  • Brooklyn: Cranberry Street - Henry Street, 1922–1938

    Brooklyn: Cranberry Street - Henry Street

    1922; 1938

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street, 1922–1932

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street

    1922; 1927; 1932

  • Brooklyn: Cranberry Street - Henry Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: Cranberry Street - Henry Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street, 1924

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street

    1924

  • Brooklyn: Cranberry Street - Henry Street, 1925–1931

    Brooklyn: Cranberry Street - Henry Street

    1925; 1931

  • Brooklyn: Orange Street - Henry Street, 1925–1927

    Brooklyn: Orange Street - Henry Street

    1925; 1927

  • Brooklyn: Orange Street - Henry Street, 1925–1927

    Brooklyn: Orange Street - Henry Street

    1925; 1927

  • Brooklyn: Cranberry Street - Henry Street, 1925–1931

    Brooklyn: Cranberry Street - Henry Street

    1925; 1931

  • Brooklyn: Orange Street - Henry Street, 1925–1927

    Brooklyn: Orange Street - Henry Street

    1925; 1927

  • Brooklyn: Orange Street - Henry Street, 1925–1927

    Brooklyn: Orange Street - Henry Street

    1925; 1927

  • Brooklyn: Cranberry Street - Henry Street, 1925–1931

    Brooklyn: Cranberry Street - Henry Street

    1925; 1931

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street, 1927

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street

    1927

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street, 1922–1931

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street

    1922; 1927; 1931

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street, 1922–1931

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street

    1922; 1927; 1931

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street, 1922–1931

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street

    1922; 1927; 1931

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street, 1931

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street, 1931

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Cranberry Street - Henry Street, 1932

    Brooklyn: Cranberry Street - Henry Street

    1932

  • Brooklyn: Orange Street - Henry Street, 1932

    Brooklyn: Orange Street - Henry Street

    1932

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street, 1937

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Cranberry Street

    1937

  • Brooklyn: Orange Street - Henry Street, 1950–1970

    Brooklyn: Orange Street - Henry Street

    1950; 1970

  • Brooklyn: Orange Street - Henry Street

    Brooklyn: Orange Street - Henry Street

    Unknown

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Brooklyn: Cranberry Street - Henry Street, 1925–1931

Photo 11 of 28 at Henry Street & Cranberry Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Cranberry Street - Henry Street

1925; 1931

Cranberry Street, south side, between Henry and Hicks Streets, showing the old Plymouth Church, built in 1849 and made famous by its preacher Henry Ward Beecher. A brass plate in the church marks the pew where Abraham Lincoln, a personal friend of the minister, sat to hear his sermons. The first three-story brownstone house, to the left of the church, is Henry Ward Beecher's old home, No. 66 Cranberry Street, and the Civil War President and General Ulysses S. Grant are said to have visited here. In 1940 the house was transformed into a five-family apartment house. View 1 is east from Hicks Street; views 2 and 3, west from Henry Street. For additional data see "The New York Times," October 5, 1940. Views 1,2: Eugene L. Armbruster Collection 1925 View 3: P. L. Sperr February 3, 1931

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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