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Jay Street & Front Street, Brooklyn

7 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Jay Street - Front Street, 1927

    Brooklyn: Jay Street - Front Street

    1927

  • Brooklyn: Jay Street - Front Street, 1937

    Brooklyn: Jay Street - Front Street

    1937

  • Brooklyn: Front Street - Jay Street, 1937

    Brooklyn: Front Street - Jay Street

    1937

  • Brooklyn: Jay Street - Front Street, 1937

    Brooklyn: Jay Street - Front Street

    1937

  • Brooklyn: Jay Street - Front Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Jay Street - Front Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Jay Street - Front Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Jay Street - Front Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Front Street - Jay Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Front Street - Jay Street

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Jay Street - Front Street, 1938

Photo 6 of 7 at Jay Street & Front Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Jay Street - Front Street

1938

Jay Street, west side, south from Front Street, showing in the background the approach to the Manhattan Bridge. April 4, 1938. P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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