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Kane Street & Tompkins Place, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here between 1933 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Tompkins Pl. - Kane St., 1933

    Brooklyn: Tompkins Pl. - Kane St.

    1933

  • Brooklyn: Kane Street - Tompkins Place, 1933–1940

    Brooklyn: Kane Street - Tompkins Place

    1933; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Kane Street - Tompkins Place, 1933–1940

    Brooklyn: Kane Street - Tompkins Place

    1933; 1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Kane Street - Tompkins Place, 1933–1940

Photo 2 of 3 at Kane Street & Tompkins Place, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Kane Street - Tompkins Place

1933; 1940

Kane Street, at the S.E. corner of Tompkins Place, showing the Beth Israel Synagogue. View 2 is east on Kane Street to Court Street. The low building to the left of the synagogue is the Sabbath school. P. L. Sperr View 1: June 6, 1933 View 2: October 15, 1940

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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