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Kings Highway & Church Avenue, Brooklyn

24 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1931, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Kings Highway, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Kings Highway, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Kings Highway, 1922–1929

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923; 1925; 1929

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Kings Highway, 1922–1929

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923; 1925; 1929

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Kings Highway, 1922–1929

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923; 1925; 1929

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Kings Highway, 1922–1929

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923; 1925; 1929

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Kings Highway, 1923–1931

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Kings Highway

    1923; 1925; 1931

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue, 1923

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue, 1923

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Kings Highway, 1923–1931

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Kings Highway

    1923; 1925; 1931

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue, 1923

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Kings Highway, 1923–1931

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - Kings Highway

    1923; 1925; 1931

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue, 1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue, 1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue, 1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue, 1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue, 1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue, 1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue, 1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue, 1931

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue

    1931

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Nearby places

  • East 58th Street & Kings Highway, Brooklyn (2 photos)
  • Kings Highway & Snyder Avenue, Brooklyn (15 photos)
  • Church Avenue & East 56th Street, Brooklyn (5 photos)
  • East 56th Street & Linden Boulevard, Brooklyn (2 photos)
  • Kings Highway & Tilden Avenue, Brooklyn (5 photos)
  • Church Avenue & East 53rd Street, Brooklyn (12 photos)
  • Kings Highway & East 91st Street, Brooklyn (2 photos)

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Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue, 1922–1925

Photo 5 of 24 at Kings Highway & Church Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Church Avenue

1922; 1923; 1925

5741 King's Highway, east side, between Church and Snyder Aves., showing the John Remsen farmhouse, known also as the Peter Remsen house. This house was built in 1797 by Johannes Remsen. The rear entrance was erected about 1865. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. The same, a year later. 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. The same, showing also a partial view of two other homes. March 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. The same, looking northeast May 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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