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Leonard Street & Ten Eyck Street, Brooklyn

6 historical photos taken here between 1931 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Leonard Street - Ten Eyck Street, 1931–1934

    Brooklyn: Leonard Street - Ten Eyck Street

    1931; 1934

  • Brooklyn: Leonard Street - Ten Eyck Street, 1931–1934

    Brooklyn: Leonard Street - Ten Eyck Street

    1931; 1934

  • Brooklyn: Ten Eyck St. - Leonard St., 1934

    Brooklyn: Ten Eyck St. - Leonard St.

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Leonard Street - Ten Eyck Street, 1936

    Brooklyn: Leonard Street - Ten Eyck Street

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Leonard Street - Ten Eyck Street, 1936

    Brooklyn: Leonard Street - Ten Eyck Street

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Leonard Street - Ten Eyck Street, 1936

    Brooklyn: Leonard Street - Ten Eyck Street

    1936

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Brooklyn: Leonard Street - Ten Eyck Street, 1936

Photo 5 of 6 at Leonard Street & Ten Eyck Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Leonard Street - Ten Eyck Street

1936

(1) Leonard Street, east side, south from Ten Eyck Street, showing the cleared area, formerly occupied by tenements, where the Williamsburg Houses--a low rent governmental housing center, will be erected. In the background is the steeple of the Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church, on Montrose Avenue. P. L. Sperr (2), (3) Across the same area, in a more easterly direction, showing a new school under construction. P. L. Sperr View 2: August 10, 1936 View 3: October 27, 1936

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