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Main Street & Prospect Street, Brooklyn

17 historical photos taken here between 1882 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Sands Street - Fulton Street, 1882

    Brooklyn: Sands Street - Fulton Street

    1882

  • Brooklyn: Fulton Street - Prospect Street, 1924–1925

    Brooklyn: Fulton Street - Prospect Street

    1924; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Fulton Street - Prospect Street, 1924–1925

    Brooklyn: Fulton Street - Prospect Street

    1924; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Main Street - Prospect Street, 1927–1938

    Brooklyn: Main Street - Prospect Street

    1927; 1938

  • Brooklyn: Main Street - Prospect Street, 1927–1938

    Brooklyn: Main Street - Prospect Street

    1927; 1938

  • Brooklyn: Main Street - Prospect Street, 1931–1932

    Brooklyn: Main Street - Prospect Street

    1931; 1932

  • Brooklyn: Main Street - Prospect Street, 1931–1932

    Brooklyn: Main Street - Prospect Street

    1931; 1932

  • Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge., 1933

    Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge.

    1933

  • Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge., 1933

    Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge.

    1933

  • Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge., 1933

    Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge.

    1933

  • Brooklyn: Fulton Street - Main Street, 1934

    Brooklyn: Fulton Street - Main Street

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Fulton Street - Henry Street, 1934

    Brooklyn: Fulton Street - Henry Street

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Prospect Street - Main Street, 1934

    Brooklyn: Prospect Street - Main Street

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Fulton Street - Henry Street, 1934

    Brooklyn: Fulton Street - Henry Street

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Fulton Street, 1937

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Fulton Street

    1937

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Fulton Street, 1937

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Fulton Street

    1937

  • Fulton Street #89 - Henry Street looking east

    Fulton Street #89 - Henry Street looking east

    Unknown

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Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge., 1933

Photo 10 of 17 at Main Street & Prospect Street, Brooklyn

Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge.

1933

(1). Brooklyn Bridge (suspension); beginning at Centre Street and Park Row, facing City Hall Park, in Manhattan, and terminating in Brooklyn at Fulton and Sands Streets. Actual work was begun in January, 1870 and it was completed in May, 1884, having been opened in the previous year. Its overall length is 1 1/4 miles, width 85 feet, with a central span across the East River, 1595 feet long and 135 feet above high water mark. John A. Roebling, who drew up the specifications and began construction was succeeded upon his death by his son, Washington A. Roebling. Being the first bridge to connect Manhattan and Brooklyn, it acquired a colorful history and world-wide fame as a wonder of modern engineering and human endeavor. (see: Moses King, Handbook of New York City (1892).) June 15, 1933. P. L. Sperr. (2). Same June 15, 1933. P. L. Sperr. (3). Same June 15, 1933. P. L. Sperr.

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