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Meeker Avenue & Humboldt Street, Brooklyn

9 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Humboldt Street - Herbert Street, 1922–1928

    Brooklyn: Humboldt Street - Herbert Street

    1922; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Humboldt Street - Herbert Street, 1922–1928

    Brooklyn: Humboldt Street - Herbert Street

    1922; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Humboldt Street, 1931

    Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Humboldt Street

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Humboldt Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Humboldt Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Humboldt Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Humboldt Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Humboldt Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Humboldt Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Humboldt Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Humboldt Street

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Humboldt Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Humboldt Street

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Humboldt Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Humboldt Street

    1939

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Humboldt Street, 1938

Photo 4 of 9 at Meeker Avenue & Humboldt Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Humboldt Street

1938

Meeker Avenue, south side, west of Humboldt Street to Manhattan Avenue. August 13, 1938. P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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