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Moffat Street & Knickerbocker Avenue, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1925, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Moffat Street - Knickerbocker Avenue, 1923–1925

    Brooklyn: Moffat Street - Knickerbocker Avenue

    1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Moffat Street - Knickerbocker Avenue, 1923–1925

    Brooklyn: Moffat Street - Knickerbocker Avenue

    1923; 1925

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Moffat Street - Knickerbocker Avenue, 1923–1925

Photo 1 of 2 at Moffat Street & Knickerbocker Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Moffat Street - Knickerbocker Avenue

1923; 1925

Moffat Street, north of Knickerbocker Ave., showing in the background the mansion of J.E. Van Nostrand, which was demolished in April 1929. This is a set of 2 views showing same in Queens County at Wyckoff and Cooper Aves. November 1923. View 2:-January 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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