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Navy Street & Johnson Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Navy Street - Johnson Street, 1931

    Brooklyn: Navy Street - Johnson Street

    1931

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Navy Street - Johnson Street, 1931

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Brooklyn: Navy Street - Johnson Street

1931

Navy Street, east side, north from 101 Navy Street, near Johnson Street. A view of the block, in which Al (Scar Face) Capone is said to have been born. About 1931. Ewing Galloway. Reader says Al Capone was born at 69 Park Ave., B'klyn. 3/27/69 Neg # 1807 (8x10 Neg)

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