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Neck Road & East 12th Street, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here in 1923, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Neck Road - 12th Street (East), 1923

    Brooklyn: Neck Road - 12th Street (East)

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Neck Road - 12th Street (East), 1923

    Brooklyn: Neck Road - 12th Street (East)

    1923

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Neck Road - 12th Street (East), 1923

Photo 2 of 2 at Neck Road & East 12th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Neck Road - 12th Street (East)

1923

Neck Road, east from East 12th Street, showing the serpentine turn of Neck Road into Sheepshead Bay Road before continuing eastward at Homecrest Ave. At the right is the Voorhies-Sheppard house, and at the left background is 2275 Homecrest Ave. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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