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Neck Road & Kenmore Place, Brooklyn

7 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1928, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Neck Road - Kenmore Place, 1923

    Brooklyn: Neck Road - Kenmore Place

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Neck Road - Kenmore Place, 1923

    Brooklyn: Neck Road - Kenmore Place

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Neck Road - Kenmore Place, 1923

    Brooklyn: Neck Road - Kenmore Place

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Neck Road - Kenmore Place, 1923

    Brooklyn: Neck Road - Kenmore Place

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Gerritsen Avenue - Plumb 1st Street, 1928

    Brooklyn: Gerritsen Avenue - Plumb 1st Street

    1928

  • Brooklyn: Gerritsen Avenue - Plumb 1st Street, 1928

    Brooklyn: Gerritsen Avenue - Plumb 1st Street

    1928

  • Brooklyn: Gerritsen Avenue - Plumb 1st Street, 1928

    Brooklyn: Gerritsen Avenue - Plumb 1st Street

    1928

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Brooklyn: Neck Road - Kenmore Place, 1923

Photo 2 of 7 at Neck Road & Kenmore Place, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Neck Road - Kenmore Place

1923

(1) Neck Road, north side, between Kenmore (East 21st Street) and Elmore Places (East 22nd Street), showing a house erected by Stephen J. Voorhies prior to the Revolutionary War. His son John S. occupied it later and finally George Stillwell who married Jane E. Voorhies became the owner. The oldest part of this house is said to date back to 1710. This house was demolished in May 1929. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, viewed from Kenmore Place. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same, a front view. Ave. V now (1929) extends eastwood to Gerritsen Creek necessitating the demolishing of the house. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (4) The same, viewed from Ocean Ave. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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