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Neptune Avenue & West 8th Street, Brooklyn

5 historical photos taken here between 1900 and 1928, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Neptune Avenue - Shell Road, 1900

    Brooklyn: Neptune Avenue - Shell Road

    1900

  • Brooklyn: Neptune Avenue - 8th Street (West), 1923

    Brooklyn: Neptune Avenue - 8th Street (West)

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Neptune Avenue - 8th Street (West), 1924

    Brooklyn: Neptune Avenue - 8th Street (West)

    1924

  • Brooklyn: Neptune Avenue - 8th Street (West), 1924

    Brooklyn: Neptune Avenue - 8th Street (West)

    1924

  • Brooklyn: Neptune Avenue - 8th Street (West), 1924–1928

    Brooklyn: Neptune Avenue - 8th Street (West)

    1924; 1928

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Brooklyn: Neptune Avenue - Shell Road, 1900

Photo 1 of 5 at Neptune Avenue & West 8th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Neptune Avenue - Shell Road

1900

Neptune Ave., south side, between Shell Road and West 6th Street. A view of the Oceanic Hotel built in 1829, and subsequently rebuilt at a latter date. It is no longer standing according to the maps of 1929. In 1894 it was the property of A. Lindermann. (Coney Island). About 1900. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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