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New Lots Avenue & Schenck Avenue, Brooklyn

16 historical photos taken here between 1900 and 1934, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue, 1900

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue

    1900

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue, 1900

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue

    1900

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue, 1922

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue

    1922

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue, 1923

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue

    1923

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue, 1923

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue

    1923

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue, 1923

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue

    1923

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue, 1929

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue

    1929

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue, 1929

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue

    1929

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue, 1929

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue

    1929

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue, 1931

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue

    1931

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue, 1934

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue

    1934

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue, 1934

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue

    1934

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue, 1934

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Schenck Avenue - New Lots Avenue, 1934

    Brooklyn: Schenck Avenue - New Lots Avenue

    1934

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue, 1934

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue

    1934

  • Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue, 1934

    Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue

    1934

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue, 1931

Photo 10 of 16 at New Lots Avenue & Schenck Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: New Lots Avenue - Schenck Avenue

1931

New Lots Avenue, north side, between Schenck Avenue and Barbey Street, showing Public School No. 72. The building extends through to Livonia Avenue. Board of Education of the City of New York July 9, 1931

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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