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New York Avenue & Bergen Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: New York Avenue - Bergen Street, 1929

    Brooklyn: New York Avenue - Bergen Street

    1929

  • Brooklyn: New York Avenue - Bergen Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: New York Avenue - Bergen Street

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: New York Avenue - Bergen Street, 1929

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Brooklyn: New York Avenue - Bergen Street

1929

121 New York Ave., east side, from Bergen to Dean Streets, showing the New York Ave., M.E. Church, as seen from Bergen Street. May 29, 1929. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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