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Ocean Avenue & Voorhies Avenue, Brooklyn

7 historical photos taken here between 1880 and 1933, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Voorhies Lane - Ocean Avenue, 1880–1923

    Brooklyn: Voorhies Lane - Ocean Avenue

    1880; 1915; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Ocean Avenue - Voorhies Avenue, 1923–1929

    Brooklyn: Ocean Avenue - Voorhies Avenue

    1923; 1929

  • Brooklyn: Ocean Avenue - Voorhies Avenue, 1923–1929

    Brooklyn: Ocean Avenue - Voorhies Avenue

    1923; 1929

  • Brooklyn: Ocean Avenue - Voorhies Avenue, 1933

    Brooklyn: Ocean Avenue - Voorhies Avenue

    1933

  • Brooklyn: Ocean Avenue - Voorhies Avenue, 1933

    Brooklyn: Ocean Avenue - Voorhies Avenue

    1933

  • Brooklyn: Ocean Avenue - Voorhies Avenue, 1933

    Brooklyn: Ocean Avenue - Voorhies Avenue

    1933

  • Brooklyn: Ocean Avenue - Voorhies Avenue, 1933

    Brooklyn: Ocean Avenue - Voorhies Avenue

    1933

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Ocean Avenue - Voorhies Avenue, 1933

Photo 5 of 7 at Ocean Avenue & Voorhies Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Ocean Avenue - Voorhies Avenue

1933

3106-3150 Ocean Ave., west side, between Voorhies and Emmons Aves. No. 3150 is Bobs Restaurant, at left foreground. July 13, 1933. P. L. Sperr.

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