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Ocean Parkway & Sheepshead Bay Road, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here in 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - 1st Street (West), 1941

    Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - 1st Street (West)

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Ocean Parkway - Sheepshead Bay Road, 1941

    Brooklyn: Ocean Parkway - Sheepshead Bay Road

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - 1st Street (West), 1941

Photo 1 of 2 at Ocean Parkway & Sheepshead Bay Road, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - 1st Street (West)

1941

Sheepshead Bay Road, e.s., fr. W. 1 St. to Ocean Parkway, B'klyn. Sept. 23, 1941 P. L. Sperr, photographer

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