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Park Avenue & St. Edwards Street, Brooklyn

7 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Park Avenue, 1927

    Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Park Avenue

    1927

  • Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Park Avenue, 1927

    Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Park Avenue

    1927

  • Brooklyn: Park Avenue - St. Edwards Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Park Avenue - St. Edwards Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Park Avenue, 1939

    Brooklyn: St. Edwards Street - Park Avenue

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Park Avenue - St. Edwards Street, 1938–1941

    Brooklyn: Park Avenue - St. Edwards Street

    1938; 1939; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Park Avenue - St. Edwards Street, 1938–1941

    Brooklyn: Park Avenue - St. Edwards Street

    1938; 1939; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Park Avenue - St. Edwards Street, 1938–1941

    Brooklyn: Park Avenue - St. Edwards Street

    1938; 1939; 1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Park Avenue - St. Edwards Street, 1938–1941

Photo 7 of 7 at Park Avenue & St. Edwards Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Park Avenue - St. Edwards Street

1938; 1939; 1941

Park Avenue, east from St. Edwards Street (view 2). View 1 shows the south side of the avenue, running east across North Elliott Place to North Portland Avenue; shown, too (right), are Elliott Place houses. View 2 shows the block from St. Edwards Street to North Elliott Place. These buildings will later be torn down. View 3 is east from St. Edwards Street. The buildings shown in view 1 are all gone. Wallabout Houses and Fort Greene Houses were later erected here. For additional data see "New York Herald Tribune," November 18, 1941. P. L. Sperr View 1: August 25, 1938 View 2: August 23, 1939 View 3: April 11, 1941

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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