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Pitkin Avenue & Shepherd Avenue, Brooklyn

2 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Shepherd Avenue - Pitkin Avenue, 1922

    Brooklyn: Shepherd Avenue - Pitkin Avenue

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Pitkin Avenue - Shepherd Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Pitkin Avenue - Shepherd Avenue

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Pitkin Avenue - Shepherd Avenue, 1940

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Brooklyn: Pitkin Avenue - Shepherd Avenue

1940

Pitkin Avenue, north side, east from Shepherd Avenue. The Fulton Street Line elevated structure runs on Pitkin Avenue. September 14, 1940 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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