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Prospect Park West & 1st Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: Prospect Park West - 1st Street, 1928

    Brooklyn: Prospect Park West - 1st Street

    1928

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Brooklyn: Prospect Park West - 1st Street, 1928

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Brooklyn: Prospect Park West - 1st Street

1928

Prospect Park West, west side, from, but not including 1st Street, to and including Garfield Place. The vacant lot was the former home of Peter Winchester Rouss, a New York merchant. August 2, 1928 P. L. Sperr. http://www.beyondthegildedage.com/2012/01/peter-w-rouss-residence.html

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