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Rochester Avenue & Pacific Street, Brooklyn

18 historical photos taken here between 1929 and 1942, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Pacific Street, 1929–1941

    Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Pacific Street

    1929; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Pacific Street, 1929–1941

    Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Pacific Street

    1929; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Pacific Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Pacific Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Rochester Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Rochester Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Rochester Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Rochester Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Pacific Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Pacific Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Pacific Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Pacific Street

    1940

  • Rochester Avenue at Pacific Street, to Northeast, Brooklyn, 1940-07-13

    Rochester Avenue at Pacific Street, to Northeast, Brooklyn

    1940-07-13

  • Dean Street - Rochester Avenue, northeast corner, 1940-07-13

    Dean Street - Rochester Avenue, northeast corner

    1940-07-13

  • Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Rochester Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Rochester Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Pacific Street, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Pacific Street

    1940; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Pacific Street, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Pacific Street

    1940; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Pacific Street, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Pacific Street

    1940; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Rochester Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Rochester Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Rochester Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Rochester Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Rochester Avenue, 1942

    Brooklyn: Pacific Street - Rochester Avenue

    1942

  • Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Dean Street, 1942

    Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Dean Street

    1942

  • Brooklyn: Dean Street - Rochester Avenue, 1942

    Brooklyn: Dean Street - Rochester Avenue

    1942

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Pacific Street, 1940

Photo 6 of 18 at Rochester Avenue & Pacific Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Rochester Avenue - Pacific Street

1940

Rochester Avenue, east side, south from Pacific to Dean Streets, showing the houses that will be razed for the Kingsborough Houses. View 2 shows the southeast corner of Pacific and Rochester. View 3 is east on the north side of Dean Street, from Rochester Avenue. P. L. Sperr July 13, 1940 Views 1-3 View 1 Neg. No. A-984 View 2 Neg. No. A-925 View 3 Neg. No. A-986

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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