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Rockaway Parkway & Avenue N, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here between 1898 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Rockaway Parkway - Avenue N, 1898

    Brooklyn: Rockaway Parkway - Avenue N

    1898

  • Brooklyn: Rockaway Parkway - Avenue N, 1898

    Brooklyn: Rockaway Parkway - Avenue N

    1898

  • Brooklyn: Rockaway Parkway - Avenue N, 1898

    Brooklyn: Rockaway Parkway - Avenue N

    1898

  • Brooklyn: Avenue N - Rockaway Parkway, 1936

    Brooklyn: Avenue N - Rockaway Parkway

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Avenue N - Rockaway Parkway, 1936

Photo 4 of 4 at Rockaway Parkway & Avenue N, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Avenue N - Rockaway Parkway

1936

Avenue N, north from Rockaway Parkway, showing a W. P. A. highway project. October 21, 1936 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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