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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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Brooklyn: Rockaway Parkway - Avenue N, 1898

Photo 3 of 4 at Rockaway Parkway & Avenue N, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Rockaway Parkway - Avenue N

1898

(1) Rockaway Parkway, west side, between Ave. N and Sea View Ave. This is the Jacobus Schenck house which stood upon a half-lot for which Martin R. Schenck held a patent in 1719 at which time he occupied the house. Mrs. J. Schenok lived in it in 1873. It was razed about 1912. About 1898. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, from a different angle. About 1898. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same, from another angle. About 1898. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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