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Schermerhorn Street & 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn

36 historical photos taken here between 1917 and 1942, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - 3rd Avenue, 1917

    Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - 3rd Avenue

    1917

  • Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - 3rd Avenue, 1920

    Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - 3rd Avenue

    1920

  • Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - Flatbush Avenue, 1925

    Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - Flatbush Avenue

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Navy Street, 1927

    Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Navy Street

    1927

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Schermerhorn Street, 1928

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Schermerhorn Street

    1928

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - Schermerhorn Street, 1930–1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - Schermerhorn Street

    1930; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - 3rd Avenue, 1930

    Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - 3rd Avenue

    1930

  • Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - 3rd Avenue, 1930

    Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - 3rd Avenue

    1930

  • Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - 3rd Avenue, 1930

    Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - 3rd Avenue

    1930

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - Schermerhorn Street, 1930–1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - Schermerhorn Street

    1930; 1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - Schermerhorn Street, 1930–1931

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - Schermerhorn Street

    1930; 1931

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - Schermerhorn Street, 1930–1931

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - Schermerhorn Street

    1930; 1931

  • Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - 3rd Avenue, 1930

    Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - 3rd Avenue

    1930

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Lafayette Street, 1932–1940

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Lafayette Street

    1932; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Lafayette Street, 1932–1940

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Lafayette Street

    1932; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Lafayette Street, 1932–1940

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Lafayette Street

    1932; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Navy Street, 1932

    Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Navy Street

    1932

  • General view - Brooklyn., 1939

    General view - Brooklyn.

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Lafayette Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Lafayette Street

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Lafayette Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Lafayette Street

    1939

  • General view - Brooklyn., 1939

    General view - Brooklyn.

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Schermerhorn Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Schermerhorn Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Schermerhorn Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Schermerhorn Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - 3rd Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - 3rd Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - Flatbush Avenue, 1942

    Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - Flatbush Avenue

    1942

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - Schermerhorn Street, 1942

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - Schermerhorn Street

    1942

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - Flatbush Avenue, 1942

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - Flatbush Avenue

    1942

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Lafayette Avenue, 1942

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Lafayette Avenue

    1942

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Schermerhorn Street, 1942-05-11

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Schermerhorn Street

    1942-05-11

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Schermerhorn Street, 1942-05-11

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Schermerhorn Street

    1942-05-11

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - Schermerhorn Street

    1942

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Lafayette Avenue

    1942

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Lafayette Avenue

    1942

  • Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - Flatbush Avenue

    Unknown

  • Brooklyn - Schermerhorn Street - Third Avenue

    Unknown

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Schermerhorn Street

    Unknown

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Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - 3rd Avenue, 1917

Photo 1 of 36 at Schermerhorn Street & 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Schermerhorn Street - 3rd Avenue

1917

Schermerhorn Street, north side, between Third (left) and Flatbush Aves.(right), showing the sinking of the Catskill Water Shaft on the site of the former Ritters Painless Dental Company building, now known as Temple Square. 1917. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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