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Sheepshead Bay Road & West 6th Street, Brooklyn

6 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1928, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - 6th Street (West), 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - 6th Street (West)

    1923; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - 6th Street (West), 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - 6th Street (West)

    1923; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - 6th Street (West), 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - 6th Street (West)

    1923; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - 6th Street (West), 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - 6th Street (West)

    1923; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - 6th Street (West), 1923

    Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - 6th Street (West)

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - 6th Street (West), 1928

    Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - 6th Street (West)

    1928

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - 6th Street (West), 1928

Photo 6 of 6 at Sheepshead Bay Road & West 6th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - 6th Street (West)

1928

Sheepshead Bay Road, south side, between West 6th and 8th Streets, showing the Coney Island House, beyond the vacant lot. October 1928. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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