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Shore Boulevard & West End Avenue, Brooklyn

26 historical photos taken here between 1933 and 1936, oldest first.

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Photos

  • Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn - [Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue.], 1933

    Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn - [Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue.]

    1933

  • Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn - [Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue.], 1933

    Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn - [Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue.]

    1933

  • Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn - [Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue.], 1933

    Sheepshead Bay - Brooklyn - [Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue.]

    1933

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

    1936

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Nearby places

  • Shore Boulevard & Emmons Avenue, Brooklyn (30 photos)
  • Emmons Avenue & East 16th Street, Brooklyn (8 photos)
  • Shore Boulevard & Beaumont Street, Brooklyn (3 photos)
  • West End Ave & Hampton Ave, Brooklyn (2 photos)
  • Emmons Avenue & Sheepshead Bay Road, Brooklyn (32 photos)
  • East 19th Street & Emmons Avenue, Brooklyn (15 photos)
  • Shore Boulevard & Exeter Street, Brooklyn (5 photos)
  • Voorhies Ave & 15th St. E, Brooklyn (2 photos)

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue, 1936

Photo 7 of 26 at Shore Boulevard & West End Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Shore Boulevard - West End Avenue

1936

Shore Boulevard, north from West End Avenue to Emmons Avenue, showing a W. P. A. sewer and highway project at the western extremity of Sheepshead Bay, the buildings in the four views being on the north side of Emmons Avenue. The widening of Emmons Avenue is part of the city's circumferential highway system and necessitated the filling of part of Sheepshead Bay. Views 1,2: July 21, 1936 View 3: August 25, 1936 View 4: September 24, 1936 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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