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Shore Parkway & Plumb 1st Street, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here between 1936 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Shore Parkway - Plumb 1st Street, 1936–1940

    Brooklyn: Shore Parkway - Plumb 1st Street

    1936; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Shore Parkway - Plumb 1st Street, 1936–1940

    Brooklyn: Shore Parkway - Plumb 1st Street

    1936; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Shore Parkway - Plumb 1st Street, 1936–1940

    Brooklyn: Shore Parkway - Plumb 1st Street

    1936; 1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Shore Parkway - Plumb 1st Street, 1936–1940

Photo 1 of 3 at Shore Parkway & Plumb 1st Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Shore Parkway - Plumb 1st Street

1936; 1940

Shore Parkway, east from about Plumb 1st Street, showing this Brooklyn section of the Belt Parkway, formerly known as the Circumferential Parkway, under construction. Much of this parkway was built on hydraulic fill taken from Sheepshead Bay. View 1: July 9, 1936 Views 2,3: June 13, 1940 P. L. Sperr

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