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Sterling Place & Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn

5 historical photos taken here between 1928 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Vanderbilt Ave. - Sterling Pl., 1928

    Brooklyn: Vanderbilt Ave. - Sterling Pl.

    1928

  • Brooklyn: Sterling Place - Vanderbilt Avenue, 1929

    Brooklyn: Sterling Place - Vanderbilt Avenue

    1929

  • Brooklyn: Sterling Street - Vanderbilt Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Sterling Street - Vanderbilt Avenue

    1941

  • Sterling Place at Vanderbilt Avenue, to Northwest, Brooklyn, 1941-09-02

    Sterling Place at Vanderbilt Avenue, to Northwest, Brooklyn

    1941-09-02

  • Sterling Place at Vanderbilt Avenue, to Northwest, Brooklyn, 1941-09-02

    Sterling Place at Vanderbilt Avenue, to Northwest, Brooklyn

    1941-09-02

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Sterling Place - Vanderbilt Avenue, 1929

Photo 2 of 5 at Sterling Place & Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Sterling Place - Vanderbilt Avenue

1929

Sterling Place, at the northwest corner of Vanderbilt Avenue (right), showing Public School No. 111, erected in 1867. Board of Education of the City of New York July 30, 1929

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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