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Wallabout St & Harrison Ave, Brooklyn

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

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  • Brooklyn: Wallabout St. - Harrison Ave., 1928

    Brooklyn: Wallabout St. - Harrison Ave.

    1928

  • Brooklyn: Wallabout St. - Harrison Ave., 1928

    Brooklyn: Wallabout St. - Harrison Ave.

    1928

  • Brooklyn: Wallabout St. - Harrison Ave., 1941

    Brooklyn: Wallabout St. - Harrison Ave.

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Wallabout St. - Harrison Ave., 1941

    Brooklyn: Wallabout St. - Harrison Ave.

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Wallabout St. - Harrison Ave., 1941

    Brooklyn: Wallabout St. - Harrison Ave.

    1941

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Brooklyn: Wallabout St. - Harrison Ave., 1941

Photo 4 of 5 at Wallabout St & Harrison Ave, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Wallabout St. - Harrison Ave.

1941

Wallabout Street, adjoining the southwest corner of Harrison Avenue, looking south. Note the synagogue hemmed in between some old stables. P. L. Sperr September 25, 1941

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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