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West 17th Street & Neptune Avenue, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: 17th Street (West) - Neptune Avenue, 1930

    Brooklyn: 17th Street (West) - Neptune Avenue

    1930

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 17th Street (West) - Neptune Avenue, 1930

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Brooklyn: 17th Street (West) - Neptune Avenue

1930

West 17th Street, adjoining the southwest corner of Neptune Avenue, showing Public School No. 80. Board of Education of the City of New York Early 1930s

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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