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West 27th Street & Surf Avenue, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: 27th Street (West) - Surf Avenue, 1932

    Brooklyn: 27th Street (West) - Surf Avenue

    1932

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 27th Street (West) - Surf Avenue, 1932

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Brooklyn: 27th Street (West) - Surf Avenue

1932

West 27th Street, east side, between Surf Ave., and the "Boardwalk", showing Mc Lochlin's baths, and a series of 1-story bungalows. This view is north east across East 27th Street, from the "Boardwalk". August 8, 1932. P. L. Sperr.

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