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Willoughby Ave & Clermont Ave, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here between 1934 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Clermont Avenue - Willoughby Avenue, 1934

    Brooklyn: Clermont Avenue - Willoughby Avenue

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Willoughby Ave. - Clermont Ave., 1940

    Brooklyn: Willoughby Ave. - Clermont Ave.

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Willoughby Ave. - Clermont Ave., 1940

    Brooklyn: Willoughby Ave. - Clermont Ave.

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Willoughby Ave. - Clermont Ave., 1940

    Brooklyn: Willoughby Ave. - Clermont Ave.

    1940

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Brooklyn: Willoughby Ave. - Clermont Ave., 1940

Photo 2 of 4 at Willoughby Ave & Clermont Ave, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Willoughby Ave. - Clermont Ave.

1940

Willoughby Avenue, east from Clermont Avenue, showing a group of remaining brownstone houses in this former fashionable Fort Greene Park district. On the right is a portion of the Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church and in the background, on the corner of Clinton Avenue, is an old private mansion. View 2 shows a closeup of the mansion, which was erected after 1893. P. L. Sperr October 12, 1940 Views 1,2

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