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Oriental Boulevard & Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn

8 historical photos taken here between 1907 and 1923, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Ocean Avenue - Oriental Boulevard, 1907

    Brooklyn: Ocean Avenue - Oriental Boulevard

    1907

  • Brooklyn: Oriental Boulevard - Ocean Avenue, 1910

    Brooklyn: Oriental Boulevard - Ocean Avenue

    1910

  • Brooklyn: Oriental Boulevard - Ocean Avenue, 1911

    Brooklyn: Oriental Boulevard - Ocean Avenue

    1911

  • Brooklyn: Oriental Boulevard - Ocean Avenue, 1911

    Brooklyn: Oriental Boulevard - Ocean Avenue

    1911

  • Brooklyn: Oriental Boulevard - Ocean Avenue, 1911

    Brooklyn: Oriental Boulevard - Ocean Avenue

    1911

  • Brooklyn: Oriental Boulevard - Ocean Avenue, 1911

    Brooklyn: Oriental Boulevard - Ocean Avenue

    1911

  • Brooklyn: Oriental Boulevard - Ocean Avenue, 1911

    Brooklyn: Oriental Boulevard - Ocean Avenue

    1911

  • Brooklyn: Oriental Boulevard - Ocean Avenue, 1923

    Brooklyn: Oriental Boulevard - Ocean Avenue

    1923

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Oriental Boulevard - Ocean Avenue, 1911

Photo 3 of 8 at Oriental Boulevard & Ocean Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Oriental Boulevard - Ocean Avenue

1911

(1) Oriental Boulevard, south side, west of Ocean Ave., showing the Manhattan Beach Hotel built by Elbert Snediker in 1877 and owned by Austin Corbin, who opened it on July 18, 1877. The 4-story west wing was added in 1878, and it was again enlarged in 1879. Overall, the hotel was 660 feet long and accommodated 500 people. Its owners or lessees were H.J. Breslin, 1883; Simeon Leland, 1891; T.F. Silleck, 1899-1901; Alfred F. Amer, 1909-1910; and Joseph P. Greaves, 1911, when it was demolished in the same year. In 1937 the Manhattan Beach Baths used the site as a parking place for automobiles. September 20, 1911. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, a close up. September 20, 1911. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same, looking west. September 20, 1911. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (4) The same, looking east from Brighton Beach, showing the hotel in the distance. September 20, 1911. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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