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Greene Avenue & Patchen Avenue, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here between 1935 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Greene Avenue - Patchen Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: Greene Avenue - Patchen Avenue

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Greene Avenue - Patchen Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Greene Avenue - Patchen Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Patchen Avenue - Greene Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Patchen Avenue - Greene Avenue

    1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Greene Avenue - Patchen Avenue, 1935

Photo 1 of 3 at Greene Avenue & Patchen Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Greene Avenue - Patchen Avenue

1935

Green Avenue, west from near Broadway across Patchen Avenue, showing a W. P. A. sewer project and buildings on the north side of the Avenue. July 11, 1935 Works Progress Administration Five Boroughs Project

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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