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3rd Avenue & 25th Street, Brooklyn

13 historical photos taken here in 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 25th Street - 3rd Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: 25th Street - 3rd Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: 25th Street - 3rd Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: 25th Street - 3rd Avenue

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street, 1940

Photo 5 of 13 at 3rd Avenue & 25th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 25th Street

1940

view 1: Third Avenue, e.s., s. from, but not including 25th Street. The intersection shown is 26th Street. view 2: Third Avenue, e.s., s. fr. 26th Street. view 3: Third Avenue, e.s., s. from, but not including 27th Street. view 4: Third Avenue, e.s., s. from, but not including 28th Street. The intersection shown is 29th Street. All: P. L. Sperr, photographer July 21, 1940

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