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Flatbush Avenue & Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn

13 historical photos taken here between 1916 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue, 1916

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue

    1916

  • Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave., 1917

    Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave.

    1917

  • Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave., 1917

    Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave.

    1917

  • Brooklyn: Atlantic Avenue - Flatbush Avenue, 1929

    Brooklyn: Atlantic Avenue - Flatbush Avenue

    1929

  • Brooklyn: Atlantic Avenue - Flatbush Avenue, 1929

    Brooklyn: Atlantic Avenue - Flatbush Avenue

    1929

  • Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave., 1940

    Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave.

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave., 1940

    Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave.

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave., 1940

    Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave.

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue, 1941

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue

    1941

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue

    Unknown

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Atlantic Avenue

    Unknown

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave., 1940

Photo 6 of 13 at Flatbush Avenue & Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Atlantic Ave. - Flatbush Ave.

1940

Times Plaza, converging point of Atlantic, Flatbush, and Fourth Avenues, showing the B. M. T. elevated on Flatbush Avenue and the I. R. T. subway entrance on Atlantic Avenue. This area is also a terminal for street car lines and buses. June 15, 1940 Views 1,2,3 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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