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Church Avenue & East 56th Street, Brooklyn

5 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1931, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 56th Street (East), 1922–1931

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 56th Street (East)

    1922; 1931

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 56th Street (East), 1922–1931

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 56th Street (East)

    1922; 1931

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 56th Street (East), 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 56th Street (East)

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 56th Street (East), 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 56th Street (East)

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 56th Street (East), 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 56th Street (East)

    1922; 1923; 1925

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Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 56th Street (East), 1922–1925

Photo 4 of 5 at Church Avenue & East 56th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Church Avenue - 56th Street (East)

1922; 1923; 1925

Church Avenue, at the N. W. corner of East 56th Street, showing the Jesse Schenck House. It appears on the Robinson 1890 map of Kings County as the John T. Schenck House. View 1: 1922 View 2: 1923 View 3: 1925 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection NEG # 3587 (F6 VIEW 2)

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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