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Navy Street & Lafayette Street, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1942, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Navy Street - Lafayette Street, 1927–1934

    Brooklyn: Navy Street - Lafayette Street

    1927; 1934

  • Brooklyn: Navy Street - Lafayette Street, 1927

    Brooklyn: Navy Street - Lafayette Street

    1927

  • Brooklyn: Navy Street - Lafayette Street, 1942

    Brooklyn: Navy Street - Lafayette Street

    1942

  • Brooklyn: Lafayette Street - Navy Street, 1942

    Brooklyn: Lafayette Street - Navy Street

    1942

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Navy Street - Lafayette Street, 1927–1934

Photo 1 of 4 at Navy Street & Lafayette Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Navy Street - Lafayette Street

1927; 1934

Navy Street, west side, south from Lafayette Street, showing a row of old tenements. The first four of these are frame buildings. View 2 shows the same row at a later date. P. L. Sperr View 1: October 31, 1927 View 2: July 22, 1934

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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