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Bay 22nd Street & Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn

7 historical photos taken here in 1935, oldest first.

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  • Gravesend Bay - Brooklyn - 21st Street., 1935

    Gravesend Bay - Brooklyn - 21st Street.

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Bay 22nd Street - Cropsey Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: Bay 22nd Street - Cropsey Avenue

    1935

  • Gravesend Bay - Brooklyn - 21st Street., 1935

    Gravesend Bay - Brooklyn - 21st Street.

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Bay 22nd Street - Cropsey Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: Bay 22nd Street - Cropsey Avenue

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Bay 22nd Street - Cropsey Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: Bay 22nd Street - Cropsey Avenue

    1935

  • Gravesend Bay - Brooklyn - 21st Street., 1935

    Gravesend Bay - Brooklyn - 21st Street.

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Bay 22nd Street - Cropsey Avenue

    Brooklyn: Bay 22nd Street - Cropsey Avenue

    Unknown

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Bay 22nd Street - Cropsey Avenue, 1935

Photo 4 of 7 at Bay 22nd Street & Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Bay 22nd Street - Cropsey Avenue

1935

Bay 22nd Street, east side, between Cropsey Ave. (left) and Warehouse Ave., showing a group of frame houses once used as a summer house at Gravesend Beach. At the left is a modern apartment No.1926-28 Cropsey Ave. [Date] April 27, 1935.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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