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Lafayette Avenue & Portland Avenue, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here between 1932 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Portland Avenue, 1932

    Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Portland Avenue

    1932

  • Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Portland Avenue, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Portland Avenue

    1940; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Portland Avenue, 1940–1941

    Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Portland Avenue

    1940; 1941

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Portland Avenue, 1940–1941

Photo 3 of 3 at Lafayette Avenue & Portland Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Lafayette Avenue - Portland Avenue

1940; 1941

91 Lafayette Avenue, at the N. E. corner of South Portland Avenue, showing the only remaining house of a row of old brownstone houses. The others were replaced by a new apartment house. View 1: October 10, 1940 View 2: September 15, 1941 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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