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Surf Avenue & West 3rd Street, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here in 1924, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 3rd Street (West), 1924

    Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 3rd Street (West)

    1924

  • Brooklyn: Concourse Drive - Ocean Parkway, 1924

    Brooklyn: Concourse Drive - Ocean Parkway

    1924

  • Brooklyn: Sea Breeze Avenue - 3rd Street (West), 1924

    Brooklyn: Sea Breeze Avenue - 3rd Street (West)

    1924

  • Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 3rd Street (West), 1924

    Brooklyn: Surf Avenue - 3rd Street (West)

    1924

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Concourse Drive - Ocean Parkway, 1924

Photo 2 of 4 at Surf Avenue & West 3rd Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Concourse Drive - Ocean Parkway

1924

Concourse Drive, north side, west of Ocean Parkway, showing at the N.W. corner a shelter house in Sea Side Park. January 1924. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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