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23rd Avenue & Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn

6 historical photos taken here between 1900 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 23rd Avenue - Cropsey Avenue, 1900

    Brooklyn: 23rd Avenue - Cropsey Avenue

    1900

  • Brooklyn: 23rd Avenue - Cropsey Avenue, 1900

    Brooklyn: 23rd Avenue - Cropsey Avenue

    1900

  • Brooklyn: 23rd Avenue - Warehouse Avenue, 1935

    Brooklyn: 23rd Avenue - Warehouse Avenue

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Warehouse Ave. - 23rd Ave., 1935

    Brooklyn: Warehouse Ave. - 23rd Ave.

    1935

  • Brooklyn: Bay 32nd Street - Cropsey Avenue, 1939

    Brooklyn: Bay 32nd Street - Cropsey Avenue

    1939

  • Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 32nd Street, 1939

    Brooklyn: Cropsey Avenue - Bay 32nd Street

    1939

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Brooklyn: Warehouse Ave. - 23rd Ave., 1935

Photo 4 of 6 at 23rd Avenue & Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Warehouse Ave. - 23rd Ave.

1935

Warehouse Ave. (in foreground along water line) between 23rd (left) and 24th Aves. (right), showing from left to right the Goldenray apartments, at the N.E. corner of 23rd and Cropsey Ave; an old three story frame (white) in the line of Bay 34th Street, and the steeple of the Cropsey Ave. Methodist Church. At the right is the Cropsey and Mitchell Lumber Co. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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