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Meeker Avenue & Monitor Street, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here in 1938, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Monitor Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Monitor Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Monitor Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Monitor Street

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Monitor Street, 1938

    Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Monitor Street

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Monitor Street, 1938

Photo 2 of 3 at Meeker Avenue & Monitor Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Meeker Avenue - Monitor Street

1938

Meeker Avenue, south side, west of Monitor Street, showing at the corner the Kroder Riebl Co. plant, manufacturers of brass goods. P. L. Sperr View 1: August 13, 1938 View 2: September 1, 1939 Note: The building shown in view 1 was torn down later to make way for the approach to the Kosciuszko Bridge over Newtown Creek. View 2 shows the S.E. corner of Meeker and Monitor, after some of the buildings were razed.

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