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Empire Boulevard & Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn

3 historical photos taken here between 1900 and 1929, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Empire Boulevard, 1900

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Empire Boulevard

    1900

  • Brooklyn: Ocean Avenue - Flatbush Avenue, 1907

    Brooklyn: Ocean Avenue - Flatbush Avenue

    1907

  • Brooklyn: Empire Boulevard - Flatbush Avenue, 1929

    Brooklyn: Empire Boulevard - Flatbush Avenue

    1929

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Empire Boulevard - Flatbush Avenue, 1929

Photo 3 of 3 at Empire Boulevard & Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Empire Boulevard - Flatbush Avenue

1929

Empire Blvd., south side, between Flatbush and Washington Aves., showing Deegan's Riding School. May 1929. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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