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Henry Street & Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn

7 historical photos taken here in 1940, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Hamilton Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Hamilton Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Henry Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - Henry Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Hamilton Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Hamilton Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Hamilton Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Hamilton Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Hamilton Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Hamilton Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Hamilton Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Hamilton Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Henry Street - Hamilton Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Henry Street - Hamilton Avenue

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Henry Street - Hamilton Avenue, 1940

Photo 6 of 7 at Henry Street & Hamilton Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Henry Street - Hamilton Avenue

1940

Henry Street, south from and across Hamilton Avenue, showing numerous buildings being razed for the widening of Hamilton Avenue and its conversion into Gowanus Parkway, a link in the Belt Parkway system of roads. View 2 is north from near Nelson Street. P. L. Sperr October 23, 1940 Views 1,2.

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