Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 18th Street

1940

Brooklyn: 3rd Avenue - 18th Street

3rd Avenue, north from 18th Street, across Hamilton Avenue. The latter proceeds northwestward, from where the automobile can be seen turning in from the left near the wooden fence. The buildings on the left are being torn down and the area will become part of Gowanus Parkway, a link in the Belt Parkway system of highways. View 2 shows the buildings at the N.W. corner of 18th Street. P. L. Sperr October 23, 1940 Views 1,2 View 3: The N.E. corner of Third Avenue and 18th Street, during demolition. view 3: neg. no. A-955 July 22, 1940

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection