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Flatbush Avenue & Fleet Street, Brooklyn

6 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Fleet Street - Flatbush Avenue, 1923

    Brooklyn: Fleet Street - Flatbush Avenue

    1923

  • Brooklyn: Fleet Street - Flatbush Avenue, 1932

    Brooklyn: Fleet Street - Flatbush Avenue

    1932

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Fleet Street, 1939–1940

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Fleet Street

    1939; 1940

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Fleet Street, 1939–1941

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Fleet Street

    1939; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Fleet Street, 1939–1941

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Fleet Street

    1939; 1941

  • Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Fleet Street, 1939–1940

    Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Fleet Street

    1939; 1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Fleet Street, 1939–1941

Photo 5 of 6 at Flatbush Avenue & Fleet Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Flatbush Avenue - Fleet Street

1939; 1941

Flatbush Avenue-Extention, north from Fleet Street, showing construction of a Board of Health building. On the right is Fleet Place. View 2 shows the completed building. P. L. Sperr View 1: August 23, 1939 View 2: June 28, 1941

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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