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Park Avenue & East 181st Street, Brooklyn

5 historical photos taken here between 1925 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Hudson Avenue - Park Avenue, 1925

    Brooklyn: Hudson Avenue - Park Avenue

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Concord Street - Navy Street, 1925

    Brooklyn: Concord Street - Navy Street

    1925

  • Public Schools - Brooklyn - P.S. 14., 1930

    Public Schools - Brooklyn - P.S. 14.

    1930

  • Brooklyn: Park Avenue - 181st Street (East), 1938

    Brooklyn: Park Avenue - 181st Street (East)

    1938

  • Brooklyn: Park Avenue - 181st Street (East), 1938

    Brooklyn: Park Avenue - 181st Street (East)

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Park Avenue - 181st Street (East), 1938

Photo 4 of 5 at Park Avenue & East 181st Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Park Avenue - 181st Street (East)

1938

Park Avenue, south side, east from Hudson Avenue. The clearance runs east to Navy Street and extends, in this view, south to Tillary Street. The buildings seen directly across the clearance are on Navy Street. View 1: August 25, 1938 View 2: August 23, 1939 P. L. Sperr The cleared area was created by the demolition of buildings of Fort Greene Houses.

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