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Sheepshead Bay Road & Voorhies Avenue, Brooklyn

4 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - Voorhies Avenue, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - Voorhies Avenue

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - Voorhies Avenue, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - Voorhies Avenue

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - Voorhies Avenue, 1935–1937

    Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - Voorhies Avenue

    1935; 1937

  • Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - Voorhies Avenue, 1935–1937

    Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - Voorhies Avenue

    1935; 1937

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - Voorhies Avenue, 1922–1923

Photo 2 of 4 at Sheepshead Bay Road & Voorhies Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Sheepshead Bay Road - Voorhies Avenue

1922; 1923

(1) Sheepshead Bay Road, north of Voorhies Ave., showing at the left, property belonging to A. Soeller (1890) and in the background is the Island View Hotel (1890) known by its cupola, and to the right of it is the home of C.F. O'Neil. The collector and photographer states the Island View Hotel to be the hotel of William Schuessler. December 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, showing a close-up of the Island View Hotel at the N.E. corner of East 16th Street. Sheepshead Bay Road turns left at this point and forms a sharp angle. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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