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16th Avenue & 56th Street, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: 16th Avenue - 56th Street, 1930

    Brooklyn: 16th Avenue - 56th Street

    1930

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 16th Avenue - 56th Street, 1930

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Brooklyn: 16th Avenue - 56th Street

1930

16th Avenue (right), east side, from 56th to 57th Streets, showing Public School No. 180. The old P.S. 180, a frame house, was at the northwest corner of 18th Avenue and 57th Street. Board of Education of the City of New York. Early 1930's

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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