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17th Avenue & Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn

7 historical photos taken here between 1901 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 17th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue, 1901

    Brooklyn: 17th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue

    1901

  • Brooklyn: 17th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue, 1923–1931

    Brooklyn: 17th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue

    1923; 1931

  • Brooklyn: 17th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue, 1923–1931

    Brooklyn: 17th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue

    1923; 1931

  • Brooklyn: 17th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue, 1923–1925

    Brooklyn: 17th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue

    1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: 17th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue, 1923–1925

    Brooklyn: 17th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue

    1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: 17th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: 17th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue

    1936

  • Brooklyn: 17th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue, 1936

    Brooklyn: 17th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue

    1936

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Brooklyn: 17th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue, 1923–1931

Photo 2 of 7 at 17th Avenue & Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 17th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue

1923; 1931

(1) Seventeenth Ave., east side, south of Cropsey Ave., showing the Fort Lowry Hotel, established in 1876 by Joseph L. Lowry. It originally contained 20 rooms but was subsequently enlarged to 3000. It was practically demolished by fire early in 1927. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, showing a close-up at a later date. January 11, 1931. P. L. Sperr.

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