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20th Avenue & Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn

7 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 20th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: 20th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue

    1922; 1925

  • Brooklyn: 20th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: 20th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue

    1922; 1925

  • Brooklyn: 20th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: 20th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue

    1922; 1925

  • Coney Island Creek - West 20th Street - Brooklyn., 1936

    Coney Island Creek - West 20th Street - Brooklyn.

    1936

  • Coney Island Creek - West 20th Street - Brooklyn., 1936

    Coney Island Creek - West 20th Street - Brooklyn.

    1936

  • Coney Island Creek - West 20th Street - Brooklyn., 1936

    Coney Island Creek - West 20th Street - Brooklyn.

    1936

  • Brooklyn: 20th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue, 1939

    Brooklyn: 20th Avenue - Cropsey Avenue

    1939

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Coney Island Creek - West 20th Street - Brooklyn., 1936

Photo 4 of 7 at 20th Avenue & Cropsey Avenue, Brooklyn

Coney Island Creek - West 20th Street - Brooklyn.

1936

Coney Island Creek, at the foot of West 20th Street, and viewing eastward to the Cropsey Ave. Bridge. This is a set of three views taken the same day. May 17, 1936. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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