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57th Street & 2nd Avenue, Brooklyn

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  • Brooklyn: 57th Street - 2nd Avenue, 1934

    Brooklyn: 57th Street - 2nd Avenue

    1934

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Brooklyn: 57th Street - 2nd Avenue, 1934

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Brooklyn: 57th Street - 2nd Avenue

1934

57th Street (left) east from and including Second Ave. Also shown is 5707-11 Second Ave., (tracks thereon) east side, south from 57th Street. March 27, 1934. Irvin Fitterman.

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