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84th Street & Bay 16th Street, Brooklyn

7 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1932, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Bay 16th Street - 84th Street, 1922

    Brooklyn: Bay 16th Street - 84th Street

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 84th Street - Bay 16th Street, 1925

    Brooklyn: 84th Street - Bay 16th Street

    1925

  • Brooklyn: 84th Street - Bay 16th Street, 1925

    Brooklyn: 84th Street - Bay 16th Street

    1925

  • Brooklyn: 84th Street - Bay 16th Street, 1931

    Brooklyn: 84th Street - Bay 16th Street

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Bay 16th Street - 84th Street, 1931

    Brooklyn: Bay 16th Street - 84th Street

    1931

  • Brooklyn: 84th Street - 17th Avenue, 1932

    Brooklyn: 84th Street - 17th Avenue

    1932

  • Brooklyn: 84th Street - 17th Avenue, 1932

    Brooklyn: 84th Street - 17th Avenue

    1932

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: 84th Street - Bay 16th Street, 1925

Photo 2 of 7 at 84th Street & Bay 16th Street, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 84th Street - Bay 16th Street

1925

(1) 84th Street, north side, east of Bay 16th Street, showing a group of old frame homes. To the right is the West End Elevated Lines of the B.M.T. March 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, showing a close-up of the center house in view No. 1. This home was owned by J.A. Emmons in 1873. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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