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East 40th Street & Kings Highway, Brooklyn

32 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1934, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway, 1922

    Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway, 1922

    Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway

    1922

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 41st Street (East), 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 41st Street (East)

    1922; 1925

  • Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 41st Street (East), 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 41st Street (East)

    1922; 1925

  • Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway, 1922–1923

    Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923

  • Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway, 1922

    Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway

    1922

  • Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway, 1922–1925

    Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway

    1922; 1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway, 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway

    1923; 1925; 1928

  • Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway, 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway

    1923; 1925; 1928

  • Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway, 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway

    1923; 1925; 1928

  • Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway, 1923–1931

    Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway

    1923; 1931

  • Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway, 1923–1931

    Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway

    1923; 1931

  • Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway, 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway

    1923; 1925; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East), 1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East)

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East), 1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East)

    1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East), 1923–1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East)

    1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East), 1926

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East)

    1926

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East), 1931

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East)

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East), 1931

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East)

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East), 1931

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East)

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East), 1931

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East)

    1931

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street, 1934

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street, 1934

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street, 1934

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East), 1934

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East)

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East)

    1934

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - 40th Street (East)

    Unknown

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Nearby places

  • Hubbard Place & Kings Highway, Brooklyn (10 photos)
  • Hubbard Place & East 40th Street, Brooklyn (2 photos)
  • Flatbush Avenue & Overbaugh Place, Brooklyn (3 photos)
  • Flatlands Avenue & East 40th Street, Brooklyn (6 photos)
  • Kings Highway & Troy Avenue, Brooklyn (14 photos)
  • Flatbush Avenue & Kings Highway, Brooklyn (28 photos)
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Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway, 1922

Photo 1 of 32 at East 40th Street & Kings Highway, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: 40th Street (East) - Kings Highway

1922

(1) East 40th Street, west side, between Alton Place and King's Highway, showing the Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church and Sunday School. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, a view from Overbaugh Lane. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (3) The same, showing a close-up of the Church. 1922. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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