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East 54th Street & Canarsie Avenue, Brooklyn

8 historical photos taken here between 1864 and 1928, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Clarendon Road, 1864–1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Clarendon Road

    1864; 1921; 1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Clarendon Road, 1864–1925

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Clarendon Road

    1864; 1921; 1923; 1925

  • Brooklyn: 54th Street (East) - Canarsie Avenue, 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: 54th Street (East) - Canarsie Avenue

    1923; 1924; 1928

  • Brooklyn: 54th Street (East) - Canarsie Avenue, 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: 54th Street (East) - Canarsie Avenue

    1923; 1924; 1928

  • Brooklyn: 54th Street (East) - Canarsie Avenue, 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: 54th Street (East) - Canarsie Avenue

    1923; 1924; 1928

  • Brooklyn: 54th Street (East) - Canarsie Avenue, 1923–1928

    Brooklyn: 54th Street (East) - Canarsie Avenue

    1923; 1924; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Clarendon Road, 1925–1928

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Clarendon Road

    1925; 1928

  • Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Clarendon Road, 1925–1928

    Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Clarendon Road

    1925; 1928

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Clarendon Road, 1864–1925

Photo 1 of 8 at East 54th Street & Canarsie Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Kings Highway - Clarendon Road

1864; 1921; 1923; 1925

(1) Kings Highway, at the S.E. corner of Clarendon Road, just south of Canarsie Lane, showing the J. C. Vanderveer House, owned by the C. Vanderveer Estate in 1860. John Vanderveer operated a grocery here about 1864. In 1900 it was Will Mathews house. It was partly burned about 1921, and demolished in May 1925. 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, from another angle. March 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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