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Hamilton Avenue & 2nd Avenue, Brooklyn

11 historical photos taken here between 1940 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 2nd Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 2nd Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 2nd Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 2nd Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 15th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 15th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 15th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 15th Street

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 2nd Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 2nd Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 2nd Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 2nd Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 2nd Avenue, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 2nd Avenue

    1940

  • Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 15th Street, 1940

    Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 15th Street

    1940

  • Hamilton Avenue at 2nd Avenue, to , Brooklyn, 1941-11-15

    Hamilton Avenue at 2nd Avenue, to , Brooklyn

    1941-11-15

  • 15th Street - Second Avenue looking east, 1941-11-15

    15th Street - Second Avenue looking east

    1941-11-15

  • Hamilton Avenue at 2nd Avenue, to Northwest, Brooklyn, 1941-11-15

    Hamilton Avenue at 2nd Avenue, to Northwest, Brooklyn

    1941-11-15

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 2nd Avenue, 1940

Photo 6 of 11 at Hamilton Avenue & 2nd Avenue, Brooklyn

Brooklyn: Hamilton Avenue - 2nd Avenue

1940

Hamilton Avenue, at the S.E. corner of Second Avenue. These buildings were later torn down for the construction of Gowanus Parkway, Brooklyn's northerly extension of the Belt Parkway system of highways. View 2 shows the same corner with the buildings down. View 1: July 26, 1940 View 2: October 17, 1940 P. L. Sperr view 3: Neg No. A-969

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