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Subway Construction Photos

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Trolley Photos

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Exhibit

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Stereoscopic Images

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Sunset Park Scenes

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Postcards

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19th Street at Third Avenue

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Subway Construction, 4th Avenue and 50th St.

Construction

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Fourth Avenue, Between 16th St and Prospect Ave

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Water Front at 65th Street

Image of the 65th Street Waterfront from the Brooklyn Eagle.

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Subway Construction

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57th Street and 4th Avenue

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Bush Terminal Hotel

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52nd Street Shops (Looking Southeast)

Brooklyn Rapid Transit photograph of 52nd Street Shops, Brooklyn Heights Railroad Corporation

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Trinity Lutheran Church

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Brooklyn Terminal Garage and Machine Company - 3 Ave and 25th St.

B.R.T. Insurance Company photo of Brooklyn Terminal Garage and Machine Co., 3rd Ave and 25th St, looking southeast. A MobileOils gasoline building is…

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65th St. Station, Bayridge

Image of Bay Ridge Park and the 65th Street and Third Avenue Elevated Train Station of the Fifth Avenue Elevated.

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2283 Fourth Avenue

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Norwegian Hospital

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North Side of Pier 6

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2409 4th Ave

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Subway Construction Workers and Equipment

Image of workers and subway construction equipment, including water tank, at 1842 4th Avenue (39th Street and 4 Ave), Brooklyn NY

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86th Street Trolley (Between 2nd and 3rd Ave)

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4718-4720 Fourth Avenue

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Bush Terminal

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Between 14th and 15th Street and Fourth Avenue

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26th St and 4 Ave

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36th Street Train Yard Shops

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Entrance to Green-Wood Cemetery

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Reinforced Concrete Construction and Brick

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Trolley Barn

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Corner of 27th Street and 4th Avenue

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52nd Street Dock

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Trolley at 39th Street between 4 and 5 Avenue

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31st Street and 4th Avenue

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56th Street and 4th Avenue Subway construction

Image of temporary barriers and walkways, as well as storefronts at 56th Street and 4th Avenue. Vanderbilt's confectionary is visible.

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36th Street Train Yard

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Contract 11-3-A, at 640 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. Temporary roadway and temporary sidewalk. West side, between 18th and 19th Street, looking south.…

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Brooklyn Rapid Transit Terminal, 65th Street

Image of the 65th Street and Third Avenue Terminal of Brooklyn Rapid Transit's Fifth Avenue–Bay Ridge Line

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648-650 Fourth Ave

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Additional Freight Yard for Bush Terminal

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Produce Vendor

A produce vendor arranges items in a truck.

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4th Ave & 43rd St Old Police Precinct (1890)

Built in 1889, police moved out in 1970.
Was the 43rd Precinct, then the 18th and then
the 68th. A NYC landmark. Stable for horses (building on the…

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Station 298+25?

Image of Subway Construction. Per NY Historical Society item https://digitalcollections.nyhistory.org/islandora/object/nyhs%3A132851 this near the 4th…

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5622 Fourth Avenue

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Paradise Theatre

Image of the Paradise Movie Theater. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein and Meet the Killer are playing. Reverse side image notes that the Pradise…

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Trolley Barn

Trolley Barn at 3 Avenue and 58th Street, Brooklyn NY

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Underground Equipment and Construction

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39th Street Shops

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Fourth Avenue, Between 17-18 Street

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Lake of Sunset Park (1908)

Sunset Park was formed by a glacier 14,000 years ago as it pushed soil and rocks across the continent.

Global warming halted its advance and left…

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Corner of 32nd Street and Fourth Avenue

A mustachioed man in a coat and top hat poses in at a corner of a sidewalk. A sign labeled "NE32" is paralel to him, and a storm drain is in front of…

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Tunnel Under 60th Street and Fourth Avenue

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Bay Ridge Driveway and 65th St., "L" Station

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Fourth Avenue and 21st St

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Trolley at Third Avenue and 39th Street

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2286 Fourth Avenue

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Norwegian Hospital on 4th Avenue

Brooklyn Eagle Postcard, Series 34, no. 199

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52nd Street and 4th Avenue

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56th Street and 4th Avenue

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Sunset Park Methodist Episcopal Church

Sunset Park Methodist Episcopal Church, now known as
Christ United Methodist Church, located at 673 45th Street at Seventh Avenue.

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52nd Street Shops

52nd Street and First Ave, Looking Southeast

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36th Street Shop

Image of the 36th Street Repair shop located at 36th Street and 5th Ave, facing southeast.

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26th Street Between 4th and 3rd Avenue

Snow covered street and cars on 26th Street between 4th and 3rd Avenue.

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972 4th Ave

Image of subway construction at 4th Avenue and 38th Street. The Elevated Train going from 5th down to 3rd Avenue is prominent. Open cuts, timber, and…

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17th St and 4 Ave, Facing South East

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