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The Streets of East New York and Brownsville
Slide shows of photographs taken of these two sections of Brooklyn, New York
for tax purposes by New York City, between 1939 and 1941.

The following:


Georgia Avenue, from Pitkin Avenue south to New Lots Avenue

Even building numbers.

Click on this link for the odd building number photographs.

 

226

230

236

250

 

252

254

286

288

 

290

292

298

322

(next door): Sign store,
Schnur's Dry Cleaning.

 

324

326

330

332

 

334

Frankfurter's
Soda-Candy-Stationery.

 

336

338

342

 

344

336

338

342

 

344

346

348

350

 

354

356

358

380

Star Paper and Twine.

 

382

I. Potter - 1st Class Dressmaker.

 

384

386

390

 

392

394

396

398

Food store.

 

402

404

Barber shop.

 

408

414

 

418

 

44o

444

446

 

448

450

452

454

 

456

458

460

462

 

466

470

472

476

 

496

Barber Shop & Beauty Parlor.

498

Yiddish children's school.

 

500

502

 

506

 

508

512

514

518

520

524

526

 

530

532

536

538

 

542

544

 

 

550

554

 

556

562

566

568

 

572

574

578

580

 

584

586

590

592

 

596

598

602

604

 

608

 

     


 

 

If you would like to find the photograph for a particular building in Brooklyn, search by clicking on the link below:

https://nycma.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/view/search/when/1939-1941?q=mediaCollectionId%3d%22NYCMA~7~7%22&sort=borough%2Cblock%2Clot%2Czip_code 

 

Courtesy of the New York City Municipal Archives.

 

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