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Metropolitan Avenue, North 7th Street, and Union Avenue
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[Union Avenue: BMT Canarsie Line]

View of houses on west side of Union Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, looking west from North 7th Street. Shows progress of BMT Carnarsie Line.

IMAGE DATE1920
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North 7th Street, west from Union Avenue, during construction of the BMT Canarsie line, October 20, 1920.

Construction derricks are visible in the distance, as excavation for the Canarsie line moves through Williamsburg. North 7th Street bisected the ninety-degree angle formed by Metropolitan (left, our of frame) and Union (right) Avenues, prior to the construction of the Brooklyn—Queens Expressway. The buildings in the foreground have been razed; today, the site is Macri Triangle Park.

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