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94th Street & 23rd Avenue, Queens

25 historical photos taken here between 1900 and 1939, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1900

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1900

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1900

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1900

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1923; 1925; 1929

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1923; 1925; 1929

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1923; 1925; 1929

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1923; 1925; 1929

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1923–1929

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1923; 1929

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1932

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1932

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1935

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1935

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1935

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1935

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1935

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1935

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1939

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1939

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1939

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1939

  • Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1939

    Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

    1939

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Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue, 1932

Photo 19 of 25 at 94th Street & 23rd Avenue, Queens

Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

1932

94th Street (Old Bowery Road), west side, north of Twenty-third Ave., showing in the center of the view the Abraham Rapelye house, demolished in 1934. This house was erected about 1750 by Daniel Rapelje and has been known as the D.P. Rapelje house. About 1932. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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