1938

Queens: Borden Avenue - 11th Street

Borden Avenue, north side, west from 11th Street, toward the vehicular viaduct on Vernon Boulevard. All the structures seen in this view, some of them (right) fronting on the south side of 51st Avenue, were later torn down to make way for the construction of the Queens-Midtown Tunnel plaza. The tall building is the Clay Building, on Jackson Avenue. November 17, 1938 New York City Tunnel Authority

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection