Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

1938

Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

51st Avenue, north side, east from 11th Street. The corner plot and the whole area extending across the frame dwelling and the one-story adjoining buildings were made part of the new highway leading from the Queens-Midtown Tunnel after the dwellings were razed. The houses in the left foreground were left untouched. November 18, 1938 New York City Tunnel Authority

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection