1924; 1926

Queens: Queens Boulevard - 63rd Avenue

Queens Boulevard, west from 63rd Avenue. View 1 shows an old house, said to have been a parsonage, on the south side of the Boulevard. It is No. 9272 Queens Boulevard. To the right are the old Thompson barns in rear of the Thompson farmhouse which later became the Rego Park real estate office. View 2 shows a more extensive view of the Boulevard. The house on the left is No. 9272, the one seen in view 1. The white house in the background is the pre-Revolutionary Thompson House. On the right is a pumping station. Queens Boulevard is being widened; the buildings on the left mark the new building line and the new width of the thoroughfare. View 1: February, 1924 View 2: May, 1926 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection