Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

51st Avenue (foreground), north side, between 21st and 11th Streets, viewing northwestward across the clearance which later became part of the highway leading from the Queens-Midtown Tunnel. Shown, too, are the rears of dwellings on the south side of 50th Avenue which were later razed. In the left background appears the steeple of St. Marys Roman Catholic Church. November 21, 1938 New York City Tunnel Authority

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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