Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

1923; 1929

Queens: 94th Street - 23rd Avenue

94th Street, west side, about 450 ft. north of Twenty-third Avenue, showing four views of the Abraham Rapelye house of 1852. These views are taken looking south from Ditmars Boulevard. This section of 94th Street is the original Old Bowery Road. Simon Remsen (b. 1748) married a daughter of Daniel Rapelye and occupied this farm. His daughter married James Strong whose heirs owned it in 1881. See other views for more data. May 1923 Views 2&3: March 1923 View 4: May 1929 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection