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Queens: Braddock Avenue - 244th Street
1923
Queens: Braddock Avenue - 244th Street
1923

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Photo 1 of 2 at Braddock Avenue & 244th Street, Queens

Queens: Braddock Avenue - 244th Street

1923

(1) Braddock Ave. (Rocky Hill Road), north side, west of 244th Street (Clinton), showing the C. Walter home of 1896 ? It does not appear in any atlas after 1928. According to the new layout of Queens County; it would be between 242nd and 243rd Street, north of Braddock Ave. August 1924. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same. Note the old well and the out buildings. January 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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