Trotting Course Lane & Metropolitan Avenue, Queens
2 historical photos taken here in 1923, oldest first.
Photo 1 of 2 at Trotting Course Lane & Metropolitan Avenue, Queens
Queens: Trotting Course Lane - Metropolitan Avenue
Trotting Course Lane at the S.W. corner of Metropolitan Avenue, showing in two views the J. Vanderveer barns and house. The barns seen in view No. 2 are located on the north side of Seventy-third Avenue and extend almost to Orville Place. The house is directly in the street line of 72nd Avenue, near the first mentioned location. In the background in view No. 1 is seen the elevated Long Island Railroad right of way. April 1923. Views 1 and 2 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
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