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Union Turnpike & Queens Boulevard

29 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1968, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1922–1923

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1922–1923

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1922–1923

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1922–1923

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1922–1923

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1922–1923

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1922–1923

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1922; 1923

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1923–1927

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1923; 1927

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1923–1927

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1923; 1927

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1923–1927

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1923; 1927

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1923–1928

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1923; 1928

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1923–1928

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1923; 1928

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1923–1928

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1923; 1928

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1928

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1928

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - Union Turnpike, 1928–1939

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - Union Turnpike

    1928; 1931; 1937; 1938; 1939

  • Queens: Kew Gardens Road - Union Turnpike, 1928

    Queens: Kew Gardens Road - Union Turnpike

    1928

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - Union Turnpike, 1928–1939

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - Union Turnpike

    1928; 1931; 1937; 1938; 1939

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1928–1929

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1928; 1929

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1928–1929

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1928; 1929

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1928–1929

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1928; 1929

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1928–1929

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1928; 1929

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - Union Turnpike, 1928–1939

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - Union Turnpike

    1928; 1931; 1937; 1938; 1939

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1929

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

    1929

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - Union Turnpike, 1935–1940

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - Union Turnpike

    1935; 1936; 1937; 1940

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - Union Turnpike, 1935–1940

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - Union Turnpike

    1935; 1936; 1937; 1940

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - Union Turnpike, 1935–1940

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - Union Turnpike

    1935; 1936; 1937; 1940

  • Cemeteries - Maple Grove Cemetery - [Queens - Kew Gardens Road and Queens Boulevard entrances.], 1936

    Cemeteries - Maple Grove Cemetery - [Queens - Kew Gardens Road and Queens Boulevard entrances.]

    1936

  • Cemeteries - Maple Grove Cemetery - [Queens - Kew Gardens Road and Queens Boulevard entrances.], 1936

    Cemeteries - Maple Grove Cemetery - [Queens - Kew Gardens Road and Queens Boulevard entrances.]

    1936

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - Union Turnpike, 1968

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - Union Turnpike

    1968

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Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard, 1928–1929

Photo 19 of 29 at Union Turnpike & Queens Boulevard

Queens: Union Turnpike - Queens Boulevard

1928; 1929

Union Turnpike, between Queens Boulevard and Vleigh Place (Head of the Vleigh Road, showing the farm house of Timothy J. Jackson. This farm, comprised of 77 acres, was used as a stock farm. On it was a one-half mile circular trotting course. This Jackson, maintained a general store just west of L. Younger's house which was on the N.W. corner of Vleigh Place and Union Turnpike. No buildings appear on any of the Queens Atlases after 1909 and the only buildings that appear on that year are near the northern boundary of the property, just south of Edgar H. Meeker's property. Cord Meyer became the owner of this property after 1891. For a number of years he operated a pumping station. This is a set of four views taken on different days and from different angles. It is probable that if these buildings were standing in 1937 they would be between 132nd and 138th Street. However they were demolished sometime in 1929. October 1928. Views 1, 2 & 3. View 4: April 1929. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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