1938

Queens: 51st Avenue - Jackson Avenue

51st Avenue, north side, east from Jackson Avenue, showing the types of buildings that prevailed in this section of Long Island City at the time when the Queens-Midtown Tunnel was cut through. The houses between the second telephone pole and the tree were later razed and on the site was erected the Service Building of the new tunnel. November 17, 1938 New York City Tunnel Authority

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection