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40th Avenue & Main Street, Queens

30 historical photos taken here between 1880 and 1935, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1880

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1880

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1922

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1922

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1922

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1922

  • Queens: Main Street - 40th Road, 1922

    Queens: Main Street - 40th Road

    1922

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1922–1924

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1922

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1922

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1922–1924

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: 40th Road - Main Street, 1922

    Queens: 40th Road - Main Street

    1922

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1922

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1922

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1922–1924

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1922; 1924

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1923

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1923

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1923

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1923

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1923

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1923

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1923

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1923

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1923

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1923

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1925

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1925

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1925

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1925

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1925

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1925

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1925

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1925

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1925

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1925

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1925

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1925

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1925

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1925

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1925

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1925

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1925

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1925

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1925

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1925

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1925

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    1925

  • Queens: 40th Road - Main Street, 1927

    Queens: 40th Road - Main Street

    1927

  • Queens: Main Street - 40th Road, 1935

    Queens: Main Street - 40th Road

    1935

  • Queens: Main Street - 40th Road, 1935

    Queens: Main Street - 40th Road

    1935

  • Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

    Unknown

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Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street, 1925

Photo 21 of 30 at 40th Avenue & Main Street, Queens

Queens: 40th Avenue - Main Street

1925

Fortieth Ave., south side, between Main and Union Sts., showing in a set of 4 views, the Flushing Institute being demolished. See other views for more data. Feb. 24, 1925 Views 1, 2, 3 and 4. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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