Queens: Colonial Avenue - 62nd Drive

1922; 1925; 1930

Queens: Colonial Avenue - 62nd Drive

Colonial Avenue, (electric light poles thereon), north from 62nd Drive to Nassau Boulevard. In the foreground of View No. 1 is Mill Creek, flowing north eastward to Flushing Creek. At the left; windows projecting from roof; is the Richard Coe farmhouse. Across the way is the De La Corte Inn. In the background are the Flushing ash dumps. View No. 2 is looking south from the Boulevard and shows the renovated inn. View No. 3 shows a closeup of the Old Inn which was erected in 1883; No. 4 shows the renovation of the house; with the Flushing dumps just beyond it. March 1925. View 2: Oct. 11, 1930 View 3: 1922 View 4: Oct. 11, 1930 Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection