Manhattan: 11th Avenue - 54th Street: Eleventh Avenue, north from and including 54th Street. Eleventh Avenue, with the railroad running down it from 60th Street, used to be nicknamed "Death Avenue;" but by the time of this picture the danger is more from the automobiles.
Eleventh Avenue, north from and including 54th Street. Eleventh Avenue, with the railroad running down it from 60th Street, used to be nicknamed "Death Avenue"; but by the time of this picture the danger is more from the automobiles. A steam locomotive is shown here; in five more years these will be superseded by Diesel engines. May 20, 1927. P. L. Sperr.
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
