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Borden Avenue & 21st Street, Queens

2 historical photos taken here in 1938, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Borden Avenue - 21st Street, 1938

    Queens: Borden Avenue - 21st Street

    1938

  • Queens: Borden Avenue - 21st Street, 1938

    Queens: Borden Avenue - 21st Street

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Borden Avenue - 21st Street, 1938

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Queens: Borden Avenue - 21st Street

1938

Borden Avenue, north side, west from near 21st Street, showing a general view of the area across which was later constructed the elevated highway, carrying traffic to and from the entrance to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, a few blocks away. November 18, 1938 New York City Tunnel Authority

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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