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52nd Street & Roosevelt Avenue, Queens

2 historical photos taken here between 1925 and 1936, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 53rd Street - Roosevelt Avenue, 1925

    Queens: 53rd Street - Roosevelt Avenue

    1925

  • Queens: 52nd Street - Roosevelt Avenue, 1936

    Queens: 52nd Street - Roosevelt Avenue

    1936

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 53rd Street - Roosevelt Avenue, 1925

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Queens: 53rd Street - Roosevelt Avenue

1925

53rd Street, south of Roosevelt Ave., viewed from the Lincoln Ave. elevated station of the B.M.T; I.R.T. subway lines. This is a southeasterly view, showing in the background the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge. October 1, 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

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