Queens: Shore Boulevard - 21st Avenue
(1) Shore Boulevard (right), south of 2lst Ave., showing in the background (right) the former home of A. D. Ditmar and beyond it the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge. In the foreground is the Nesbit house. April 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection. (2) The same, viewed from 2lst Ave. This bridge was designed by Gustave Lindenthal and opened on April 1, 1917. The cost was over ~12,000,000. The steel arches rise 220 feet and have a clear span between abutments of about 1000 feet. June 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
