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111th Street & 44th Avenue, Queens

4 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 111th Street - 44th Avenue, 1923

    Queens: 111th Street - 44th Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: 111th Street - 44th Avenue, 1923

    Queens: 111th Street - 44th Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: 111th Street - 45th Avenue, 1936–1940

    Queens: 111th Street - 45th Avenue

    1936; 1940

  • Queens: 111th Street - 45th Avenue, 1936–1940

    Queens: 111th Street - 45th Avenue

    1936; 1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 111th Street - 44th Avenue, 1923

Photo 1 of 4 at 111th Street & 44th Avenue, Queens

Queens: 111th Street - 44th Avenue

1923

111th Street, south from 44th Avenue, across the Long Island Railroad tracks. The area on the left, which stretches along the east side of 111th Street, is part of the Corona dumps and later became Flushing Meadow Park where the New York World's Fair of 1939-40 was held. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection 1923

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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