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168th Street & 84th Avenue, Queens

3 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 168th Street - 84th Avenue, 1927

    Queens: 168th Street - 84th Avenue

    1927

  • Queens: 168th Street - 84th Avenue, 1927–1940

    Queens: 168th Street - 84th Avenue

    1927; 1932; 1940

  • Queens: 168th Street - 84th Avenue, 1927

    Queens: 168th Street - 84th Avenue

    1927

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 168th Street - 84th Avenue, 1927

Photo 1 of 3 at 168th Street & 84th Avenue, Queens

Queens: 168th Street - 84th Avenue

1927

168th Street, west side, at 84th Avenue, showing land being leveled for real estate development in back of Jamaica High School. P. L. Sperr March 31, 1927 Views 1,2

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