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169th Street & 89th Avenue, Queens

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  • Queens: 169th Street - 89th Avenue, 1932

    Queens: 169th Street - 89th Avenue

    1932

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 169th Street - 89th Avenue, 1932

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Queens: 169th Street - 89th Avenue

1932

168th Street, west side, south from 89th to 90th Avenues, showing old Jamaica homes. On the left is St. Stephens Protestant Episcopal Church. 168th Street, here, was previously known as Grand Avenue. P. L. Sperr April 6, 1932

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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