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20th Avenue & 124th Street, Queens

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  • Queens: 20th Avenue - 124th Street, 1932

    Queens: 20th Avenue - 124th Street

    1932

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Queens: 20th Avenue - 124th Street, 1932

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Queens: 20th Avenue - 124th Street

1932

20th Avenue (right), at the N.E. corner of 124th Street, The corner house was owned, in 1873, by H. Knerr, and the one on the extreme right by F. Hunold. 20th Avenue was then named 5th Avenue. P. L. Sperr March 16, 1932

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