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21st Avenue & 27th Street, Queens

2 historical photos taken here in 1932, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 21st Avenue - 27th Street, 1932

    Queens: 21st Avenue - 27th Street

    1932

  • Queens: 21st Avenue - 27th Street, 1932

    Queens: 21st Avenue - 27th Street

    1932

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 21st Avenue - 27th Street, 1932

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Queens: 21st Avenue - 27th Street

1932

21st Avenue, at 27th Street (vantage point). The view is northwestward toward Berrians Neck, where the Astoria Light, Heat and Power Company's plants and gas tanks are located. This property was at one time part of the George Woolsey estate and the area known as Casina or Lawrence Point (See "Annals of New-town"--1852). P. L. Sperr March 23, 1932

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