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21st Street & 25th Road, Queens

2 historical photos taken here in 1931, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 21st Street - 25th Road, 1931

    Queens: 21st Street - 25th Road

    1931

  • Queens: 21st Street - 25th Road, 1931

    Queens: 21st Street - 25th Road

    1931

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 21st Street - 25th Road, 1931

Photo 2 of 2 at 21st Street & 25th Road, Queens

Queens: 21st Street - 25th Road

1931

21st Street, west side, south from and across 25th Road to 26th Road. At the northwest corner of 26th Avenue is the Mount Carmel Cemetery, an old Roman Catholic burial place. View 2 shows the cemetery, where the Redemptionist Mission Roman Catholic Church formerly stood. 21st Street was formerly known here as Van Alst Avenue. P. L. Sperr March, 1931 Views 1,2

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