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21st Street & 40th Avenue, Queens

2 historical photos taken here in 1940, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 40th Avenue - 21st Street, 1940

    Queens: 40th Avenue - 21st Street

    1940

  • Queens: 21st Street - 40th Avenue, 1940

    Queens: 21st Street - 40th Avenue

    1940

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Queens: 40th Avenue - 21st Street, 1940

Photo 1 of 2 at 21st Street & 40th Avenue, Queens

Queens: 40th Avenue - 21st Street

1940

40th Avenue, west from 21st Street. On the left are the newly-erected Queensbridge Houses, a low-rent governmental project. P. L. Sperr September 5, 1940

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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