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221st Street & 41st Avenue, Queens

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  • Queens: 221st Street - 41st Avenue, 1927

    Queens: 221st Street - 41st Avenue

    1927

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Queens: 221st Street - 41st Avenue, 1927

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Queens: 221st Street - 41st Avenue

1927

221st Street, east side, south of 41st Avenue, near the Long Island Railroad tracks. The mansion and surrounding property was owned by Hannah F. Lawrence in 1909 and by M. Mickle in 1891. P. L. Sperr April 12, 1927

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