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223rd Street & Merrick Boulevard, Queens

2 historical photos taken here in 1927, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Merrick Boulevard - 223rd Street, 1927

    Queens: Merrick Boulevard - 223rd Street

    1927

  • Queens: 223rd Street - Merrick Boulevard, 1927

    Queens: 223rd Street - Merrick Boulevard

    1927

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Queens: 223rd Street - Merrick Boulevard, 1927

Photo 2 of 2 at 223rd Street & Merrick Boulevard, Queens

Queens: 223rd Street - Merrick Boulevard

1927

223rd Street, east side, north from Merrick Boulevard, showing a group of frame homes being built by Nemerov and Nemerov, builders. about 1927

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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