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27th Street & 39th Avenue, Queens

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  • Queens: 27th Street - 39th Avenue, 1940

    Queens: 27th Street - 39th Avenue

    1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 27th Street - 39th Avenue, 1940

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Queens: 27th Street - 39th Avenue

1940

27th Street, east side, north from 40th to 39th Avenues. 27th Street, here, was formely known as Prospect Street. P. L. Sperr Sept 5, 1940

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