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2nd Street & 26th Avenue, Queens

7 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1931, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Astoria Park., 1922

    Queens: Astoria Park.

    1922

  • Queens: 2nd Street - 26th Avenue, 1927–1931

    Queens: 2nd Street - 26th Avenue

    1927; 1931

  • Queens: 2nd Street - 26th Avenue, 1927–1931

    Queens: 2nd Street - 26th Avenue

    1927; 1931

  • Queens: 2nd Street - 26th Avenue, 1927–1931

    Queens: 2nd Street - 26th Avenue

    1927; 1931

  • Queens: 2nd Street - 26th Avenue, 1931

    Queens: 2nd Street - 26th Avenue

    1931

  • Queens: 2nd Street - 26th Avenue

    Queens: 2nd Street - 26th Avenue

    Unknown

  • Queens: 2nd Street - 26th Avenue

    Queens: 2nd Street - 26th Avenue

    Unknown

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Queens: Astoria Park., 1922

Photo 1 of 7 at 2nd Street & 26th Avenue, Queens

Queens: Astoria Park.

1922

Astoria Park: Twenty-sixth Ave., (foreground, not shown) north side, between East River (left) and 2nd Street (right), showing in the background the Hellgate Lighthouse and the field house of the Astoria Athletic Field. Fort Stevens formerly occupied this site. 1922. Eugene L. Ambruster Collection.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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