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2nd Street & Borden Avenue, Queens

4 historical photos taken here between 1936 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Borden Avenue - 2nd Street, 1936–1941

    Queens: Borden Avenue - 2nd Street

    1936; 1938; 1941

  • Queens: 2nd Street - Borden Avenue, 1936

    Queens: 2nd Street - Borden Avenue

    1936

  • Queens: 2nd Street - Borden Avenue, 1936

    Queens: 2nd Street - Borden Avenue

    1936

  • Queens: Borden Avenue - 2nd Street, 1936

    Queens: Borden Avenue - 2nd Street

    1936

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  • 54th Avenue & 2nd Street, Queens (6 photos)
  • Borden Avenue & 5th Street, Queens (5 photos)
  • 51st Avenue & Jackson Avenue, Queens (9 photos)
  • Borden Avenue & Vernon Boulevard, Queens (19 photos)

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 2nd Street - Borden Avenue, 1936

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Queens: 2nd Street - Borden Avenue

1936

2nd Street, west side, between Borden and 51st Avenues, showing the Queens County Bank, a branch of the Corn Exchange Bank. P. L. Sperr October 25, 1936

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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