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31st Street & 24th Avenue, Queens

3 historical photos taken here in 1934, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 31st Street - 24th Avenue, 1934

    Queens: 31st Street - 24th Avenue

    1934

  • Queens: 31st Street - 24th Avenue, 1934

    Queens: 31st Street - 24th Avenue

    1934

  • Queens: 31st Street - 24th Avenue, 1934

    Queens: 31st Street - 24th Avenue

    1934

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: 31st Street - 24th Avenue, 1934

Photo 1 of 3 at 31st Street & 24th Avenue, Queens

Queens: 31st Street - 24th Avenue

1934

31st Street, west side, between 24th and Hoyt Avenues, showing a group of two-story homes being demolished, where a public playground was later built. View 1 is south from the former Dorothy Place toward Hoyt Avenue; view 2 is across the I.R.T. elevated from 24th Road, just east of 31st Street; view 3 shows frame houses at the S.W. corner of 24th Road. P. L. Sperr September 20, 1934 Views 1,2,3

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