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51st Avenue & 11th Street, Queens

35 historical photos taken here between 1938 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 11th Street - South 51st Street., 1938

    Queens: 11th Street - South 51st Street.

    1938

  • Queens: 50th Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 50th Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 11th Street - South 51st Avenue., 1938

    Queens: 11th Street - South 51st Avenue.

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 50th Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 50th Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 11th Street - 50th Avenue, 1938

    Queens: 11th Street - 50th Avenue

    1938

  • Queens: 50th Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 50th Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 11th Street - 51st Avenue, 1938

    Queens: 11th Street - 51st Avenue

    1938

  • Queens: 50th Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 50th Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 11th Street - 51st Avenue., 1938

    Queens: 11th Street - 51st Avenue.

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 11th Street - North 51st Avenue., 1938

    Queens: 11th Street - North 51st Avenue.

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 50th Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 50th Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 11th Street - 51st Avenue., 1938

    Queens: 11th Street - 51st Avenue.

    1938

  • Queens: 11th Street - 50th Avenue, 1938

    Queens: 11th Street - 50th Avenue

    1938

  • Queens: 50th Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: 50th Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 50th Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

    1940

  • 11th Street at 50th Avenue, to North, Queens

    1940-07-27

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Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

Photo 33 of 35 at 51st Avenue & 11th Street, Queens

Queens: 51st Avenue - 11th Street

1938

10-48 51st Avenue, west of the S.W. corner of 11th Street, showing one of several similar houses which was torn down to make way for the construction, on this site, of the Queens-Midtown Tunnel plaza. November 11, 1938 New York City Tunnel Authority

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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