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51st Avenue & Jackson Avenue, Queens

9 historical photos taken here between 1936 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Queens: 51st Avenue - Jackson Avenue, 1936

    Queens: 51st Avenue - Jackson Avenue

    1936

  • Queens: Jackson Avenue - 51st Avenue, 1938

    Queens: Jackson Avenue - 51st Avenue

    1938

  • Queens: Jackson Avenue - 51st Avenue, 1938

    Queens: Jackson Avenue - 51st Avenue

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - Jackson Avenue, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - Jackson Avenue

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - Jackson Avenue, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - Jackson Avenue

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - Jackson Avenue, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - Jackson Avenue

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - Jackson Avenue, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - Jackson Avenue

    1938

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - Jackson Avenue, 1938

    Queens: 51st Avenue - Jackson Avenue

    1938

  • Queens: Jackson Avenue - 51st Avenue, 1938

    Queens: Jackson Avenue - 51st Avenue

    1938

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Queens: Jackson Avenue - 51st Avenue, 1938

Photo 9 of 9 at 51st Avenue & Jackson Avenue, Queens

Queens: Jackson Avenue - 51st Avenue

1938

Jackson Avenue, south side, at 51st Avenue. These buildings were later razed and the area made part of the sunken plaza of the Queens-Midtown Tunnel. The entrance to the tunnel is below the street level on the exact site of these houses. November 22, 1938 New York City Tunnel Authority

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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