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6th Road & 151st Street, Queens

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  • Queens: 6th Road - 151st Street, 1935

    Queens: 6th Road - 151st Street

    1935

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Queens: 6th Road - 151st Street, 1935

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Queens: 6th Road - 151st Street

1935

6th Road, north side, east from 151st Street to 151st Place, near the East River. This thoroughfare was formely named 35th Street and the Leypert and Rottman boat works were located here in 1873. P. L. Sperr August 4, 1935

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