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85th Street & Astoria Boulevard, Queens

4 historical photos taken here between 1909 and 1935, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Trains Meadow Road - 175th Street (East), 1909–1923

    Queens: Trains Meadow Road - 175th Street (East)

    1909; 1923

  • Queens: 85th Street - 24th Avenue, 1935

    Queens: 85th Street - 24th Avenue

    1935

  • Queens: 85th Street - Astoria Boulevard, 1935

    Queens: 85th Street - Astoria Boulevard

    1935

  • Queens: 85th Street - Astoria Boulevard, 1935

    Queens: 85th Street - Astoria Boulevard

    1935

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Queens: 85th Street - Astoria Boulevard, 1935

Photo 4 of 4 at 85th Street & Astoria Boulevard, Queens

Queens: 85th Street - Astoria Boulevard

1935

85th Street, north from Astoria Boulevard, showing the thoroughfare shortly after it was constructed . All this land was formerly the Kouwenhoven farm. The cottage shown in View 2 is at 24th Avenue. Views 1 and 2: October 19, 1935. P. L. Sperr.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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