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Borden Avenue & 11th Street, Queens

9 historical photos taken here in 1938, oldest first.

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

    Queens: 11th Street - North Borden Avenue.

    1938

  • Queens: Borden Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: Borden Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: Borden Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: Borden Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: 11th Street - Borden Avenue, 1938

    Queens: 11th Street - Borden Avenue

    1938

  • Queens: Borden Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: Borden Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: Borden Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: Borden Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: Borden Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: Borden Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

  • Queens: Borden Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

    Queens: Borden Avenue - 11th Street

    1938

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

    Queens: 11th Street - North Borden Avenue.

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Borden Avenue - 11th Street, 1938

Photo 3 of 9 at Borden Avenue & 11th Street, Queens

Queens: Borden Avenue - 11th Street

1938

Borden Avenue, south side, east from 11th Street, showing the Long Island Railroad yards in the immediate vicinity of the Queens-Midtown Tunnel. November 18, 1938 New York City Tunnel Authority

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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