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Broadway & 51st Avenue, Queens

22 historical photos taken here between 1812 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1812

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1812

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1922

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1922

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1923-05

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1923-05

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1923

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1923

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1923-05

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1923-05

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1924–1927

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1924; 1927

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1924–1927

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1924; 1927

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1924–1927

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1924; 1927

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1925–1941

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1925; 1935; 1941

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1925–1941

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1925; 1935; 1941

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1925–1941

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1925; 1935; 1941

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1927

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1927

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1935

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    1935

  • Queens: 51st Avenue - Broadway, 1935

    Queens: 51st Avenue - Broadway

    1935

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    Unknown

  • Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

    Unknown

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Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue, 1925–1941

Photo 17 of 22 at Broadway & 51st Avenue, Queens

Queens: Broadway - 51st Avenue

1925; 1935; 1941

Broadway, at the S.W. corner of 51st Avenue, showing the original St. James Protestant Episcopal Church, built in 1735, and now (1941) known as the Parish Hall of St. James P.E. Church. Mr. Ogden states that the Newtown Historical Society, of whose council Dr. Paltsits, former head of the American History Division of the New York Public Library is a member, was organized in the summer of 1941, in this building. Views 1 and 2 show the rear of the place, on 51st Avenue, and view 3 the front, on Broadway. The new St. James Church is at the N.E. corner of Broadway and Corona Avenue. View 1: Eugene L. Armbruster Collection March, 1925 View 2: P. L. Sperr July 2, 1935 View 3: Gift of Beecher Ogden July, 1941

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