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Brookville Boulevard & 136th Avenue, Queens

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  • Queens: Brookville Boulevard - 136th Avenue, 1927

    Queens: Brookville Boulevard - 136th Avenue

    1927

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Queens: Brookville Boulevard - 136th Avenue, 1927

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Queens: Brookville Boulevard - 136th Avenue

1927

Brookville Boulevard, west side, between 136th and 137th Avenues, showing the old Public School No. 38. It became an annex to P. S. 38 when a new building was erected for the school at 241st Street and 135th Avenue. P. L. Sperr March 9, 1927

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