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Centre Street & Cypress Avenue, Queens

3 historical photos taken here between 1925 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Queens: George Avenue - Cypress Avenue, 1925

    Queens: George Avenue - Cypress Avenue

    1925

  • Queens: Centre Street - Cypress Avenue, 1932–1940

    Queens: Centre Street - Cypress Avenue

    1932; 1936; 1940

  • Queens: Centre Street - Cypress Avenue, 1932–1940

    Queens: Centre Street - Cypress Avenue

    1932; 1936; 1940

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: George Avenue - Cypress Avenue, 1925

Photo 1 of 3 at Centre Street & Cypress Avenue, Queens

Queens: George Avenue - Cypress Avenue

1925

George Ave., west side, north from Cypress Ave. (horse thereon) to Seneca Ave., showing in the foreground, Ridgewood Grove. In the background is P.S. 77. April 1925. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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