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Grand Central Parkway & Union Turnpike, Queens

14 historical photos taken here between 1936 and 1940, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike, 1936–1937

    Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike

    1936; 1937

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike, 1936–1937

    Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike

    1936; 1937

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike, 1936

    Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike

    1936

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike, 1936–1939

    Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike

    1936; 1937; 1939

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike, 1936–1937

    Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike

    1936; 1937

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike, 1936–1939

    Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike

    1936; 1937; 1939

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike, 1936

    Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike

    1936

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike, 1936–1939

    Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike

    1936; 1937; 1939

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike, 1936

    Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike

    1936

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike, 1937–1940

    Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike

    1937; 1940

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike, 1937–1940

    Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike

    1937; 1940

  • Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike, 1937–1940

    Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike

    1937; 1940

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Grand Central Parkway, 1939

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Grand Central Parkway

    1939

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Grand Central Parkway, 1939

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Grand Central Parkway

    1939

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike, 1937–1940

Photo 10 of 14 at Grand Central Parkway & Union Turnpike, Queens

Queens: Grand Central Parkwa - Union Turnpike

1937; 1940

Grand Central Parkway (center of view), north from Union Turnpike, showing the new highway winding its course through Flushing Meadow Park, the latter being under construction for the New York World's Fair, 1939-40. In the foreground is a subway train of the Independent System Subway, and on the left is 113th Place. P. L. Sperr View 1: March 3, 1937 Views 2, 3: July 7, 1940 Views 2, 3 show the Grand Central Parkway running north from Queens Boulevard, after completion. view#2: Neg. No. A-879 view#3: Neg. No. A-876

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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