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Hancock Street & Wyckoff Avenue, Queens

3 historical photos taken here between 1924 and 1925, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Wyckoff Avenue - Hancock Street, 1924

    Queens: Wyckoff Avenue - Hancock Street

    1924

  • Queens: Wyckoff Avenue - Hancock Avenue, 1924

    Queens: Wyckoff Avenue - Hancock Avenue

    1924

  • Queens: Hancock Street - Wyckoff Avenue, 1925

    Queens: Hancock Street - Wyckoff Avenue

    1925

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Wyckoff Avenue - Hancock Avenue, 1924

Photo 2 of 3 at Hancock Street & Wyckoff Avenue, Queens

Queens: Wyckoff Avenue - Hancock Avenue

1924

Wyckoff Ave., north side (tracks thereon), east from Hancock Street. February 1924. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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