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Hillside Avenue & 162nd Street, Queens

3 historical photos taken here between 1910 and 1938, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Hillside Avenue - 162nd Street, 1910

    Queens: Hillside Avenue - 162nd Street

    1910

  • Queens: Hillside Avenue - 162nd Street, 1938

    Queens: Hillside Avenue - 162nd Street

    1938

  • Queens: Hillside Avenue - 162nd Street, 1938

    Queens: Hillside Avenue - 162nd Street

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Hillside Avenue - 162nd Street, 1938

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Queens: Hillside Avenue - 162nd Street

1938

Hillside Avenue, at the N.W. corner of 162nd Street (right), showing an outdoor auto sales place. Two old frame dwellings formerly stood there. P. L. Sperr March 12, 1938

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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