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Hoyt Avenue & 31st Street, Queens

20 historical photos taken here between 1931 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street, 1931

    Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street

    1931

  • Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street, 1931

    Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street

    1931

  • Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street, 1931

    Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street

    1931

  • Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street, 1931–1934

    Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street

    1931; 1934

  • Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street, 1931

    Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street

    1931

  • Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street, 1931–1935

    Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street

    1931; 1935

  • Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street, 1931–1935

    Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street

    1931; 1935

  • Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street, 1931

    Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street

    1931

  • Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street, 1931–1934

    Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street

    1931; 1934

  • Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street, 1931–1934

    Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street

    1931; 1934

  • Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street, 1934

    Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street

    1934

  • Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street, 1934

    Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street

    1934

  • Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street, 1935

    Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street

    1935

  • Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street, 1935

    Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street

    1935

  • Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street, 1935

    Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street

    1935

  • Queens: 31st Street - Hoyt Avenue, 1937

    Queens: 31st Street - Hoyt Avenue

    1937

  • Bridges - Triborough Bridge - [Queens end.], 1937

    Bridges - Triborough Bridge - [Queens end.]

    1937

  • Queens: 31st Street - Hoyt Avenue, 1937

    Queens: 31st Street - Hoyt Avenue

    1937

  • Bridges - Triborough Bridge - [Queens end.], 1937

    Bridges - Triborough Bridge - [Queens end.]

    1937

  • Bridges - Triborough Bridge - [Queens end.], 1937

    Bridges - Triborough Bridge - [Queens end.]

    1937

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Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street, 1931–1935

Photo 6 of 20 at Hoyt Avenue & 31st Street, Queens

Queens: Hoyt Avenue - 31st Street

1931; 1935

Hoyt Avenue, at 31st Street (vantage point), showing a view northwestward toward the Hellgate Bridge, from the Hoyt Avenue station of the "El." Some of the buildings seen here were later torn down when the area was made part of the Grand Central Parkway approach to the Triborough Bridge. The are in the immediate foreground extends to 29th Street; all the frame dwellings here were later razed. The brick homes are on the west side of 29th Street. View 2 shows the same area, viewed in the same direction, at a later date. P. L. Sperr View 1: March 14, 1931 View 2: June 12, 1935

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