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Lefferts Boulevard & Hillside Avenue, Queens

6 historical photos taken here between 1910 and 1932, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Hillside Avenue - Lefferts Boulevard, 1910

    Queens: Hillside Avenue - Lefferts Boulevard

    1910

  • Queens: Hillside Avenue - 118th Street, 1910

    Queens: Hillside Avenue - 118th Street

    1910

  • Queens: Lefferts Boulevard - Hillside Avenue, 1932

    Queens: Lefferts Boulevard - Hillside Avenue

    1932

  • Queens: Lefferts Boulevard - Hillside Avenue, 1932

    Queens: Lefferts Boulevard - Hillside Avenue

    1932

  • Queens: Lefferts Boulevard - Hillside Avenue, 1932

    Queens: Lefferts Boulevard - Hillside Avenue

    1932

  • Queens: Lefferts Boulevard - Hillside Avenue, 1932

    Queens: Lefferts Boulevard - Hillside Avenue

    1932

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Queens: Lefferts Boulevard - Hillside Avenue, 1932

Photo 3 of 6 at Lefferts Boulevard & Hillside Avenue, Queens

Queens: Lefferts Boulevard - Hillside Avenue

1932

Lefferts Boulevard, at the S.E. corner of Hillside Avenue, showing a rambling house. It first appears on a 1909 map. A sign on the porch reads: Simonson, Undertaker. P. L. Sperr August 22, 1932

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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