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North Hempstead Turnpike & 150th Street, Queens

8 historical photos taken here between 1897 and 1925, oldest first.

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  • General view - Queens - Kissena Boulevard - Castleton Avenue (Northwest corner)., 1897

    General view - Queens - Kissena Boulevard - Castleton Avenue (Northwest corner).

    1897

  • Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street, 1923

    Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street

    1923

  • Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street, 1923–1925

    Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street

    1923; 1925

  • Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street, 1923

    Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street

    1923

  • Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street, 1923

    Queens: North Hempstead Turn - 150th Street

    1923

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General view - Queens - Kissena Boulevard - Castleton Avenue (Northwest corner)., 1897

Photo 1 of 8 at North Hempstead Turnpike & 150th Street, Queens

General view - Queens - Kissena Boulevard - Castleton Avenue (Northwest corner).

1897

A general view northwest, from Kissena Blvd (formerly Jamaica Road and also Flushing Ave.), showing at the left background, the T. Whitson farmhouse located in 1928 at the N.W. corner of 150th Street and North Hempstead Turnpike. To the left of Jamaica Road (seen in the right foreground) to 150th Street (left) have been extended the following streets; north to south 151st, and 152nd Street, east to west, 58th and 59th Aves., and 58th Road. 1897. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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