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Parsons Boulevard & Goethals Avenue, Queens

6 historical photos taken here between 1927 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Parsons Boulevard - Goethals Avenue, 1927–1932

    Queens: Parsons Boulevard - Goethals Avenue

    1927; 1932

  • Queens: Parsons Boulevard - Goethals Avenue, 1927–1932

    Queens: Parsons Boulevard - Goethals Avenue

    1927; 1932

  • Queens: Parsons Boulevard - Goethals Avenue, 1937

    Queens: Parsons Boulevard - Goethals Avenue

    1937

  • Queens: Parsons Boulevard - Goethals Avenue, 1937

    Queens: Parsons Boulevard - Goethals Avenue

    1937

  • Queens: Parsons Boulevard - Goethals Avenue, 1937

    Queens: Parsons Boulevard - Goethals Avenue

    1937

  • Queens: Parsons Boulevard - Goethals Avenue, 1937

    Queens: Parsons Boulevard - Goethals Avenue

    1937

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  • Grand Central Parkway & Parsons Boulevard, Queens (3 photos)

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Queens: Parsons Boulevard - Goethals Avenue, 1927–1932

Photo 1 of 6 at Parsons Boulevard & Goethals Avenue, Queens

Queens: Parsons Boulevard - Goethals Avenue

1927; 1932

Parsons Boulevard, east side, between Goethals Avenue and 82nd Drive, showing the Queensboro Hospital. The later view shows also the new buildings of the Queens General Hospital, seen from a hill on the west side of Parsons Boulevard. The hospital grounds, forming the shape of an "L," are bound by Parsons Boulevard, Goethals Avenue, 82nd Drive, 164th Street, and Grand Central Parkway. Elizabeth Dreutland owned the property (1891), which consisted of 22.9 acres. P. L. Sperr View 1: March 23, 1927 Views 2,3: March 25, 1932

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