Skip to main content
VVestiges of New York49,000+ historical photos
MapBrowseAboutGet the iPhone app (opens the App Store)
  1. Browse /
  2. Queens /
  3. This place

Queens Boulevard & 71st Avenue

2 historical photos taken here between 1923 and 1940, oldest first.

See this spot on the map

Photos

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 71st Avenue (West)., 1923

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 71st Avenue (West).

    1923

  • Queens Blvd. at 71st Avenue, to Northwest, Queens, 1940-07-07

    Queens Blvd. at 71st Avenue, to Northwest, Queens

    1940-07-07

Stand where these photos were taken

The free OldNYC app for iPhone centers the map on you and shows the historical photos taken closest to where you are.
Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)
QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store

Or scan with your iPhone

Nearby places

  • Queens Boulevard & 70th Road (2 photos)
  • Queens Boulevard & 70th Avenue (8 photos)
  • Queens Boulevard & 69th Road (13 photos)

Explore

  • Map
  • Browse by place
  • Browse by decade

Boroughs

  • Manhattan
  • Brooklyn
  • Queens
  • Bronx
  • Staten Island

About

  • About and contact
  • Privacy

Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

OldNYC for iPhone

Find the historical photos taken closest to where you stand.

Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store
Queens: Queens Boulevard - 71st Avenue (West)., 1923

Photo 1 of 2 at Queens Boulevard & 71st Avenue

Queens: Queens Boulevard - 71st Avenue (West).

1923

Queens Boulevard, south side, one block west of Seventy-first Avenue, showing a frame house belonging to J.E. Backus in 1896. Jacob W. Zipp was an occupant in 1924. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

See this spot on the mapView on NYPL Digital Collections (opens in a new tab)

See this photo in high resolution

Zoom into the full-resolution scan in the OldNYC app for iPhone with OldNYC Supporter ($4.99). The free app also centers the map on you, so you can find the photos taken closest to where you stand.
Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)
QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store

Or scan with your iPhone