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Queens Boulevard & 82nd Avenue

11 historical photos taken here between 1897 and 1941, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue, 1897

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue

    1897

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue, 1922–1928

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue

    1922; 1928

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue, 1922–1928

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue

    1922; 1928

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue, 1936–1937

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue

    1936; 1937

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue, 1936–1937

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue

    1936; 1937

  • Queens: 82nd Avenue - Queens Boulevard, 1936

    Queens: 82nd Avenue - Queens Boulevard

    1936

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue, 1940

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue

    1940

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue, 1940

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue

    1940

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue, 1940

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue

    1940

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue, 1941

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue

    1941

  • Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue

    Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue

    Unknown

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue, 1936–1937

Photo 4 of 11 at Queens Boulevard & 82nd Avenue

Queens: Queens Boulevard - 82nd Avenue

1936; 1937

Flushing Meadow Park (Queens): A general view north across the Flushing meadows from Queens Boulevard, at 82nd Avenue, showing the site of the New York World's Fair 1939-40. Note the car yards of the Independent System Subway, at the lower end of the park. View 2 is northeastward across the artificially created lakes, which later became part of the Fair's amusement center, from Grand Central Parkway and 76th Road. View 1: June 29, 1936 View 2: February 10, 1937 P. L. Sperr

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

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