Queens Village
3 historical photos taken here in 1927, oldest first.
Photos
![Queens: Queens Village - [215th Place - Spencer Avenue - Real estate development.], 1927](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F3ebe1219-da06-4d0c-b5c1-75bd04053c4e.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
![Queens: Queens Village - [215th Place - Spencer Avenue - Real estate development.], 1927](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2Fe3a59794-4f3a-43c9-9f44-5f7afce01187.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Nearby places
- Queens Village (3 photos)
- Springfield Boulevard & Hillside Avenue, Queens (9 photos)
![Queens: Queens Village - [215th Place - Spencer and Hillside Avenues - Real estate development.], 1927](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.vestigesofnewyork.com%2F600px%2F5f73e5c5-dbd6-45a0-bb0e-51bd383b88aa.jpg&w=1080&q=75)
Photo 2 of 3 at Queens Village
Queens: Queens Village - [215th Place - Spencer and Hillside Avenues - Real estate development.]
Queens Village, Queens: This is a general view south- ward showing an immense real estate development on former farmland owned by Wheeler Brothers and J. Van De Graw (1909). This development of low-cost two-family homes is known as "Jamaica Hillside." The unpaved street in the center, running toward the background, is 215th Place. In the immediate foreground is Spencer Avenue; below it is Whitehall Terrace; below that is the main east-west thoroughfare, Hillside Avenue. Joseph P. Day Photograph Department March, 1927
Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection
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