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Utopia Parkway & Union Turnpike, Queens

10 historical photos taken here between 1922 and 1929, oldest first.

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  • Queens: Utopia Parkway - Union Turnpike, 1922

    Queens: Utopia Parkway - Union Turnpike

    1922

  • Queens: Utopia Parkway - Union Turnpike, 1922

    Queens: Utopia Parkway - Union Turnpike

    1922

  • Queens: Utopia Parkway - Union Turnpike, 1922

    Queens: Utopia Parkway - Union Turnpike

    1922

  • Queens: Utopia Parkway - Union Turnpike, 1922

    Queens: Utopia Parkway - Union Turnpike

    1922

  • Queens: Utopia Parkway - Union Turnpike, 1922

    Queens: Utopia Parkway - Union Turnpike

    1922

  • Queens: Utopia Parkway - Union Turnpike, 1927

    Queens: Utopia Parkway - Union Turnpike

    1927

  • Queens: Union Turnpike - Utopia Parkway, 1927

    Queens: Union Turnpike - Utopia Parkway

    1927

  • Queens: Utopia Parkway - Union Turnpike, 1929

    Queens: Utopia Parkway - Union Turnpike

    1929

  • Queens: Utopia Parkway - Union Turnpike, 1929

    Queens: Utopia Parkway - Union Turnpike

    1929

  • Queens: Utopia Parkway - Union Turnpike, 1929

    Queens: Utopia Parkway - Union Turnpike

    1929

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Queens: Union Turnpike - Utopia Parkway, 1927

Photo 7 of 10 at Utopia Parkway & Union Turnpike, Queens

Queens: Union Turnpike - Utopia Parkway

1927

Union Turnpike, at the N.W. corner of Utopia Parkway, showing the abandoned Van Siclen house. In 1873 the land was owned by C. Van Siclen, comprising 124 acres on both sides of Union Turnpike, then called Union Avenue, the eastern limit of which was Utopia Parkway, then called Fresh meadow Road. In 1909, however, the farm was comprised only of 49 acres and was owned by Garrett Van Sicklen. P.L. Sperr March 31, 1927

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