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Willets Point Boulevard & 15th Drive, Queens

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  • Queens: Willets Point Boulev - 15th Drive, 1935

    Queens: Willets Point Boulev - 15th Drive

    1935

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Queens: Willets Point Boulev - 15th Drive, 1935

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Queens: Willets Point Boulev - 15th Drive

1935

Willets Point Boulevard, east side, between 15th Drive and 18th Avenue. This house was on the J. U. Roe property in 1873 and 1891 and on the Jonas Whitaker property in 1909. P. L. Sperr July 28, 1935

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