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Riverdale Avenue & West 252nd Street, Bronx

6 historical photos taken here between 1935 and 1937, oldest first.

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  • Bronx: Riverdale Avenue - 252nd Street (West), 1935

    Bronx: Riverdale Avenue - 252nd Street (West)

    1935

  • Bronx: Riverdale Avenue - 252nd Street (West), 1935

    Bronx: Riverdale Avenue - 252nd Street (West)

    1935

  • Bronx: Riverdale Avenue - 252nd Street (West), 1935

    Bronx: Riverdale Avenue - 252nd Street (West)

    1935

  • Bronx: Henry Hudson Parkway - 252nd Street (West), 1937

    Bronx: Henry Hudson Parkway - 252nd Street (West)

    1937

  • Bronx: Henry Hudson Parkway - 252nd Street (West), 1937

    Bronx: Henry Hudson Parkway - 252nd Street (West)

    1937

  • Bronx: Riverdale Avenue - 252nd Street, 1937

    Bronx: Riverdale Avenue - 252nd Street

    1937

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Bronx: Riverdale Avenue - 252nd Street, 1937

Photo 6 of 6 at Riverdale Avenue & West 252nd Street, Bronx

Bronx: Riverdale Avenue - 252nd Street

1937

Riverdale Ave., at the S.E. corner of West 252nd Street, showing the Christ Protestant Episcopal Church. In the foreground is the Henry Hudson Parkway, under construction. April 24, 1937. P.L. Sperr.

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