Skip to main content
VVestiges of New York49,000+ historical photos
MapBrowseAboutGet the iPhone app (opens the App Store)
  1. Browse /
  2. Queens /
  3. This place

78th Street & 88th Avenue, Queens

1 historical photo taken here in 1922.

See this spot on the map

Photos

  • Queens: 78th Street - 88th Avenue, 1922

    Queens: 78th Street - 88th Avenue

    1922

Stand where these photos were taken

The free OldNYC app for iPhone centers the map on you and shows the historical photos taken closest to where you are.
Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)
QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store

Or scan with your iPhone

Nearby places

  • Jamaica Avenue & 78th Street, Queens (2 photos)
  • Jamaica Avenue & 77th Street, Queens (4 photos)
  • Jamaica Avenue & 75th Street, Queens (6 photos)
  • Elderts Lane & Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn (3 photos)

Explore

  • Map
  • Browse by place
  • Browse by decade

Boroughs

  • Manhattan
  • Brooklyn
  • Queens
  • Bronx
  • Staten Island

About

  • About and contact
  • Privacy

Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

OldNYC for iPhone

Find the historical photos taken closest to where you stand.

Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store
Queens: 78th Street - 88th Avenue, 1922

Photo 1 of 1 at 78th Street & 88th Avenue, Queens

Queens: 78th Street - 88th Avenue

1922

78th Street, west side, north from Eighty-eight Avenue, showing at the corner "The Abbey". In 1922 it was known as Neir's Social Hall. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection 1922

Photo from the New York Public Library - Milstein Collection

See this spot on the mapView on NYPL Digital Collections (opens in a new tab)

See this photo in high resolution

Zoom into the full-resolution scan in the OldNYC app for iPhone with OldNYC Supporter ($4.99). The free app also centers the map on you, so you can find the photos taken closest to where you stand.
Download on the App Store (opens the App Store)
QR code that opens OldNYC on the App Store

Or scan with your iPhone