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Hillside Avenue & 165th Street, Queens

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  • Queens: Hillside Avenue - 165th Street, 1938

    Queens: Hillside Avenue - 165th Street

    1938

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Photos: The New York Public Library, Milstein Collection

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Queens: Hillside Avenue - 165th Street, 1938

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Queens: Hillside Avenue - 165th Street

1938

Hillside Avenue at and adjoining the N.W. corner of 165th Street. Note the encroachments upon an ideal living community. March 12, 1938. P.L. Sperr

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