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Odekirk Farmhouse image

Odekirk Farmhouse
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Odekirk Farmhouse, 1922. The construction date for this Rego Park farmhouse is a bit of a mystery. The notes by the photographer state that, "the home dates back to pre-Revolutionary days." A New York Times article published in 1930 just prior to its demolition states it was constructed in 1822. Known as the Robert Odekirk farmhouse, it was constructed (whenever that happened) using traditional methods of handcrafted wood slats and wooden pegs instead of nails. Once a private home, the building was used in its last years as the offices of the Rego Park Construction Company and Rego Park Investment Company.
Queens Boulevard at Woodhaven Boulevard image

Queens Boulevard at Woodhaven Boulevard
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Photo documenting streetcar rail and roadway condition along Queens Boulevard, west of Woodhaven Boulevard; December 8, 1930. The two-and-a-half story wood-frame home at the southeast corner of Woodhaven Boulevard was owned by Louis Bolsen, a florist.
Queens Boulevard at 62nd Avenue image

Queens Boulevard at 62nd Avenue
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North side of Queens Boulevard, roughly opposite present-day 62nd Avenue; December 22, 1930. This photo was taken in advance of construction on the IND Queens Boulevard line, and also captures the early development of Rego Park, a neighborhood whose growth was driven by the extension of subway service. In the distance, right of center is a row of recently-completed free-standing houses along Saunders Street, between 63rd Avenue and 63rd Drive. Further right is the six-story Jupiter Court Apartments complex, at the southwest corner of 63rd Avenue. The wood-frame house in the foreground is adjacent to a Gulf gas station. The smokestacks above belong to the Citizens Water Supply Pumping Station No.1, about 200 feet east. The Department of Environmental Protection continues to operate a pumping station on roughly the same site today, but the facility now sits underground, beneath the Lost Battalion Recreation Center.

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Odekirk Farmhouse image

Odekirk Farmhouse

Queens Boulevard at 62nd Avenue image

Queens Boulevard at 62nd Avenue

Sidewalks and Curbs of Queens Boulevard: IND Queens Boulevard Line Negative documents northerly sidewalks and curbs of Queens Boulevard as part of the construction and maintenance of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Camera looking east. Also shows buildings, streetcar tracks, house, fence, signage, and Gulf service station.
Queens Boulevard at 62nd Avenue image

Queens Boulevard at 62nd Avenue

\[Queens Boulevard at Station 1531+25: Crosstown Line (IND)] Negative shows view of northerly sidewalks and curbs of Queens Boulevard. Camera is located at Station 1531+25, looking east at 1:18 PM. Also shows a Golf Mobile station, automobiles and houses.
Queens Boulevard at 62nd Avenue image

Queens Boulevard at 62nd Avenue

Sidewalks and Curbs of Queens Boulevard: IND Queens Boulevard Line Negative documents northerly sidewalks and curbs of Queens Boulevard as part of the construction and maintenance of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Camera looking east. Also shows buildings, streetcar tracks, signage, and Gulf service station.
Heckmann's Halfway House image

Heckmann's Halfway House

Newtown: \[halfway house on old site, Queens Boulevard, north side, about 300 feet east of Woodhaven Avenue, 1924.]
Heckmann's Halfway House image

Heckmann's Halfway House

Newtown - Heckmann's Halfway House - Elmhurst Heckmann's Halfway House - View of both the old and new halfway house on the north side of old Queens Blvd. opposite Eliot Ave. This view is looking west with the old structure at the west end. George Heckmann came to Newtown 1895 and operated the Halfway House 1896 - 1911. Dietrich Mueller, son of Herman Mueller of Old Mill Road, built the New Hotel and died here. His widow married J. Tompkins of Old Mill Road.
Heckmann's Halfway House image

Heckmann's Halfway House

Newtown - Queens Boulevard - Elmhurst Queens Boulevard - view of the north side of Queens Blvd. looking west, from a point east of Eliot Ave. At left in the background is Heckmann's Halfway House before it was moved. The House right of center has been re-located back to the new edge of the boulevard. \[See image ela-004627 for a view of this house in its old location]
Heckmann's Halfway House image

Heckmann's Halfway House

First Sewer Construction on Queens Boulevard Construction starts on the first Queens Boulevard sewer. Workers and horses stand in front of George Heckmann's Half Way House & Hotel. The building was eventually demolished for street wideneing.
Heckmann's Halfway House image

Heckmann's Halfway House

Newtown - Heckmann's Halfway House - Elmhurst Heckmann's Halfway House - View of the east side of the "new" halfway house on its old site, on the north site of Queens Blvd. opposite Eliot Ave., abandoned, with its porch removed and wagon sheds gone, also gone is the "old" halfway house which was on the other side of this building. Posters advertise the Rialto and Knickerbocker Theatres. New Row houses are in the background.
Heckmann's Halfway House image

Heckmann's Halfway House

Newtown: \[Heckmann's Halfway House on Queens Boulevard, undated.]
Heckmann's Halfway House image

Heckmann's Halfway House

Newtown: \[halfway house on old site, Queens Boulevard, north side, about 300 feet east of Woodhaven Avenue, 1924.]
Heckmann's Halfway House image

Heckmann's Halfway House

Newtown - Heckmann's Halfway House - Elmhurst Heckmann's Halfway House - Located on the north side of Queens Blvd. east of Woodhaven Ave. and opposite Eliot Ave. George Heckmann operated it in 1896 until his death in December 1911. The old Halfway House is to the left, Dietrich Mueller built the new halfway house and wagon shed to the right.
Heckmann's Halfway House image

Heckmann's Halfway House

Newtown - Heckmann's Halfway House - Elmhurst Heckmann's Halfway House - the "new" section of the halfway house, abandoned, with its porch removed and wagon sheds gone, also gone is the "old" halfway house which was just left (west) of this building. The building was located on the north side of Queens Blvd. opposite Eliot Ave., about 300 Feet east of Woodhaven Blvd.
Heckmann's Halfway House image

Heckmann's Halfway House

Newtown - Heckmann's Halfway House - Elmhurst Heckmann's Halfway House - The old and new halfway house on the north side of old Queens Blvd. opposite Eliot Ave., about 300 feet east of Woodhaven Blvd. George Heckmann operated the old part from 1896 until his death in Dec. 1911. The new part of the hotel (large building on the right) was built by Dietrich Mueller, the Son of Herman Mueller of Old Mill Road.
Queens Boulevard, Horace Harding Expressway Overpass image

Queens Boulevard, Horace Harding Expressway Overpass

\[Horace Harding Boulevard Bridge East Face: IND Queens Boulevard Line] Negative showing the east wall of Horace Harding Bridge as part of the construction and maintenance of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Camera is located on the mall between depressed roadways 5' west of the 1st lightpole east of Horace Harding Bridge and Station 1527+00 looking west. Note traffic "CAUTION" light on the wall about 6' above curbs. Photographed at 9:34 am.
Queens Boulevard and Horace Harding Expressway image

Queens Boulevard and Horace Harding Expressway

\[Queens Boulevard, Queens, NY: IND Queens Boulevard Line] Documents depressed roadway of Queens Boulevard north of the Horace Harding bridge, Queens, NY, as part of the construction and maintenance of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Shows surface conditions and construction progress of a wall face of the roadway. There are houses, construction workers, construction supplies, and construction debris in view. The bridge can be seen in the distance.
89-11 Eliot Avenue image

89-11 Eliot Avenue

Eliot Avenue View looking south west along Eliot Avenue, from Queens Boulevard. The law office on the right is 89-11 Eliot Avenue. Storefronts on the right (northern) side of the street include Orange Beauty Shop, a law office (89-11 Eliot Avenue) and the Eliot Tavern. The street between the row of shops and the houses on the left is Saunders Street.
Horace Harding Boulevard and Queens Boulevard image

Horace Harding Boulevard and Queens Boulevard

Horace Harding Expressway View looking east along the south side of Horace Harding Boulevard, from Queens Boulevard. Billboards for Coca-Cola and the building of a Gulf service station, by John F. Meehan Inc. stand on the right side.
Community Recreation Center image

Community Recreation Center

Queens 54, Community Recreation Center, 9319 Queens Blvd; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
Rego Park Mini Golf image

Rego Park Mini Golf

\[Queens Boulevard, Queens, New York] View of the Rego Park Miniature Golf Course, located on the southern side of Queens Boulevard, between 62nd Road and 63rd Avenue in Queens, New York just prior to construction of the IND Queens Boulevard Line.
9228 Queens Boulevard image

9228 Queens Boulevard

Newtown - Queens Boulevard - Elmhurst Queens Boulevard - Looking north from the junction of Queens Blvd. and Woodhaven Blvd. across Horse Brook Stream Meadow to the developing area of Elmhurst. In right foreground are the remnants of the foundation of the Joseph Wirsching House, which was relocated south of Queens Blvd. during the project to widen the road. The old Wirsching outhouse remains standing in this photo.
9228 Queens Boulevard image

9228 Queens Boulevard

Newtown - Queens Boulevard - Elmhurst Queens Boulevard - View of the south side of Queens Blvd. west of Eliot Ave., the house in the foreground is a Wirsching House, and was removed for Boulevard widening.
Boulevard Tavern image

Boulevard Tavern

Westbound Track of Manhattan & Queens Traction Corp. and Queens Boulevard: IND Queens Boulevard Line Negative documents westbound track of the Manhattan & Queens Traction Corp. and northerly half of Queens Boulevard as part of the construction and maintenance of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Camera located on northerly rail of the westbound track, looking east. Also shows storefronts, Rego Park housing development, buildings, billboards, signage, and automobiles.
Horace Harding Boulevard and 94th Street image

Horace Harding Boulevard and 94th Street

Horace Harding Expressway View looking east along the north side of Horace Harding Boulevard, from 94th Street. A billboard for Super-Shell gasoline stands on the left side.
94 62nd Drive image

94 62nd Drive

Prototypical sidewalk bioswale located on 94 62nd Drive in Rego Park, New York, designed by the Department of Environmental Protection. These designs were granted final approval by the Public Design Commission on March 12, 2012.
91-23 Queens Boulevard image

91-23 Queens Boulevard

Newtown - Wirsching House - Elmhurst Wirsching House - The Joseph Wirsching House at its original site on the north side of Queens Blvd. opposite old Woodhaven Ave. (Woodhaven Blvd.), Horse Brook Meadow was behind these houses. Wirsching built this house as his residence, Wirsching also built several smaller houses to the east of his two story residence. In 1924 Wirsching House was moved to the south of Queens Blvd. Note: the moving van in front. Photo taken April 1923.
91-23 Queens Boulevard image

91-23 Queens Boulevard

Newtown - Wirsching House - Elmhurst Wirsching House - Joseph Wirsching House on the left on the north side of the old, narrow Queens Blvd. opposite Woodhaven Ave. In the foreground is a "Gasoline" sign. Wirsching built this house as his residence. In 1924 it was moved south of Queens Blvd. due to the widening of Queens Blvd. Note that the center window, upper level, is stained glass.
Louis Bolsen House image

Louis Bolsen House

Newtown - Bolsen House - Elmhurst Bolsen House - Louis Bolsen House at old No. 150 Queens Blvd., on the south east corner of Woodhaven Blvd. Bolsen, a Florist, built this house on the site of the Gottlieb Reichert House which was destroyed by fire. Photo taken Feb. 11, 1924.
Louis Bolsen House image

Louis Bolsen House

Newtown: \[Bolsen House (florist), 150 Queens Boulevard, southeast corner of Queens Boulevard and Woodhaven Avenue, 1924. Built by Bolsen.]
Woodhaven Boulevard and (former) Saunders Street image

Woodhaven Boulevard and (former) Saunders Street

\[Woodhaven Boulevard and Saunders Street, Queens, New York] View of Woodhaven Boulevard, from the intersection of Woodhaven Boulevard and Saunders Street just prior to construction of the IND Queens Boulevard Line. A gas station is pictured.
Woodhaven Boulevard and Hoffman Drive image

Woodhaven Boulevard and Hoffman Drive

\[Woodhaven Boulevard and Hoffman Drive, Queens, New York] View of Woodhaven Boulevard, from the intersection of Woodhaven Boulevard and Hoffman Drive just prior to construction of the IND Queens Boulevard Line. A number of businesses, such as a gas station and a lunchonette, are pictured. A horse drawn vehicle can be seen as well.
Queens Boulevard at Woodhaven Boulevard image

Queens Boulevard at Woodhaven Boulevard

Westbound Track of Manhattan & Queens Traction Corp. and Queens Boulevard: IND Queens Boulevard Line Westbound track of the Manhattan & Queens Traction Corp. and northerly half of Queens Boulevard prior to construction of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Camera located on northerly rail of the westbound track, looking east. Also shows automobiles, buildings, houses, and signage.
Queens Boulevard at Woodhaven Boulevard image

Queens Boulevard at Woodhaven Boulevard

Eastbound Track of Manhattan & Queens Traction Corp. and Queens Boulevard: IND Queens Boulevard Line Eastbound track of the Manhattan & Queens Traction Corp. and southerly half of Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, Queens, NY prior to construction of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Camera located on southerly rail of the eastbound track, looking east. Also shows buildings, billboard, and signage.
Queens Boulevard at Woodhaven Boulevard image

Queens Boulevard at Woodhaven Boulevard

Eastbound Track of Manhattan & Queens Traction Corp. and Queens Boulevard: IND Queens Boulevard Line Negative documents eastbound track of the Manhattan & Queens Traction Corp. and southerly half of Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, Queens, NY prior to construction of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Camera located on southerly rail of the eastbound track, looking east. Also shows automobiles, trucks, buildings, gasoline pumps of Shell service station, and signage.
Queens Boulevard at Woodhaven Boulevard image

Queens Boulevard at Woodhaven Boulevard

Queens Boulevard, Woodhaven Boulevard
Queens Boulevard and Woodhaven Boulevard image

Queens Boulevard and Woodhaven Boulevard

Opening of the Queens Boulevard Underpass Opening of the Queens Boulevard underpass at Woodhaven Boulevard. Ceremony attendees cutting the ribbon.
Queens Boulevard and Woodhaven Boulevard image

Queens Boulevard and Woodhaven Boulevard

Opening of the Queens Boulevard Underpass Opening of the Queens Boulevard underpass at Woodhaven Boulevard. Ceremony attendees stand outside their cars. View looking west, the top of the First Presbyterian Church of Newtown can be seen in the distance.
95-17 63rd Drive image

95-17 63rd Drive

L. Suydam House on Queens Boulevard L. Suydam house. The house was later owned by Droge, in 1860, and Herman David. hand written on back of print: Droge Farmhouse sw corner Queens Boulevard + 63rd Drive (Remsen Lane, alias Penelope St) Newtown Feb 11 1924
287 Queens Boulevard image

287 Queens Boulevard

Newtown: \[Michael Covert House, 287 Queens Boulevard, north side, west of Old Mill Road, 1924. Rear view.]
90-46 Queens Boulevard image

90-46 Queens Boulevard

Eastbound Track of Manhattan & Queens Traction Corp. and Queens Boulevard: IND Queens Boulevard Line Eastbound track of the Manhattan & Queens Traction Corp. and southerly half of Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, Queens, NY prior to construction of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Camera located on southerly rail of the eastbound track, looking east. Also shows automobiles, buildings, diner, and signage.
93-07 63rd Drive image

93-07 63rd Drive

Newtown - Zeiler Houses - Rego Park Zeiler Houses - NW side of Penelope St. (63rd Drive), midway between Booth St. and Wetherole St. Note the windmill, possibly to pump water, behind the small yellow house. The small house was oldest: No Name 1860, William Zeiler 1873, Zeiler 1891. The white peak roof house on left was lived in by Keppler in 1896. Zeiler owned both houses, which were destroyed by fire late 1923 or January 1924. Photo taken April 1923.
95-06 63rd Drive image

95-06 63rd Drive

Newtown - Schroeder House - Rego Park Schroeder House - White, shingled house on the east side of Penelope St. (now 63rd Drive), south of Queens Blvd. Schroeder Sr. built It, it was occupied by Schroeder Jr. in 1923. Photo taken April 1923.
79 Queens Boulevard image

79 Queens Boulevard

Newtown: \[Palmer House, 79 Queens Boulevard, north side opposite Caldwell Avenue, 1924.]
95-20 63rd Drive image

95-20 63rd Drive

\[Peter Tiirik Real Estate Office, Queens Boulevard, Queens, New York] View of the Peter Tiirik Real Estate Office located on the southeast corner of 63rd Drive and Queens Boulevard just prior to construction of the IND Queens Boulevard Line in Queens, NY.
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