Moore-Jackson Cemetery, 1925. Once the family burial ground on a farm owned by the Moore family, today the Moore-Jackson Cemetery (a John Jackson added to the size of the cemetery when he married into the family) is nestled in between brick apartment houses. The cemetery dates to 1733, when the first burial was made. The final burial was in 1867. By the start of the 20th century, the cemetery had largely been forgotten and was an overgrown dumping area. In 1919 a survey of the cemetery was conducted and it located 42 identifiable monuments. In the 1920s the cemetery was occasionally cared for, though, as these photos depict, it was still somewhat overgrown. Once again as the years passed the cemetery was forgotten and neglected. A chain link fence was installed in 1956. By the 1970s the local community once again discovered the burial ground and it has been cared for, to various degrees, since. It was named a NYC landmark in 1997. Today only 15 of the 42 monuments extant in 1919 remain.

Phipps Garden Apartments, 1932. The Phipps Garden site had been set aside for development by the City Housing Corporation, a limited-dividend company responsible for the construction of the adjacent Sunnyside Gardens community between 1924-1928. Remaining lots were sold off, including the future Phipps Garden site — two square blocks between 50th (then Fitting) and 52nd Streets (Dickson), north of 39th Avenue (Middleberg) — which was purchased by the Society of Phipps Houses, a “model tenement group.” Henry Phipps, a steel magnate, envisioned a development for “white collar clerical workers” and hired Clarence Stein, the Sunnyside Gardens architect, to design the complex. Phipps Garden is a notable early example of “superblock” architecture; the developer was allowed to close 51st Street (Stone) to accommodate a larger building. The first Phipps building was constructed between 1931-2, with a second building added in 1935. In 2007, the Landmarks Preservation Commission included Phipps Garden in the Sunnyside Gardens Historic District.

47-01 Newtown Road, at the northeast corner of 47th Street, showing an old house, typical of late nineteenth century construction, 1936.

Phipps Garden Apartments, 1932. The Phipps Garden building is notable for architect Clarence Stein’s use of decorative brick in the facade, inspired by German and Dutch housing developments of the 1920s.

Photo documenting roadway conditions at Broadway and 57th Street (northeast corner), ahead of construction of the IND Queens Boulevard Line; August 6, 1929. The view is eastward, along Broadway. The church in the background at left, is Christ Lutheran Church, fronting on 58th Street.

Moore-Jackson Cemetery, 1925.

"Northern Boulevard, at the north east corner of 51st Street, showing the Kessler Hotel, so called in 1909, 1931."