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34-01 38th Street
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The Pierce-Arrow Motor Car Company suffered considerable financial heartship during the Great Depression and in 1935 sold there building to the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation. The building was used as a aircraft plant from the mid 1930s until the end of the Second World War.
37-18 Northern Boulevard
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When this building was completed in 1921, S. Karpen & Brothers, a Chicago-based upholstered furniture manufacturing company claimed that it was “the finest structure devoted exclusively to furniture making in this country” with over 150,000 square feet of floor space distributed over six stories. The factory’s unadorned concrete façade, consisting of 21 bays punctured by raised piers, is complemented by the decorative brickwork found at the cornice line and top story. In addition to its sheer size, the building stands out for the way it angles to conform to the curve of Northern Boulevard. Out of all of the factory’s occupants, Standard Motor Products had the longest history at this site, moving into the building in 1936 and manufacturing automobile engine parts here until 2008. Converted to small-scale commercial use between 2010 and 2014, the structure hosts a number of tenants, including the headquarters of Standard Motor Products, the Jim Henson Company’s New York office and a one-acre organic farm on its rooftop.
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation Studios
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Famous Players- Lasky Corporation Studios, ca. 1920. Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company created in 1916 through a merger. The new firm built this film studio in Astoria because of its proximity to the Broadway theatre district. The first two Marx Brothers films were shot here in 1929 and 1930. In 1932 all Paramount studio operations (which Famous Lasky was now part of) were moved to California. Between 1942 and 1971 the studios were used by the Army Pictorial Service for training films. Since 1993 Sesame Street has filmed here and in 2013 it became New York City's only backlot.
FDNY, Hook and Ladder 116
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38-13 Northern Boulevard, 1929. With its distinctive, patterned brickwork and its height on a block nearly void of structures (today the building has one low-rise neighbor to the east), the Hook and Ladder 66 firehouse was and is still eye-catching. In 1898 following the consolidation of New York City, one of the (many) Long Island City volunteer fire stations became Ladder 16, and soon after Ladder 66 of the FDNY. Hook and Ladder 66 moved into their brand new station house in 1904 and remained their even as they were renumbered again in 1913 (becoming Ladder 116). The use of horses for firefighting efforts ended here in 1922 and within a few decades, the constant traffic on Northern Boulevard likely made entering and exiting the station difficult for trucks. Hook and Ladder 116 moved out in 1947. Today the station is used by one of the city's elite Emergency Medical Squad- ESU units.
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35-52 Steinway Street
Apartment houses on Steinway Avenue, Astoria, Queens, undated (ca. 1920). Photographed for Parkes.
40-15 Northern Boulevard
Houses and Storefronts on Astoria Boulevard Houses and storefronts on Astoria Boulevard. hand written on back of print: North side of Astoria Blvd at 41st St. March 14, 1931
Borden's Milk Depot
Board of Water Supply. Steinway Street and Pierce Avenue, looking south on Steinway Street. August 10, 1927. Borden's milk depot on right.
FDNY, Hook and Ladder 116
\[Firehouse on Northern Boulevard: IND Queens Boulevard Line] Survey negative documents the street conditions and the old Hook and Ladder 116 Firehouse which now houses part of the NYPD���s ESU units- the Emergency Medical Squad on Northern Boulevard as part of the construction and maintenance of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Shows automobile, sidewalk, , and trolley tracks, stationed at 339+55.
39-04 Northern Boulevard
\[Northern Boulevard: IND Queens Boulevard Line] Survey negative documents the street and sidewalk conditions on Northern Boulevard as part of the construction and maintenance of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Shows automobiles, sidewalk, , and storefronts, stationed at 340+00.
38-18 Northern Boulevard
Queens 15, Queens Radio Repair Shop, 38-18 Northern Blvd; Jerry Spearman, Photographer
37-18 Northern Boulevard
Factory or warehouse, \[Karpen Furniture?] on 8th Avenue, Queens, undated (ca. 1920). Photographed for Parkes.
34-01 38th Street
34-01 38th Street
36-11 Northern Boulevard
\[Northern Boulevard Temporary Pavement: IND Queens Boulevard Line] Negative documents temporary pavement track at Northern Boulevard part of the construction of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Logbook reads: Camera at north curb of Northern Boulevard about 70 feet east of Hulst Street \[now 37th Street] looking north, showing temporary pavement, etc. Northern Boulevard and 37th Street - time 3:15 P.M.
36-20 Northern Boulevard
\[Northern Boulevard: IND Queens Boulevard Line] Survey negative documents the street and sidewalk conditions on Northern Boulevard as part of the construction and maintenance of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Shows automobiles, sidewalk, pedestrians, and commercial building, stationed at 336+50.
Kaufman Astoria Studios
Kaufman Astoria Studios
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation Studios
Famous Players Lasky Corp. L.I. City
34-01 38th Avenue
Repair Department, Pierce Arrow Factory.
34-01 38th Avenue
34-01 38th Avenue. Pierce Arrow Building
34-01 38th Avenue
Freeman Avenue. Long Island City. Pierce Arrow Service Station.
New York City Water Works Pumping Station No. 3
Probably the old New York City Water Works Pumping Station No. 3, which was used only for storage by this time. In background are Northern Apartments buildings at 34-06 45th Street and 34-05 44th Street, and the Pennsylvania and Long Island Railroad tracks. Property is on Packard (Grove) Street at 37th Avenue in Sunnyside, Queens. Date unknown, probably 1930s. Structure was probably demolished in the mid-1930s.
43-05 37th Avenue
Pipe yard. Probably Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity yard in Queens. Borden's milk plant and Burns Brothers coal plant in background. Date unknown.
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