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Flushing Line Elevated Tracks · 80-19 Roosevelt Avenue
Flushing Line Elevated Tracks
Flushing Line Elevated Tracks
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IMAGE DATE1927
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IRT Flushing Line elevated tracks above Roosevelt Avenue, 1927.

The Flushing Line’s Elmhurst segment opened in 1917. At right, storefronts advertise printing (no. 80-19), dresses, cigars, and groceries. At far left, a Chevrolet dealership on the Jackson Heights side of the tracks.

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