Intersection of Kew Gardens Road and Queens Boulevard: IND Queens Boulevard Line
Negative documents intersection of Kew Gardens Road and Queens Boulevard as part of the construction and maintenance of the IND Queens Boulevard Subway Line. Camera set on center line of Kew Gardens Road, looking west. Also shows buildings, storefronts, signage, automobiles, and man standing in road.
New York Transit MuseumSurvey photo of the intersection of Queens Boulevard, Union Turnpike, and Kew Gardens Road, viewed from the latter; October 16, 1930.
This photo was taken in preparation for the construction of the IND Queens Boulevard line subway. Before a final route was approved, an alternate proposal would have seen the four-track tunnel take the more southerly fork at this intersection, and follow Kew Gardens Road (in the foreground) to Hillside Avenue.
Today, this intersection is a true crossroads of Central Queens. Beneath the street level intersection is another crossing created through massive 1930s project: the Interboro (Jackie Robinson) Parkway, which opened to traffic in July, 1935.
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