2nd AVENUE, Astoria

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Looking up from the commercial building at the NE corner of 31st Street and Broadway under the Astoria elevated, there’s a blue and white sign proclaiming 31st Street to be 2nd Avenue. This is a remnant of a former street and house numbering system in Long Island City.   Belcher-Hyde atlas plate from 1919 Quoting [...]

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