Newtown - Remsen House - Rego Park

Collection: Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs

Date: May 1923; 1923-05 Material: Black and white photograph Dimension: 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi

Creator: Eugene L. Armbruster Identifier: aql:25903 ela-004427 ela-004427.tif

Description: Remsen House - Abraham Remsen House, built circa 1700, on the east side of Old Trotting Course Lane (Woodhaven Blvd.), about a block north of Metropolitan Ave. and opposite Cooper Ave. This view looks north from just north of Metropolitan Ave. It the Weeden Homestead in 1835, James Weeden 1852 and 1860; then Henry Kinsey 1873 and 1891, David Kinsey 1896. The home was bought by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1923, and was torn down in 1925 to build row houses. Photo taken May 1923.

Title : Newtown - Remsen House - Rego Park

Collection : aql:7837

Creator : Eugene L. Armbruster

Date : May 1923; 1923-05

Summary/Description : Remsen House - Abraham Remsen House, built circa 1700, on the east side of Old Trotting Course Lane (Woodhaven Blvd.), about a block north of Metropolitan Ave. and opposite Cooper Ave. This view looks north from just north of Metropolitan Ave. It the Weeden Homestead in 1835, James Weeden 1852 and 1860; then Henry Kinsey 1873 and 1891, David Kinsey 1896. The home was bought by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1923, and was torn down in 1925 to build row houses. Photo taken May 1923.

Subject : Dwellings; Roads

Relation : Eugene Armbruster Drawings and Photographs

Rights : Public domain; Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Rego Park, Queens, NY Rego Park (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.) Newtown (Queens County, N.Y.)

Type : Black and white photograph

Format : Black and white photograph; 4.5 x 3.5 inches; 400 dpi

Identifier : aql:25903 ela-004427 ela-004427.tif