- City:
- Elmhurst, New York City, Queens, NY
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
Description
The federal Work Projects Administration undertook a large road repair project starting in 1935 in the borough of Queens. The streets, many of which in New York City were still unpaved, were repaired; particular emphasis was placed on fixing washout-damaged stretches of road. Holes were filled in and the streets were smoothed, surfaced and reconditioned. Roads improved as part of this project (WPA Official Project No. 65-97-9) included the stretch of 78th Street between Roosevelt Ave. and Broadway.
This stretch of road does not fully exist anymore (at least, not between 41st Ave. and Broadway) as a result of the development of Elmhurst Hospital.
Source notes
National Archives RG 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration [WPA]; Project Files; New York City (E 407); box 684; roll 3642; Official Project No. 65-97-9.
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 21, 2014.
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