Central Avenue Historic District (Queens)

Last updated November 22, 2025


Central Avenue Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district


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Location	Roughly bounded by Myrtle and 70th Ave., and 65th and 66th Sts., New York City, New York
Coordinates	40°42′10″N73°53′25″W / 40.70278°N 73.89028°W / 40.70278; -73.89028
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1916
Architect	Meyer, Henry W.
Architectural style	Mathews Flats
MPS	Ridgewood MRA
NRHP reference No.	83001761 ^[1]
Added to NRHP	September 30, 1983

Central Avenue Historic District is a national historic district in Glendale, Queens, New York. It includes 104 contributing buildings built in 1916. They consist of three story brick tenements with two apartments per floor. Buildings feature front facades and amber iron-spot brick.^[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

References

1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
↑ Donald G. Presa (August 1983). National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York MPS Central Avenue Historic District. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved November 21, 2025. (Downloading may be slow.)

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