The Original Sunnyside Gardens

This pictures faces 45 Street with Skillman Avenue on the right and the spires of the Queens Borough Bridge in the background. The clock on the Brewster building was clearly visible.  One of the neighbors set his watch by the clock, which was visible from the upper floors of their home.  No doubt the homes in the background were razed and the site cleared for the Railroad yard.  In these houses lived the Huther and Foy families.  Mr. Foy and Miss Huther taught in P.S. 4 in Long Island City (a good walk) and were my teachers in the early 1920's.  As told to the Chamber by Alice Havlina who donated this picture.  (Circa 1914)