Same Streets

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Flushing

Main Street, Flushing, the year before the summer of the novel.1920FlushingMain Street and Roosevelt Avenue, Queens
Main Street, Flushing, the year before the summer of the novel.1920 · Queens Borough, New York City, 1910–1920 / Internet Archive
Main Street at Roosevelt Avenue, downtown Flushing.FlushingMain Street and Roosevelt Avenue, Queens
Main Street at Roosevelt Avenue, downtown Flushing.2018 · Tdorante10 / Wikimedia Commons

Where the ambulance takes Myrtle Wilson's body, and where the minister comes from for Gatsby's funeral. The old Queens town across the Flushing River from the ash heaps.

Visiting today

Downtown Flushing, around Main Street, is one of New York's busiest Chinatowns. Close by on Northern Boulevard is the Old Quaker Meeting House of 1694, still used for worship, and on Bowne Street the Bowne House of 1661. Subway: Flushing–Main St, at the end of the 7 line.

Where to find itMain Street and Roosevelt Avenue, Queens
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