The first house built in today's Kew Gardens, NY was on the Williamsburgh & Jamaica Turnpike at the corner of Richmond Hill Avenue - today known as Metropolitan and 83rd Avenues. Using today's landmarks, the photographer is standing on 118th Street looking north toward Metropolitan Avenue (the cross street) and 83rd Avenue (which runs along the fence up to the right). (From the Lucy Ballenas Collection courtesy of Carl Ballenas.)