Betty Smith House, Woodhaven, Queens, New York

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Brooklyn-born author Betty Smith (1896–1972) lived here in 1943 when she wrote her first novel, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. The Colonial Revival house was built around 1909 on Forest Parkway, at the time the most prominent address in Woodhaven, Queens.

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Location: 85-34 Forest Pkwy., Woodhaven, Queens, New York,
Photo credit: © Matthew Kiernan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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