Queens Memory Project
@queensmemory.bsky.social
A community-engaged archiving program and oral history collection supported by Queens Public Library and Queens College, CUNY
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A look back to Nov 1975! The City Savings and Loan building at Queens Blvd & 66th Rd in Rego Park, Queens.
The entire block, including the old Trylon Theater, was demolished in 2022 for the new Trylon Tower. 🏗️
#QPLarchives #RegoPark #QueensBoulevard #ForestHIlls
The entire block, including the old Trylon Theater, was demolished in 2022 for the new Trylon Tower. 🏗️
#QPLarchives #RegoPark #QueensBoulevard #ForestHIlls
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
A look back to Nov 1975! The City Savings and Loan building at Queens Blvd & 66th Rd in Rego Park, Queens.
The entire block, including the old Trylon Theater, was demolished in 2022 for the new Trylon Tower. 🏗️
#QPLarchives #RegoPark #QueensBoulevard #ForestHIlls
The entire block, including the old Trylon Theater, was demolished in 2022 for the new Trylon Tower. 🏗️
#QPLarchives #RegoPark #QueensBoulevard #ForestHIlls
Celebrate Native Peoples Heritage Month at the Old Town of Flushing Burial Ground on Sat, Nov 8 (12-1:30pm). Help plant daffodils, mulch trees, and honor the land with a drumming circle led by Chief Little Fox. RSVP to Maureen: 917-892-6565. 🌿
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Celebrate Native Peoples Heritage Month at the Old Town of Flushing Burial Ground on Sat, Nov 8 (12-1:30pm). Help plant daffodils, mulch trees, and honor the land with a drumming circle led by Chief Little Fox. RSVP to Maureen: 917-892-6565. 🌿
#TBT to a sweet and spooky Halloween on 46th Street in #SunnysideGardens (circa 1950)! 👻 This photo, donated by Rita (Zuckerman) Jaros, is part of the Sunnyside Stories website and is preserved in the #QPLarchives Queens Memory digital collection.
#Halloween #SunnysideQueens
#Halloween #SunnysideQueens
October 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
#TBT to a sweet and spooky Halloween on 46th Street in #SunnysideGardens (circa 1950)! 👻 This photo, donated by Rita (Zuckerman) Jaros, is part of the Sunnyside Stories website and is preserved in the #QPLarchives Queens Memory digital collection.
#Halloween #SunnysideQueens
#Halloween #SunnysideQueens
Ready for Halloween? 🎃 This 1898 "Cabinet Card" from the #QPLarchives might inspire you! It shows a costumed woman with a mask. Taken at Baab studio on Fulton Ave (now Astoria Blvd.) in Long Island City, Queens! #PhotoHistory #Costumes #1890sFashion
October 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Ready for Halloween? 🎃 This 1898 "Cabinet Card" from the #QPLarchives might inspire you! It shows a costumed woman with a mask. Taken at Baab studio on Fulton Ave (now Astoria Blvd.) in Long Island City, Queens! #PhotoHistory #Costumes #1890sFashion
Just weeks 'til the NYC Marathon! 🏃♀️ Runners cross the Verrazzano Bridge.
This 1933 map from #QPLarchives shows early plans for the S.I.-Brooklyn crossing. The Verrazzano, which opened in 1964, became the world's longest suspension bridge.
Post: Kit Moszynski, Citi + QPL Fellow, Fall 2025
This 1933 map from #QPLarchives shows early plans for the S.I.-Brooklyn crossing. The Verrazzano, which opened in 1964, became the world's longest suspension bridge.
Post: Kit Moszynski, Citi + QPL Fellow, Fall 2025
October 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Just weeks 'til the NYC Marathon! 🏃♀️ Runners cross the Verrazzano Bridge.
This 1933 map from #QPLarchives shows early plans for the S.I.-Brooklyn crossing. The Verrazzano, which opened in 1964, became the world's longest suspension bridge.
Post: Kit Moszynski, Citi + QPL Fellow, Fall 2025
This 1933 map from #QPLarchives shows early plans for the S.I.-Brooklyn crossing. The Verrazzano, which opened in 1964, became the world's longest suspension bridge.
Post: Kit Moszynski, Citi + QPL Fellow, Fall 2025
Officially welcoming pumpkin season! 🎃 We're diving into the fall spirit with this photo from October 1993, featuring Iris Zalun and her father enjoying the harvest. 🍂
Donated by Iris to the Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library.
#QPLarchives #PumpkinPatch #FallQueensNY
Donated by Iris to the Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library.
#QPLarchives #PumpkinPatch #FallQueensNY
October 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Officially welcoming pumpkin season! 🎃 We're diving into the fall spirit with this photo from October 1993, featuring Iris Zalun and her father enjoying the harvest. 🍂
Donated by Iris to the Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library.
#QPLarchives #PumpkinPatch #FallQueensNY
Donated by Iris to the Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library.
#QPLarchives #PumpkinPatch #FallQueensNY
Join us Oct 4 (11a-4p) at Ridgewood Library for Home Movie Day! Screen your film treasures & get expert preservation advice. Plus, learn digital photo organization tips (12-1p).
👉 Register: buff.ly/19b0v4i
#HomeMovieDay #QueensLibrary #FamilyMemories 🎞️
👉 Register: buff.ly/19b0v4i
#HomeMovieDay #QueensLibrary #FamilyMemories 🎞️
September 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Join us Oct 4 (11a-4p) at Ridgewood Library for Home Movie Day! Screen your film treasures & get expert preservation advice. Plus, learn digital photo organization tips (12-1p).
👉 Register: buff.ly/19b0v4i
#HomeMovieDay #QueensLibrary #FamilyMemories 🎞️
👉 Register: buff.ly/19b0v4i
#HomeMovieDay #QueensLibrary #FamilyMemories 🎞️
It's National Comic Book Day! To celebrate, we're sharing this official 1964 New York World's Fair Archie comic from the Queens Museum Collection, hosted on the QPL Digital Archives site. Read some comics today—you can get them at your library💜!
September 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It's National Comic Book Day! To celebrate, we're sharing this official 1964 New York World's Fair Archie comic from the Queens Museum Collection, hosted on the QPL Digital Archives site. Read some comics today—you can get them at your library💜!
This 1935 September issue of Queensborough Magazine shows the plan for Queens Plaza & the future Queens-Midtown Tunnel in Long Island City, which opened in 1940. St. Mary's Church on Vernon Boulevard is one of the tallest structures shown. 🏙️
#QPLarchives #LongIsandCity #QueensPlaza
#QPLarchives #LongIsandCity #QueensPlaza
September 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
This 1935 September issue of Queensborough Magazine shows the plan for Queens Plaza & the future Queens-Midtown Tunnel in Long Island City, which opened in 1940. St. Mary's Church on Vernon Boulevard is one of the tallest structures shown. 🏙️
#QPLarchives #LongIsandCity #QueensPlaza
#QPLarchives #LongIsandCity #QueensPlaza
What's changed in Flushing since Hurricane Ida's devastating floods? Reporter Yiyan Zheng investigates how vulnerable residents, cut off from critical information, are navigating the climate crisis in Queens. Listen to "Memories of Water" Episode 3 on YouTube, Apple, or Spotify.
September 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
What's changed in Flushing since Hurricane Ida's devastating floods? Reporter Yiyan Zheng investigates how vulnerable residents, cut off from critical information, are navigating the climate crisis in Queens. Listen to "Memories of Water" Episode 3 on YouTube, Apple, or Spotify.
August 15, 1972: Groundbreaking began for the Archer Avenue Line in Jamaica, Queens. Building the underground J/Z and E subway lines to replace old elevated tracks over Jamaica Avenue. Gov. Rockefeller speaks in first photo, Mayor Lindsay at right. #SubwayHistory #QPLarchives #JamaicaQueens
August 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
August 15, 1972: Groundbreaking began for the Archer Avenue Line in Jamaica, Queens. Building the underground J/Z and E subway lines to replace old elevated tracks over Jamaica Avenue. Gov. Rockefeller speaks in first photo, Mayor Lindsay at right. #SubwayHistory #QPLarchives #JamaicaQueens
🎙️ NEW PODCAST EPISODE ALERT 🎙️
Teens from Flushing Library interview staff at Queens Botanical Garden about climate change and flooding.
Listen to "Memories of Water" on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube!
#QueensMemoryPodcast #YouthVoices #ClimateChange
buff.ly/qkIiLc5
Teens from Flushing Library interview staff at Queens Botanical Garden about climate change and flooding.
Listen to "Memories of Water" on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube!
#QueensMemoryPodcast #YouthVoices #ClimateChange
buff.ly/qkIiLc5
August 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
🎙️ NEW PODCAST EPISODE ALERT 🎙️
Teens from Flushing Library interview staff at Queens Botanical Garden about climate change and flooding.
Listen to "Memories of Water" on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube!
#QueensMemoryPodcast #YouthVoices #ClimateChange
buff.ly/qkIiLc5
Teens from Flushing Library interview staff at Queens Botanical Garden about climate change and flooding.
Listen to "Memories of Water" on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube!
#QueensMemoryPodcast #YouthVoices #ClimateChange
buff.ly/qkIiLc5
☀️ This #TBT takes us back to July 1980, at the corner of Halsey Street and Evergreen Avenue, just blocks from the Bushwick-Ridgewood border.
Photo from #QPLarchives by William A. Brief 📸
#NYC1980s #BushRidge #RidgewoodQueens #BushwickBrooklyn #NYCSummer
Photo from #QPLarchives by William A. Brief 📸
#NYC1980s #BushRidge #RidgewoodQueens #BushwickBrooklyn #NYCSummer
July 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
☀️ This #TBT takes us back to July 1980, at the corner of Halsey Street and Evergreen Avenue, just blocks from the Bushwick-Ridgewood border.
Photo from #QPLarchives by William A. Brief 📸
#NYC1980s #BushRidge #RidgewoodQueens #BushwickBrooklyn #NYCSummer
Photo from #QPLarchives by William A. Brief 📸
#NYC1980s #BushRidge #RidgewoodQueens #BushwickBrooklyn #NYCSummer
🗃️✨ Community Archiving Happy Hour returns on Thursday, Aug. 14, at 4pm ET ✨🗃️
July 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
🗃️✨ Community Archiving Happy Hour returns on Thursday, Aug. 14, at 4pm ET ✨🗃️
🎉 Join us for Community Day at Ridgewood Library! 🎉
📅 Saturday, August 9th
🕚 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Ridgewood Library – Main Floor
20-12 Madison Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Meet local organizations, explore community resources, and discover how you can get involved in neighborhood causes!
📅 Saturday, August 9th
🕚 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Ridgewood Library – Main Floor
20-12 Madison Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Meet local organizations, explore community resources, and discover how you can get involved in neighborhood causes!
July 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🎉 Join us for Community Day at Ridgewood Library! 🎉
📅 Saturday, August 9th
🕚 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Ridgewood Library – Main Floor
20-12 Madison Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Meet local organizations, explore community resources, and discover how you can get involved in neighborhood causes!
📅 Saturday, August 9th
🕚 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Ridgewood Library – Main Floor
20-12 Madison Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385
Meet local organizations, explore community resources, and discover how you can get involved in neighborhood causes!
#TBT Sharing this 1927 photo of a Long Island City block on 39th Avenue (formerly Beebe Avenue), between 30th & 31st Streets! Mosty unchanged, but the center building, once home to F. Ave Co. Inc. Millwrights & Machinists, has been replaced.
Photo Eugene L. Armbruster
#QPLarchives #LongIslandCity
Photo Eugene L. Armbruster
#QPLarchives #LongIslandCity
July 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
#TBT Sharing this 1927 photo of a Long Island City block on 39th Avenue (formerly Beebe Avenue), between 30th & 31st Streets! Mosty unchanged, but the center building, once home to F. Ave Co. Inc. Millwrights & Machinists, has been replaced.
Photo Eugene L. Armbruster
#QPLarchives #LongIslandCity
Photo Eugene L. Armbruster
#QPLarchives #LongIslandCity
It's hot out! Beat the heat at your local @qplnyc.bsky.social library branch - where there’s books, activities, and A/C 🧊 at most locations. 😎 Stay cool, Queens!
Photo: Douglaston Library in 1935, from #QPLarchives
#CoolingCenters #HeatWave #DouglastonQueens #1930s
Photo: Douglaston Library in 1935, from #QPLarchives
#CoolingCenters #HeatWave #DouglastonQueens #1930s
July 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It's hot out! Beat the heat at your local @qplnyc.bsky.social library branch - where there’s books, activities, and A/C 🧊 at most locations. 😎 Stay cool, Queens!
Photo: Douglaston Library in 1935, from #QPLarchives
#CoolingCenters #HeatWave #DouglastonQueens #1930s
Photo: Douglaston Library in 1935, from #QPLarchives
#CoolingCenters #HeatWave #DouglastonQueens #1930s
Got old Queens recipes, postcards, or photos? Preserve them at our free Community Scanning Day! Join us at Hunters Point Library on Thursday, July 24, from 4-7:30 PM. Get free digitization, keep originals, and receive a flash drive. All welcome! 📸🌆✨ buff.ly/jF89XUP
#CommunityArchives #HuntersPoint
#CommunityArchives #HuntersPoint
July 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Got old Queens recipes, postcards, or photos? Preserve them at our free Community Scanning Day! Join us at Hunters Point Library on Thursday, July 24, from 4-7:30 PM. Get free digitization, keep originals, and receive a flash drive. All welcome! 📸🌆✨ buff.ly/jF89XUP
#CommunityArchives #HuntersPoint
#CommunityArchives #HuntersPoint
#OnThisDay July 10, 1934, this postcard shows a crowded Jacob Riis Park Beach in Rockaway🏖
Named for social reform journalist Jacob Riis, the park's #ArtDeco bathhouse (1932, John L. Plock) originally accommodated 8,000.
#QPLarchives #RiisParkBeach #RockawayQueens #1930sNYC #PostCards
Named for social reform journalist Jacob Riis, the park's #ArtDeco bathhouse (1932, John L. Plock) originally accommodated 8,000.
#QPLarchives #RiisParkBeach #RockawayQueens #1930sNYC #PostCards
July 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM
#OnThisDay July 10, 1934, this postcard shows a crowded Jacob Riis Park Beach in Rockaway🏖
Named for social reform journalist Jacob Riis, the park's #ArtDeco bathhouse (1932, John L. Plock) originally accommodated 8,000.
#QPLarchives #RiisParkBeach #RockawayQueens #1930sNYC #PostCards
Named for social reform journalist Jacob Riis, the park's #ArtDeco bathhouse (1932, John L. Plock) originally accommodated 8,000.
#QPLarchives #RiisParkBeach #RockawayQueens #1930sNYC #PostCards
#OnThisDay: JFK Airport Opened! On 7-1-1948, New York International Airport (Idlewild) opened in Queens. It was renamed for JFK in 1963
#QPLArchives #AirportHistory #JFKairport #AviationHistory
1. Airplanes 1965
2. TWA Terminal, 1963
3. Pan American Terminal 1961
4. Airport Construction, 1947
#QPLArchives #AirportHistory #JFKairport #AviationHistory
1. Airplanes 1965
2. TWA Terminal, 1963
3. Pan American Terminal 1961
4. Airport Construction, 1947
July 1, 2025 at 1:54 PM
#OnThisDay: JFK Airport Opened! On 7-1-1948, New York International Airport (Idlewild) opened in Queens. It was renamed for JFK in 1963
#QPLArchives #AirportHistory #JFKairport #AviationHistory
1. Airplanes 1965
2. TWA Terminal, 1963
3. Pan American Terminal 1961
4. Airport Construction, 1947
#QPLArchives #AirportHistory #JFKairport #AviationHistory
1. Airplanes 1965
2. TWA Terminal, 1963
3. Pan American Terminal 1961
4. Airport Construction, 1947
June 1974: Looking west on Jamaica Ave from 163rd Street, beneath the BMT (J Train) elevated tracks. This section of the elevated line was torn down in 1977.
#QPLarchives #JamaicaQueens
#JTrain #JamaicaAvenue
#1970s #nyc1970s #ElevatedSubways
#QPLarchives #JamaicaQueens
#JTrain #JamaicaAvenue
#1970s #nyc1970s #ElevatedSubways
June 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
June 1974: Looking west on Jamaica Ave from 163rd Street, beneath the BMT (J Train) elevated tracks. This section of the elevated line was torn down in 1977.
#QPLarchives #JamaicaQueens
#JTrain #JamaicaAvenue
#1970s #nyc1970s #ElevatedSubways
#QPLarchives #JamaicaQueens
#JTrain #JamaicaAvenue
#1970s #nyc1970s #ElevatedSubways
#CommunityArchiving Happy Hour on July 1 at 12 PM ET! Laura Orleans & Emma York from New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center share "Casting A Wider Net" #OralHistory: preserving diverse fishing community stories. Don't miss this session on access, storytelling & memory! Register: tinyurl.com/mw4kzrkp
June 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#CommunityArchiving Happy Hour on July 1 at 12 PM ET! Laura Orleans & Emma York from New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center share "Casting A Wider Net" #OralHistory: preserving diverse fishing community stories. Don't miss this session on access, storytelling & memory! Register: tinyurl.com/mw4kzrkp
There is a Heat Wave in New York City and
Queens Public Library (@qplnyc.bsky.social) is here to help!
Please visit your local library if you need an air-conditioned Cooling Center to #BeatTheHeat!
www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/new...
Queens Public Library (@qplnyc.bsky.social) is here to help!
Please visit your local library if you need an air-conditioned Cooling Center to #BeatTheHeat!
www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/new...
June 23, 2025 at 1:33 PM
There is a Heat Wave in New York City and
Queens Public Library (@qplnyc.bsky.social) is here to help!
Please visit your local library if you need an air-conditioned Cooling Center to #BeatTheHeat!
www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/new...
Queens Public Library (@qplnyc.bsky.social) is here to help!
Please visit your local library if you need an air-conditioned Cooling Center to #BeatTheHeat!
www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/new...
☀️ Happy Summer Solstice! ☀️
Celebrate the longest day of the year with these seasonal Works Progress Administration artworks. Featuring lithograph prints by Minetta Good & Ann Nooney.
#QPLarchives #SummerSolstice #QueensLibrary #WPAArt #1930s #NewDeal #WPALithograph
Celebrate the longest day of the year with these seasonal Works Progress Administration artworks. Featuring lithograph prints by Minetta Good & Ann Nooney.
#QPLarchives #SummerSolstice #QueensLibrary #WPAArt #1930s #NewDeal #WPALithograph
June 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
☀️ Happy Summer Solstice! ☀️
Celebrate the longest day of the year with these seasonal Works Progress Administration artworks. Featuring lithograph prints by Minetta Good & Ann Nooney.
#QPLarchives #SummerSolstice #QueensLibrary #WPAArt #1930s #NewDeal #WPALithograph
Celebrate the longest day of the year with these seasonal Works Progress Administration artworks. Featuring lithograph prints by Minetta Good & Ann Nooney.
#QPLarchives #SummerSolstice #QueensLibrary #WPAArt #1930s #NewDeal #WPALithograph
🎧🌊New Podcast Episode Release + Live Listening Party!
Join us at the Cambria Heights branch @qplnyc.bsky.social on Thursday, June 12, at 5:30pm!
Event Info: www.queenslibrary.org/calendar/que...
Listen to the full episode here: buff.ly/i46HARv
Join us at the Cambria Heights branch @qplnyc.bsky.social on Thursday, June 12, at 5:30pm!
Event Info: www.queenslibrary.org/calendar/que...
Listen to the full episode here: buff.ly/i46HARv
June 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
🎧🌊New Podcast Episode Release + Live Listening Party!
Join us at the Cambria Heights branch @qplnyc.bsky.social on Thursday, June 12, at 5:30pm!
Event Info: www.queenslibrary.org/calendar/que...
Listen to the full episode here: buff.ly/i46HARv
Join us at the Cambria Heights branch @qplnyc.bsky.social on Thursday, June 12, at 5:30pm!
Event Info: www.queenslibrary.org/calendar/que...
Listen to the full episode here: buff.ly/i46HARv