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Quiet tributes on Memorial Day in Queens due to pandemic: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Quiet tributes on Memorial Day in Queens due to pandemic: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Queens DA, borough president team up to hold virtual Memorial Day ceremony

By Bill Parry

The Spanish Flu hits Woodhaven in 1918: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society

The entrance to the Fresh Pond Crematory in Middle Village, as seen in 2018.

Historic crematory in Middle Village honors generations of lives: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Emmy award-winning ‘Simpsons’ voice actor Hank Azaria hails from Queens

By Greater Astoria Historical Society

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Glendale

Glendale roadhouse owner’s brief brush with Civil War: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

Queensline: Flushing brothers met face to face on World War II battlefield in April 1945

By Greater Astoria Historical Society

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Corona

Corona’s Louis Armstrong House Museum launches online tour of massive collection

By Bill Parry

Woodhaven

Family-owned candy shop remains cherished in Woodhaven: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society

Astoria

Queensline: First passenger train runs through Astoria in March 1917

By Greater Astoria Historical Society

Queensline: Tony Award winner Jack Cassidy hails from Richmond Hill

By Greater Astoria Historical Society

Silver Gull Beach Club and Breezy Point Surf Club perfect for summer staycation

By Bill Parry

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Arts & Entertainment

Queens Historical Society opens submissions for 23rd Annual Art & History Contest

By QNS News Team

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Jackson Heights

Queens Pride announces the opening of registration for the 28th annual Parade and Multicultural Festival

By Bill Parry

A group of residents on Clemente Court, which lays on one of the turns of the old Union Course Racetrack.

Woodhaven

Looking back at the history of the Union Course Racetrack in Woodhaven: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society

Queensline: A building boom and a population explosion in February 1923

By Greater Astoria Historical Society

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Jamaica

On 32nd anniversary of Edward Byrne execution, court rules Trump administration can cut NYC funding named for him

By Bill Parry

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Flushing

Flushing Cemetery celebrates opening of its first mausoleum

By QNS News Team

In June 1979, Congresswoman Geraldine Ferraro delivered to Postmaster General William Bolger thousands of post cards from Ridgewood and Glendale residents who desired a new Queens-based ZIP code to replace the one they shared in Brooklyn.

Glendale

ZIP-ping through post office battles in Ridgewood and Glendale: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Long Island City

Court of Appeals upholds decision awarding $6.75 million to 5Pointz artists whose works were destroyed

By Bill Parry

Queensline: Founding member of iconic rock group hails from Forest Hills

By Greater Astoria Historical Society

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Woodhaven

A brutal Woodhaven murder and the historic trial that followed: Our Neighborhood, The Way It Was

By Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society

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A year after Amazon bolted borough, Queens Chamber of Commerce launches new business initiative

By Bill Parry

More from Around New York

An NYPD officer salutes the name of Jonathan Diller and other officers killed in the line of duty

Jonathan Diller, NYPD cop gunned down in 2024 added to NYPD’s memorial wall in Manhattan

Oct 13, 2025; Landover, Maryland, USA; A general overview of the Northwest Stadium before a game between the Chicago Bears and the Washington Commanders.

NFL donates to the Trevor Project for National Coming Out Day

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