Queens History News – Page 19 of 22 – QNS

Remembering notables lives lost in 1936

By QNS TimesLedger

Opinion

Eric Holder: From East Elmurst to the White House

By QNS TimesLedger

Catching up with a former Queens hoops star

Queensline

Opinion

December’s trip down memory lane

Queensline

Opinion

Queensline: Giving respect to a Queens comic legend

By QNS TimesLedger

Opinion

Sharing stories of election days past

By QNS TimesLedger

Opinion

John Gotti brought spotlight on Mafia to Queens

By QNS TimesLedger

Maspeth

Lindberg baby kidnaper cremated in Maspeth in 1936

By QNS TimesLedger

Flushing

Flushing-born Drescher got famous on ‘The Nanny’

By QNS TimesLedger

Opinion

Primaries were relatively new in boro during 1911

By The Greater Astoria Historical Society

Woodhaven

Sex symbol Mae West spent her childhood in Woodhaven

By The Greater Astoria Historical Society

Opinion

QueensLine: Kinsey sex report divides Queens residents in ‘53

By The Greater Astoria Historical Society

QueensLine: Singer Guthrie died at Creedmoor in Queens Village

By The Greater Astoria Historical Society

Sunnyside

Queens’ first traffic lights became operational in ‘30

By The Greater Astoria Historical Society

Astoria

‘26 summer heat wave caused more than 10 deaths in boro

By The Greater Astoria Historical Society

Ozone Park

‘Unusual’ musical pioneer Lauper called Ozone Park home

By The Greater Astoria Historical Society

Flushing

Queens tackled forming community boards in ‘62

By The Greater Astoria Historical Society

Flushing

Johnson spoke at New York World’s Fair in 1964

By The Greater Astoria Historical Society

Flushing

Public servant Grover Whalen oversaw the ‘39 World’s Fair

By The Greater Astoria Historical Society

Emergency G.I. housing built in Queens in 1946

By The Greater Astoria Historical Society

Astoria

Despite the Depression, boro public works boomed in ‘31

By The Greater Astoria Historical Society

Singer, activist Belafonte once lived in E. Elmhurst

By The Greater Astoria Historical Society

Long Island City

First female lawyer argued case in boro during 1906

By The Greater Astoria Historical Society

Acting legend John Barrymore once called Bayside home

By The Greater Astoria Historical Society

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