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Ridgewood

Execution of Ridgewood woman grew to a cold-blooded slaughter: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Flushing

World-renowned Jazz master Reggie Workman to be honored with 2023 Satchmo Award at Flushing Town Hall

By Rachel Butler

Queens

Flushing

Queens Borough President and community members gather at Queens Museum to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

By Rachel Butler

Woodhaven

Woodhaven

A look back at Neir’s Tavern’s rich history in Woodhaven: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society

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Flushing

Queens College welcome White House officials for Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions Week

By Rachel Butler

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Flushing

Queens officials help celebrate Lewis Latimer’s 175th birthday

By Rachel Butler

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People

DA Katz donates late father’s piano to Queens College

By Rachel Butler

Maspeth

Maspeth

Queens legislators urges city to designate Maspeth firehouse as a landmark

By Anthony Medina

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Flushing

Congresswoman Meng calls for commemorative stamp to honor Flushing inventor Lewis Latimer

By Rachel Butler

Restauranteur Victor Koenig and others at what would become Durow's Restaurant in Glendale in this 1940s photo.

Glendale

Serving up the history of a classic Glendale restaurant: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

Vintage storefronts from the 1930s were created along Seneca Avenue in Ridgewood in 1985 during filming of "Brighton Beach Memoirs"

Ridgewood

Ridgewood’s starring role in a 1980s coming-of-age film: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Woodhaven

This Woodhaven hospital helped treat patients with tuberculosis in early 1900s: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society

The Juniper North Playground at Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village as it was being constructed in October 1940.

Juniper Valley’s journey from swampland to parkland in Middle Village: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

New York Yankee great and Glendale product Phil Rizzuto demonstrates bunting during a Florida camp.

Glendale

Holy cow! The ‘Glendale Gnome’ who became a Yankee legend: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Glendale

Bar stories across the street, and across the tracks, in Glendale: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

Church born on the farm still thriving in modern-day Middle Village: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Woodhaven

Taking a look back at Woodhaven’s rich history of horse racing: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society

An unidentified woman stands before unfinished homes in the Liberty Park section of Glendale following a February 1926 snowstorm.

Glendale

Glendale neighborhoods that grew out of historic picnic parks: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

Elmhurst

A colonial road in Queens grows into a traffic machine: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer 1

Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers was the first African-American to play in the major leagues.

Flushing

Jackie Robinson’s ties to Queens go beyond the parkway bearing his name: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

The wreckage of the Empire State Building plane crash in 1945.

Middle Village man’s story of surviving Empire State Building plane crash: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Woodhaven

The story of John Pitkin and how Woodhaven got its name: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society

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Maspeth

Feeling ‘Grand’ on the Newtown Creek: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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JFKIAT Launches Pride Pop-Up Museum in JFK’s Terminal 4

By Jeff Yapalater

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