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Forest Hills’ Geraldine Ferraro helped set the stage for Kamala Harris: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

Dexter Park in Woodhaven, as shown in the early 1930s. The ballpark had a seating capacity of 15,400. Note the light towers for night games, which provided the first focused lighting system for baseball.

Woodhaven

The greats once took this long-lost Queens baseball diamond: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

Ridgewood Democratic Club

Ridgewood

More than just a political powerhouse in Ridgewood: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Rise of the Myrtle Avenue Line, and the fall of transit service in 1918: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

The exterior of the former Karl Ehmer store and manufacturing plant on Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood, as pictured in February 2011.

Glendale

When ‘The Best Butcher on the Block’ reigned in Ridgewood and beyond: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Woodhaven

The ‘Butcher of Bellerose’ approved for parole decades after killing 4-year-old neighbor, 18-year-old immigrant: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By the Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society

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The Civil War in Greater Ridgewood: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Long Island City

Brief lesson on the rise of a Long Island City art mecca: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Glendale

The Lost Battalion & fate of Ridgewood & Glendale Great War soldiers: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

When this photo was taken, the street where these men are pictured was located in a section known as St. James Park.

Ridgewood

A forgotten name for a Ridgewood community: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Glendale

How Queens residents shopped for their holiday meals a century ago: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Glendale

Glendale school site’s roots trace back to a popular saloon & hotel: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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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

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

Church born on the farm still thriving in modern-day Middle Village: 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

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

By The Old Timer

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Long Island City

Waxing romantic on the Bridges of Newtown Creek: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

Portrait of American Eclipse, who ran at Union Course in Woodhaven

Woodhaven

The ‘tail’ of a legendary horse’s ties to Woodhaven: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

Presented by the Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society

Unity Hall as it once stood on Myrtle Avenue near Cypress Hills Street in Glendale.

Glendale

This Glendale hall had a rocky history steeped in local politics: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

The Bank Tavern at the corner of Myrtle Avenue and 66th Place in Glendale, which replaced the Bank of Glendale, is shown in this 1940 tax photo.

Glendale

The rise and fall of the Bank of Glendale: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

The exterior of the Woolworth store that opened on Myrtle Avenue in Ridgewood in July of 1969.

Ridgewood

Woolworth’s opening in Ridgewood was as big as the Moon Landing: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

This tribute to the World War I soldiers ran in a May 1918 issue of the Ridgewood Times

Ridgewood

Ridgewood resident shared letters from World War I soldier: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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