Our Neighborhood: The Way it Was Archives – Page 4 of 7 – QNS

Crews painting the lines on the Queens Boulevard freeway in Elmhurst back in 1941.

Elmhurst

The expressway that almost was — and some other scenes from Queens’ past: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

Ridgewood

The apartment houses that served as Ridgewood’s foundation: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Woodhaven

‘The Man Who Built Woodhaven’: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

Ridgewood

The promising start, but tragic end, of a Ridgewood builder: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

The mall at Camp Upton in Yaphank, Long Island, where many Army recruits from Ridgewood and Glendale were trained for battle during World War I.

Glendale

How Ridgewood & Glendale soldiers got ready for ‘The Great War’: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

The graveside of President John F. Kennedy at Arlington National Cemetery. His widow, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, would be interred at his side following her death in 1994.

Ridgewood

When the Greater Ridgewood area mourned a fallen president: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

The World's Fair Railroad running through an area that is now the Van Wyck Expressway.

The other Queens subway to the World’s Fair: 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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Douglaston

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

By The Old Timer

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Douglaston

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

By The Old Timer

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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Glendale

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

By The Old Timer

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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Woodhaven

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

By Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society

The Bowne House in Flushing, as shown in December 2019.

Flushing

Queens landmarks on ‘The Path to Freedom’ for all Americans: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

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Woodhaven

Woodhaven priest helped comfort dying soldiers during World War II: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society

Upon their return to Ridgewood from various parts of the world, a game of softball or stickball brought “the gang” together for this
July 1945 photo at the Menahan Street entrance to the P.S. 81
school yard. Nino LoBello, who wrote for the Ridgewood Times, is pictured in the back row, second from right.

Glendale

World War II stories: Ridgewood soldier survived land mine blast, Glendale captain accepted Nazi general’s surrender

By The Old Timer

The exterior of the Oasis Theatre in Ridgewood in the 1930s.

Ridgewood

Ridgewood’s Oasis spun reels and wheels to the delight of generations of residents: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

The former Welz & Zerweck brewery at the corner of Myrtle and Wyckoff Avenues in Ridgewood.

Ridgewood

A most popular Queens brewery that you’ve probably never heard of: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

Woodhaven

Historic tavern in Woodhaven celebrates 190 years of friendship and service: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society

The front page of the July 28, 1977 Ridgewood Times documented not only the need for emergency assistance in arson-scorched Bushwick, but also the efforts of the Glendale Civilian Observation Patrol, a neighborhood watch program which provided help to local police during a trying time for New York City.

Glendale

Two groups that helped Greater Ridgewood area survive tough times: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

The Trylon and Perisphere in the 1939-40 World's Fair

Rego Park

A World’s Fair landmark and its link to Queens cinema history: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By The Old Timer

The former Grosjean factory on Atlantic Avenue in Ozone Park. The clock tower survived a fire that destroyed the original factory, and remains standing to this day.

Ozone Park

Answering a complicated question about Woodhaven history: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society

Some of the devastation left behind by a massive storm that hit the Woodhaven/Ozone Park area in 1895.

Ozone Park

Remembering anniversary of brutal storm that hit Woodhaven: Our Neighborhood, The Way it Was

By Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society

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