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Queens Memory Project @queensmemory.bsky.social · 2d

Just weeks 'til the NYC Marathon! 🏃‍♀️ Runners cross the Verrazzano Bridge.

This 1933 map from #QPLarchives shows early plans for the S.I.-Brooklyn crossing. The Verrazzano, which opened in 1964, became the world's longest suspension bridge.

Post: Kit Moszynski, Citi + QPL Fellow, Fall 2025

Historic hand painted map of New York City showing two options for where to connect Staten Island and Brooklyn one line is blue and the other line - where the Verrazano bridge is now - is red.

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Queens Public Library @qplnyc.bsky.social · 5d

Join us and our Mobile Library teams on Monday, Oct. 6 at Rafferty Triangle (Court Square–23rd St. MTA station) and Bliss Plaza (46th St–Bliss St. MTA station)!

Get your #FreedomToRead Library Card and enjoy other fun activities in honor of #BannedBooksWeek!

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The words "Freedom to Read" on a red background.

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Queens Public Library @qplnyc.bsky.social · 5d

All QPL locations will be closed on Monday, Oct. 13 in observance of Italian Heritage Day & Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

Our digital media is available 24/7 from anywhere with an Internet connection — enjoy eBooks, eAudiobooks, music, movies, and more.

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The word "Closed," a calendar page reading Mon, Oct. 13, and the words "All Queens Public Library locations will be closed for Italian Heritage Day & Indigenous Peoples’ Day," on a yellow background.

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Queens Memory Project @queensmemory.bsky.social · 9d

Officially welcoming pumpkin season! 🎃 We're diving into the fall spirit with this photo from October 1993, featuring Iris Zalun and her father enjoying the harvest. 🍂

Donated by Iris to the Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library.

#QPLarchives #PumpkinPatch #FallQueensNY

Queens Memory Project @queensmemory.bsky.social · 11d

Join us Oct 4 (11a-4p) at Ridgewood Library for Home Movie Day! Screen your film treasures & get expert preservation advice. Plus, learn digital photo organization tips (12-1p).

👉 Register: buff.ly/19b0v4i

#HomeMovieDay #QueensLibrary #FamilyMemories 🎞️

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Queens Memory Project @queensmemory.bsky.social · 16d

It's National Comic Book Day! To celebrate, we're sharing this official 1964 New York World's Fair Archie comic from the Queens Museum Collection, hosted on the QPL Digital Archives site. Read some comics today—you can get them at your library💜!

Comic book cover showing the characters Archie, Jughead, Betty, and Veronica at the 1964 World's Fair. Monuments shown are the Unisphere & the New York State Pavilion towers.

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Queens Memory Project @queensmemory.bsky.social · 23d

This 1935 September issue of Queensborough Magazine shows the plan for Queens Plaza & the future Queens-Midtown Tunnel in Long Island City, which opened in 1940. St. Mary's Church on Vernon Boulevard is one of the tallest structures shown. 🏙️

#QPLarchives #LongIsandCity #QueensPlaza

Queens Memory Project @queensmemory.bsky.social · 24d

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Queens Memory Project @queensmemory.bsky.social · 24d

What's changed in Flushing since Hurricane Ida's devastating floods? Reporter Yiyan Zheng investigates how vulnerable residents, cut off from critical information, are navigating the climate crisis in Queens. Listen to "Memories of Water" Episode 3 on YouTube, Apple, or Spotify.

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Queens Memory Project @queensmemory.bsky.social · Aug 14

August 15, 1972: Groundbreaking began for the Archer Avenue Line in Jamaica, Queens. Building the underground J/Z and E subway lines to replace old elevated tracks over Jamaica Avenue. Gov. Rockefeller speaks in first photo, Mayor Lindsay at right. #SubwayHistory #QPLarchives #JamaicaQueens

Governor Nelson Rockefeller speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Southeast Queens subway. Pictured behind him are Deputy Queens Borough President Robert Groh, MTA chair William Ronan, and Mayor John Lindsay.

Workmen start work with jackhammers at the construction site.

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Queens Memory Project @queensmemory.bsky.social · Aug 12

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Queens Memory Project @queensmemory.bsky.social · Aug 12

🎙️ NEW PODCAST EPISODE ALERT 🎙️
Teens from Flushing Library interview staff at Queens Botanical Garden about climate change and flooding.

Listen to "Memories of Water" on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube!

#QueensMemoryPodcast #YouthVoices #ClimateChange

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Queens Memory Project @queensmemory.bsky.social · Jul 31

☀️ This #TBT takes us back to July 1980, at the corner of Halsey Street and Evergreen Avenue, just blocks from the Bushwick-Ridgewood border.

Photo from #QPLarchives by William A. Brief 📸

#NYC1980s #BushRidge #RidgewoodQueens #BushwickBrooklyn #NYCSummer

Images shows people hanging around a corner store in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

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Queens Memory Project @queensmemory.bsky.social · Jul 30

🗃️✨ Community Archiving Happy Hour returns on Thursday, Aug. 14, at 4pm ET ✨🗃️

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Queens Memory Project @queensmemory.bsky.social · Jul 28

🎉 Join us for Community Day at Ridgewood Library! 🎉

📅 Saturday, August 9th
🕚 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Ridgewood Library – Main Floor
20-12 Madison Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385

Meet local organizations, explore community resources, and discover how you can get involved in neighborhood causes!

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Queens Public Library @qplnyc.bsky.social · Jul 25

New York City is going through a heat wave and Queens Public Library is here to help!

Please visit your local library if you need an air-conditioned Cooling Center to #BeatTheHeat!

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Stay Cool at the Library! | Queens Public Library

New York City is officially going through a heat wave, and Queens Public Library is here to help! If you don’t have air conditioning in your home or your apartment, or if you are at risk for heat-rela...

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Queens Memory Project @queensmemory.bsky.social · Jul 25

#TBT Sharing this 1927 photo of a Long Island City block on 39th Avenue (formerly Beebe Avenue), between 30th & 31st Streets! Mosty unchanged, but the center building, once home to F. Ave Co. Inc. Millwrights & Machinists, has been replaced.

Photo Eugene L. Armbruster

#QPLarchives #LongIslandCity

A row of two story flat roof town houses in Long Island City, Queens, in the 1920's.

A row of two story flat roof town houses in Long Island City, Queens, in 2024.

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Queens Public Library @qplnyc.bsky.social · Jul 19

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Queens Public Library on Instagram: "Meet Detective Mary “Mae” Foley — a true trailblazer who shattered @NYPD gender barriers in the 1920s and paved the way for over 2,000 women to join the force. ...

14 likes, 0 comments - qplnyc on July 18, 2025: "Meet Detective Mary “Mae” Foley — a true trailblazer who shattered @NYPD gender barriers in the 1920s and paved the way for over 2,000 women to join t...

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Queens Memory Project @queensmemory.bsky.social · Jul 17

It's hot out! Beat the heat at your local @qplnyc.bsky.social library branch - where there’s books, activities, and A/C 🧊 at most locations. 😎 Stay cool, Queens!

Photo: Douglaston Library in 1935, from #QPLarchives

#CoolingCenters #HeatWave #DouglastonQueens #1930s

Queens Memory Project @queensmemory.bsky.social · Jul 16

Got old Queens recipes, postcards, or photos? Preserve them at our free Community Scanning Day! Join us at Hunters Point Library on Thursday, July 24, from 4-7:30 PM. Get free digitization, keep originals, and receive a flash drive. All welcome! 📸🌆✨ buff.ly/jF89XUP

#CommunityArchives #HuntersPoint

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Queens Public Library @qplnyc.bsky.social · Jul 15

New York City is going through a heat wave and Queens Public Library is here to help!

Please visit your local library if you need an air-conditioned Cooling Center to #BeatTheHeat!

queenslibrary.org/about-us/new...

Stay Cool at the Library! | Queens Public Library

New York City is officially going through a heat wave, and Queens Public Library is here to help! If you don’t have air conditioning in your home or your apartment, or if you are at risk for heat-rela...

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Queens Memory Project @queensmemory.bsky.social · Jul 10

#OnThisDay July 10, 1934, this postcard shows a crowded Jacob Riis Park Beach in Rockaway🏖

Named for social reform journalist Jacob Riis, the park's #ArtDeco bathhouse (1932, John L. Plock) originally accommodated 8,000.

#QPLarchives #RiisParkBeach #RockawayQueens #1930sNYC #PostCards

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Queens Public Library @qplnyc.bsky.social · Jul 4

#QueensExplore #IndependenceDay
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Queens Public Library on Instagram: "This Independence Day, honor the spirit of freedom through the lives of #Queens residents who thought — and acted — independently. These ten individuals, commemo...

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Queens Public Library @qplnyc.bsky.social · Jul 2

Reminder: All QPL locations will be closed for #IndependenceDay Weekend: #July4th, July 5th, and July 6th.

Our digital media is always available from anywhere with an Internet connection—enjoy eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, music, movies, and more.
queenslibrary.org/help/how-to-...

The word "Closed," calendar pages reading Fri, July 4, Sat, July 5, and Sun, July 6, and the words "All Queens Public Library locations will be closed for Independence Day Weekend," on a yellow background.

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Queens Memory Project @queensmemory.bsky.social · Jul 1

#OnThisDay: JFK Airport Opened! On 7-1-1948, New York International Airport (Idlewild) opened in Queens. It was renamed for JFK in 1963
#QPLArchives #AirportHistory #JFKairport #AviationHistory

1. Airplanes 1965
2. TWA Terminal, 1963
3. Pan American Terminal 1961
4. Airport Construction, 1947

Lines of Airplanes on the Runway ready to take off

Interior of the old TWA terminal designed by Eero Saarinen

Mid-Century Style Pan American Terminal with its distinctive saucer-shaped roof

Aerial view of airport under construction on Jamaica Bay, NY

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