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Queens Memory Project
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A community-engaged archiving program and oral history collection supported by Queens Public Library and Queens College, CUNY

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Happy Birthday, Dr. King! This 1980s photo shows a window display honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the original storefront of the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center in Queens, NY. 🕊️

#QPLarchives
#MLKDay #BlackHistory
#CoronaQueens #EastElmhurst
@qplnyc.bsky.social
A storefront window with display of photos showing Dr. Martin Luther King working in communities, giving speeches, and at protests. The window sign declares: Happy Birthday Dr. King.
January 15, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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#OnThisDay: January 8, 1970! Queens residents at the IND Far Rockaway–Mott Ave station protest subway fare hikes 🚇 Do you remember what the fare was back then? Let us know below! 👇
📷: Long Island Daily Press Collection #QPLarchives
#FarRockaway #INDSubwayline
black and white photo of a crowd of protesters and a policeman on the stairs at the Far Rockaway Mott Avenue Station.
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Look back at January 2, 1940! 📚 These #QPLArchives photos show staff at the old Central Branch busy in the Book Order & Cataloging Depts.

Here’s to a 2026 filled with visits to @qplnyc.bsky.social!

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

#LibraryCataloging #LibraryLove
Photo shows librarians in 1940s cataloging by hand with index cards and and card catalog drawers. The room is crowded and there are 7 librarians working. Photo shows librarians in 1940s processing by hand with typewriters and amongst floor to ceiling bookshelves and book carts. The room is crowded and there are 3 librarians working.
January 2, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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#OnThisDay in December 1939: ❄️ Children peek into the former Bayside, Queens storefront QPL branch on Bell Boulevard. The library is still the best place to find a winter escape. 📚✨

#QPLarchives #BaysideQueens #1930s @qplnyc.bsky.social
December 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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#TBT College Point Boulevard in 1938 ⭐This photo shows the view looking north from Fowler Avenue in Flushing, Queens!

#QPLArchives
#CollegePointBlvd #FlushingQueensNY
#RoadWorkNYC

Post by Kit Moszynski, Citi + QPL Fellow, Fall 2025
A black and white photograph from 1938 shows a sparsely populated College Point Boulevard under construction, featuring workers on the street and a few large houses lining the road. A color street view of College Point Boulevard in 2025, showing large commercial stores, gas stations, and heavy traffic.
December 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Hello, Holiday Season is Here! ✨ Kicking things off with this November 1994 cover of "The Voice of Woodhaven" newsletter. "It’s All Here. Why Leave Woodhaven?"❄️
(Donated by Giedra Kregzdys to the Queens Memory Collection at #QPLarchives.)

#WoodhavenQueens #QueensNY #1990s #ShopLocalNYC
November 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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A look back to Nov 1975! The City Savings and Loan building at Queens Blvd & 66th Rd in Rego Park, Queens.

The entire block, including the old Trylon Theater, was demolished in 2022 for the new Trylon Tower. 🏗️

#QPLarchives #RegoPark #QueensBoulevard #ForestHIlls
Black and white photo of a corner bank building with a classical columns and a clock tower in Rego Park, Queens in 1975. Photo of a cement and glass condo apartment building a corner in Rego Park, Queens in 2024.
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Celebrate Native Peoples Heritage Month at the Old Town of Flushing Burial Ground on Sat, Nov 8 (12-1:30pm). Help plant daffodils, mulch trees, and honor the land with a drumming circle led by Chief Little Fox. RSVP to Maureen: 917-892-6565. 🌿
November 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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#TBT to a sweet and spooky Halloween on 46th Street in #SunnysideGardens (circa 1950)! 👻 This photo, donated by Rita (Zuckerman) Jaros, is part of the Sunnyside Stories website and is preserved in the #QPLarchives Queens Memory digital collection.

#Halloween #SunnysideQueens
October 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Ready for Halloween? 🎃 This 1898 "Cabinet Card" from the #QPLarchives might inspire you! It shows a costumed woman with a mask. Taken at Baab studio on Fulton Ave (now Astoria Blvd.) in Long Island City, Queens! #PhotoHistory #Costumes #1890sFashion
October 16, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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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.
October 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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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
October 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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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 🎞️
September 30, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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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.
September 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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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
September 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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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.
September 17, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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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.
August 14, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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🎙️ 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

buff.ly/qkIiLc5
August 12, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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☀️ 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.
July 31, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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🗃️✨ Community Archiving Happy Hour returns on Thursday, Aug. 14, at 4pm ET ✨🗃️
July 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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🎉 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!
July 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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#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.
July 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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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
July 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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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
July 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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#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
July 10, 2025 at 1:28 PM