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History
Published December 2, 2006Additional Particulars About the Old Alsop Mansion
Additional Particulars About the Old Alsop Mansion - The Ancient Unconsecrated Cemetery Plot Within Calvary – The Duryea House at Penny Bridge and the Military Outreage of... See More
Concluding Reminiscences of the Alsop Family
The Sunday Eagle of a recent date contained an interesting account of the Alsop mansion, in... See More
A Costly Undertaking
Metropolitan avenue, which runs parallel to Grand street, lying two short blocks north of it,... See More
The Old Betts House
Newtown still retains two relics of the old Dutch Government, in the form of what is called the old... See More
History of Middle Village and the Lutheran Cemetery
The name of this village refers to its position between Williamsburgh and Jamaica on the old... See More
Maspeth Swamp Becoming the Center of Lines of Trade
Newtown creek is today of sufficient depth, even to the Penny Bridge, to permit ships drawing ten... See More
Newtown Creek is Filling Up
Newtown Creek is rapidly filling up. It used to be navigable for one hundred ton vessels up to... See More
Death of One of the Solid Men of Queens County.
Hon. James Maurice died at his home in Maspeth rather suddenly yesterday afternoon. He had been... See More
DeWitt Clinton’s Old Home
On the corner of Flushing and Maspeth Avenues, only a stone’s throw from Newtown creek, in the... See More
Old DeWitt Clinton House At Maspeth To Be Preserved?
If Governor Clinton should come back to earth today and see what twentieth century civilization has... See More
The DeWitt Clinton House
Though Maspeth is out of the beaten track of the tourist, once in a while it is visited by a... See More
Forgotten New York Tour of Maspeth
In this article, we will pick up where the first part of our tour left off in the last issue of the... See More
Forgotten New York Tour of Elmhurst
On our Forgotten New York Tour of November 19th, 2006, we began in the heart of Elmhurst, the... See More
Early Ballparks of Maspeth
In 1884, a syndicate of businessmen leased a picnic ground on the south side of Grand Street (now... See More
Posses of Men Hunting in Vain a Ghost on Long Island
Dismal swamps, stagnant bogs, and thick undergrowth lie between the Lutheran and Mount Olivet... See More
Caldwell Avenue Memories
I'm going to write about the area where I grew up and played which was mostly on Caldwell... See More
How Furmanville Avenue Got Its Name
It's not too difficult to imagine what John Furman's family saw when they came to Newtown.... See More
Rev. Frederick William Gessenhainer
Rev. Dr. Frederick William Geissenhainer was born in New Hanover, Montgomery county, Pa., June 28th... See More
Education of Days Past
The first public school in Middle Village was built in the 1850s on the northeast corner of 69th... See More
The Thom Family Flower Farm
It was a time, not that long ago, when wholesale florist businesses and their flower farms dotted... See More
Memories of the Maspeth Gay Nineties Parade
I had the opportunity recently to talk to Ethel Chahales. Everyone from the Maspeth area knows the... See More
History of Niederstein’s
Niederstein’s Restaurant was located at what is now 69-16 Metropolitan Avenue near 69th Street in... See More
Remembering the Triangle Fire
Before 9/11, there was March 25, 1911. On that day, 146 mostly young immigrant women died in a... See More
Middle Village Streets – Name Origins
In the early twentieth century the Queens Topographical Bureau established an alphabetical series... See More
Picnic Parks of Maspeth and Middle Village
Picnic parks became popular in the late 1800s for the immigrant residents of the Greater Ridgewood... See More
Hon. James Maurice
James Maurice is a son of James Maurice and Jean, his wife, who resided for many years in the city... See More
The Serious Side of “Carpenter Gothic:” Why Richard Upjohn Wanted to Build a Country Church in Maspeth
Designing and building Trinity Church was the turning point in Richard Upjohn's life, and his... See More
The Lamplighter of Olde Middle Village
At night the streets were lighted by gas lamps in glass enclosures at the top of a pole about 8... See More
Dewey Athletic Club of Middle Village
In 1899 the Dewey Athletic Club was located on the north side of Metropolitan Avenue between... See More
Due to weather concerns, tonight's concert has been cancelled. We will attempt to reschedule for later in the season.
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When this happens, it's usually because the owner only shared it with a small group of people, changed who can see it or it's been deleted.This is the plan to back puppet Adams. Sliwa is our only choice for Mayor.
And yet people still keep voting in democrats. Sadly, I feel NY is doomed, but I hope I'm wrong. 
Thanks to Adams. Just look at that monstrosity being built on woodhaven and Yellowstone!!Stop voting for this!
The capacity of people is worrisome. Over crowding effects everything.
And the idiots want everyone to vote for Adams.
Everyone must vote Red and vote for Curtis! Adams continues to destroy this city like DiBlasio.
Great news.
Catalytic converter theft is down by 80% in NYC. Here’s why.
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Tracking the devices, new legislation and criminal prosecutions each made a dent in the problem.This makes absolutely no sense. You can simply etch over the numbers
Thank You NYPD.
Good news. It’s so aggravating and expensive
No Trash, Curbside Composting or Recycling Collection on Independence Day, Friday, July 4, 2025 - The Juniper Park Civic Association
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The New York City Department of Sanitation announced that there would be no trash, Curbside Composting, or recycling collection on Friday, July 4, 2025, Independence Day.To see garbage trucks and pick ups lately seems to be a rare event.