Though innumerable glass towers are now going up in Queens Plaza and Hunters Point, one of the most notable buildings in western Queens turns 110 years old this year. The former Queens County Court House (now home to the Queens Supreme Court) has been in this location since 1870, and sparked a political dispute that […]
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Tag Archives: Queens Plaza
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OLD QUEENS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, Queens Plaza
January 4, 2018Categorized in: One Shots Tagged with: Queens Queens Plaza
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FLUSHING LINE CENTENNIAL Part 1
April 17, 2017
Other than the BMT 4th Avenue Broadway Line (N, R, Q and now W trains) perhaps the majority of my subway rides for six decades have been on the Flushing Line, the #7 train, one of the few subways’ general east-west routes. I rode 4th Ave/Broadway when living in Bay Ridge (1957-1993) and the 7 when living […]
Categorized in: Subways & Trains Tagged with: Queens Queens Plaza Sunnyside
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BANK OF MANHATTAN, Queens Plaza
May 20, 2016For several decades Queens’ tallest building, the 15-story Bank of Manhattan in Queens Plaza was dethroned by the North Shore towers in Glen Oaks and then by the green Citicorp Tower in 1989. Passing by it on the 7 train these days, when it is now being enveloped by massive adjoining residential towers, and you would never […]
Categorized in: One Shots Tagged with: Queens Plaza
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TAXI DRIVERS WANTED, Queens Plaza
September 25, 2014During my increasingly lengthy “between full time job” stints, I always flagellate myself into regretting I never learned to drive. Car services always have the need for drivers. I’m told acquiring a taxi medallion is nearly impossible because they are astronomical in price (why, then, aren’t cab drivers all rich?) While meandering aimlessly in the […]
Categorized in: One Shots Signs Tagged with: Queens Queens Plaza
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UNCOVERED ADS, 29th Street, Dutch Kills
September 17, 2013Categorized in: Ads Forgotten Slices Tagged with: Dutch Kills Queens Queens Plaza
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FORD NORTHERN, Queens Plaza
April 21, 2013Here is that magnificent old Ford ad I was talking about on the south side of Northern Boulevard east of 31st Street. You can see it out the window of a northbound N or Q. This photo is from the flickr page of rabbit571. ForgottenFan Joseph Colella: The building is the original Universal Ford dealer. The […]
Categorized in: Ads One Shots Tagged with: Hunters Point Queens Queens Plaza
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QUEENS PLAZA/DUTCH KILLS, Queens
July 5, 2009In 2007 I visited Queens Plaza, the gateway to Long Island where the #7 and BMT N trains converge (though both issue from Times Square) and incredibly bad architecture, strip clubs, and formerly formidable buildings that are now down on their luck all come together. Things have changed somewhat — the parking garage determined (and […]
Categorized in: Neighborhoods Tagged with: Dutch Kills Queens Queens Plaza