Queens Directories

Queens Directories – of New York City – were, before 1898, an assortment of village directories, Queens County directories, Long Island Directories, and add-ins or partial inclusions to New York City directories. In 1898, 30% of the western part of the old Queens County was absorbed into New York City. Before 1898, Nassau County covered the eastern 70% of the old Queens County. The older, larger Queens County was mostly agricultural, and within it were several towns, villages, and hamlets. In the mid- to late-19th century, cemeteries constituted one of the larger industries in Queens, Kings (Brooklyn), and Westchester (north of The Bronx) Counties. As of 1898, Queens County, New York, and the Borough of Queens, New York City, geographically, have been the same. Both Queens and Brooklyn are on Long Island. (this article includes selected bibliography and selected timelines that help identify people of Queens throughout its history)

Timeline and highlights

The evolution of Queens intra- and interconnectivity through transit

Bridges and tunnels

* Pratt in Doggett's 1845 directory: Pratt & Co., daguerreotypes, 293 Broadway

Map gallery

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File:1909AtlasPlate13-Newtown-Ward2-Woodside-NYPL.jpg , Borough of Queens
(1909)
File:1873_Beers_Map_of_College_Point,_Queens,_New_York_City_(set_of_2_maps)_-_Geographicus_-_CollegePoint-beers-1873.jpg , College Point, Queens
(1873)
File:1873 Beers Map of Flushing and College Point, Queens, New York - Geographicus - Flushing-beers-1873.jpg , Flushing, College Point, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston–Little Neck
(1873)
File:LIRR_1891_Flushing.jpg , Flushing
(1891)
File:Illustrated_Flushing_and_vicinity_-_College_Point,_Broadway-Flushing,_Malba-on-the-Sound,_Whitestone,_Bayside,_Douglaston,_Little_Neck_in_the_third_wa_(1917)_(14759686276).jpg , Waldheim
(1917)
File:1873 Beers Map of Whitestone Village, Queens, New York City - Geographicus - WhitestoneVillage-beers-1873.jpg , Whitestone Village
(1873)
File:1873_Beers Map of Astoria and Long Island City, Queens, New York - Geographicus - LongIslandCity-beers-1873.jpg , Astoria and Long Island City
(1873)
File:Long_Island_City_map_1896.jpg , Long Island City
(1896)
File:LIRR_1891_Long_Island_City.jpg , Hunters Point
(1891)
File:MapNewtown1852LargeDetail-NYPLfromRiker.jpg , Newtown
(Elmhurst)
(1852)
File:KelleyMap3Newtown-HistoricQueens-Marked.jpg , Newtown
(Elmhurst)
(1908)
File:Old_Tracks_and_Routes_in_Newtown_%28Plate_LIV%2C_p._272%29.jpg , Newtown
(Elmhurst
(1910)
File:1873_Beers_Map_of_Jamaica_Village,_Queens,_New_York_City_-_Geographicus_-_JamaicaVillage-beers-1873.jpg , Jamaica Village
(1873)
File:Jamaica_stations_1873.jpg , Jamaica railroad stations
(1873)
File:LIRR_1891_Fresh_Pond_station.jpg , Fresh Pond
(1891)
File:FAA JFK Airport map 2016.pdf , JFK Airport
(2016)
File:Gateway_National_Recreation_Area_Jamaica_Bay_Unit_map.jpg , Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
(2010)
File:1873 Beers Map of Richmond Hill, Queens, New York City - Geographicus - RichmondHill-beers-1873.jpg , Richmond Hill
(1873)
File:LIRR 1891 Richmond Hill station.jpg , Richmond Hill Station
(1891)
File:1873 Beers Map of Woodhaven, Queens, New York City - Geographicus - Woodhaven-beers-1873.jpg , Woodhaven
(1873)
File:Queens,_Vol._1,_Double_Page_Plate_No._35;_Part_of_Ward_5;_Rockaway;_(Map_bounded_by_Jamaica_Bay,_Charmttoir_Island,_Mc._Caffertys_Island,_Nortons_Creek,_Hudson_Ave.,_Columbus_Ave.,_Rochester_NYPL1693878.tiff , Edgemere
(1907)
File:Queens_USGS.jpg , Breezy Point
(n.d.)
File:Gateway National Recreation Area Jamaica Bay Unit map.jpg , Jamaica Bay Unit
(2010)

Neighborhoods, neighborhood microcosms – including selected ethnic enclaves

Because neighborhoods are unincorporated communities, the boundaries and gradations of recognizability vary.

1. Astoria
   
   
   
   1. Astoria Heights
   
   
   2. Ditmars
      
      
      
      1. Steinway
      
      
      
      
   
   
   3. Little Egypt
   
   
   4. Norwood Gardens
   
   
   5. Ravenswood
   
   
   
   


2. Jackson Heights
   
   
   
   1. Jackson Heights Historic District
   
   
   2. Jackson Heights Business District
   
   
   
   


3. Long Island City
   
   
   
   1. Blissville
   
   
   2. Hunters Point
      
      
      
      1. MoMA PS1
      
      
      2. Gantry Plaza State Park
      
      
      
      
   
   
   3. Dutch Kills
   
   
   4. Queensbridge
   
   
   5. Queensview
   
   
   6. Queens West
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
   
   
   7. Queens Plaza
      
      
      
      1. Queens Plaza Park
      
      
      
      
   
   
   
   


4. Sunnyside
   
   
   
   1. Sunnyside Gardens
      
      
      
      1. Phipps Gardens
      
      
      
      
   
   
   2. Sunnyside Yard
   
   
   
   

5. Bayside
   
   
   
   1. Bayside Gables
   
   
   2. Bay Terrace
   
   
   3. Bayside Hills
   
   
   4. Fort Totten
   
   
   5. Oakland Gardens
   
   
   6. Lawrence Cemetery
   
   
   
   


6. Bellerose


7. College Point


8. Douglaston–Little Neck
   
   
   
   1. Douglaston
      
      
      
      1. Douglas Bay
      
      
      2. Douglas Manor
      
      
      3. Douglaston Hill
      
      
      4. Douglaston Park
      
      
      5. Winchester Estates
      
      
      6. Douglaston Historic District
      
      
      7. Douglaston Hill Historic District
      
      
      
      
   
   
   2. Little Neck
      
      
      
      1. Pines
      
      
      2. Little Neck Hills
      
      
      3. Westmorland
      
      
      
      
   
   
   
   


9. Flushing
   
   
   
   1. Flushing Chinatown
   
   
   2. Auburndale
   
   
   3. 
      
      
      
      1. Bowne Park
      
      
      
      
   
   
   4. Chinatown
   
   
   5. Downtown Flushing
   
   
   6. Kew Gardens Hills
   
   
   7. Linden Hill
   
   
   8. 
      
      
      
      1. Koreatown
      
      
      
      
      
      
   
   
   
   
   
   


10. Flushing Meadows–Corona Park
    
    
    
    1. Shea Stadium
    
    
    2. Citi Field
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    6. New York Hall of Science
    
    
    7. Flushing Meadows Natatorium
    
    
    8. Corona Ash Dumps (1920s)
    
    
    
    


11. Pomonok
    
    
    
    1. Electchester
    
    
    2. Queensboro Hill
    
    
    
    


12. Floral Park, Queens


13. Fresh Meadows
    
    
    
    1. Hillcrest
    
    
    2. Utopia
    
    
    
    


14. Glen Oaks
    
    
    
    1. North Shore Towers
    
    
    2. Queens County Farm Museum
    
    
    
    


15. Whitestone
    
    
    
    1. Beechhurst
    
    
    2. Clearview
    
    
    3. Malba
    
    
    
    

16. Briarwood


17. Corona
    
    
    
    1. LeFrak City
    
    
    2. North Corona
    
    
    3. Willets Point
    
    
    
    


18. East Elmhurst
    
    
    
    1. Lent Homestead and Cemetery
    
    
    2. LaGuardia Airport
    
    
    
    


19. Elmhurst
    
    
    
    1. Chinese enclave
    
    
    2. Elmhurst Park
    
    
    
    


20. Forest Hills
    
    
    
    1. 
       
       
       
       1. West Side Tennis Club
       
       
       
       
    
    
    2. Forest Hills Co-op
    
    
    
    


21. Glendale


22. Kew Gardens
    
    
    
    1. Kew Bolmer
    
    
    
    


23. Maspeth
    
    
    
    1. Mount Olivet Cemetery
    
    
    
    


24. Middle Village
    
    
    
    1. Juniper Park
       
       
       
       1. Juniper Valley Park
       
       
       
       
    
    
    2. Remsen Cemetery
    
    
    
    


25. Rego Park


26. Ridgewood
    
    
    
    1. Wyckoff Heights
    
    
    2. Fresh Pond
    
    
    3. Fresh Pond–Traffic Historic District
    
    
    
    


27. Woodside
    
    
    
    1. Little Manila
    
    
    2. Boulevard Gardens
    
    
    3. Moore-Jackson Cemetery
    
    
    
    

28. Brookville (aka Springfield Gardens)


29. Cambria Heights


30. Hollis
    
    
    
    1. Holliswood
    
    
    
    


31. Jamaica
    
    
    
    1. Jamaica Estates
    
    
    2. Jamaica Hills
    
    
    3. Rochdale Village
    
    
    4. John F. Kennedy International Airport
    
    
    5. Prospect Cemetery
    
    
    
    


32. Laurelton


33. Meadowmere


34. Queens Village
    
    
    
    1. Bellaire
    
    
    2. Hollis Hills
    
    
    
    


35. Rosedale
    
    
    
    1. Warnerville
    
    
    
    


36. St. Albans


37. South Jamaica
    
    
    
    1. Baislely Park
    
    
    2. South Jamaica Houses
    
    
    
    

38. The Hole


39. Howard Beach
    
    
    
    1. Hamilton Beach
    
    
    2. Howard Park
    
    
    3. Lindenwood
    
    
    4. Old Howard Beach
    
    
    5. Ramblersville
    
    
    6. Rockwood Park
    
    
    
    
    
    


40. Ozone Park
    
    
    
    1. Centreville
    
    
    2. South Ozone Park
       
       
       
       1. Aqueduct Racetrack
       
       
       
       
    
    
    3. Tudor Village
    
    
    
    


41. Richmond Hill
    
    
    
    1. Little Pubjab
    
    
    
    


42. Woodhaven

43. Rockaway Peninsula
    
    
    
    1. Far Rockaway
    
    
    2. Wavecrest
    
    
    3. Bayswater
    
    
    4. Edgemere
       
       
       
       1. Edgemere Landfill
       
       
       
       
    
    
    5. Arverne
    
    
    6. Somerville
    
    
    7. Hammels
    
    
    8. Rockaway Beach
    
    
    9. Seaside
    
    
    10. Rockaway Park
    
    
    11. Belle Harbor
    
    
    12. Neponsit
    
    
    13. Breezy Point
    
    
    14. Roxbury
    
    
    15. Broad Channel (adjacent to the Rockaways)
    
    
    
    

Bygone Queens communities, community names, and pieces of land

1. Astoria
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   


2. Jackson Heights
   
   
   
   
   
   
   


3. Long Island City
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

4. College Point
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   


5. Flushing
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   3. 
      
      
      
      1. Bowne Park
      
      
      2. Ingleside
      
      
      3. Flushing Park
      
      
      
      
   
   
   
   


6. Whitestone
   
   
   
   1. Beechhurst
      
      
      
      1. Trow Settlement
      
      
      
      
   
   
   
   

8. 
   
   
   
   1. Middelburgh (1652–1664)
   
   
   2. New Towne (1665–1896)
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   


9. West Maspeth
   
   
   
   1. Melvina (hamlet)
   
   
   
   


10. Laurel Hill / West Maspeth
    
    
    
    1. Berlinville (established 1870s)
    
    
    
    


11. Woodside
    
    
    
    1. Winfield
    
    
    
    


12. Ridgewood
    
    
    
    1. Linden Hill
    
    
    
    


13. Middle Village
    
    
    
    1. Whitepot
    
    
    
    

14. Hollis
    
    
    
    1. Holliswood
       
       
       
       1. Terrace Heights
       
       
       
       
    
    


15. Jamaica
    
    
    
    1. Springfield
    
    
    
    


16. Queens Village
    
    
    
    1. Creedmoor
    
    
    
    

17. Howard Beach
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

18. Rockaway, Queens
    
    
    
    
    
    
    


19. Far Rockaway
    
    
    
    
    
    
    

* The Village of Creedmoor (now part of Queens Village and Glen Oaks), was, essentially, an elaborate, internationally acclaimed rifle range that was, before 1872, part of a farm owned and operated by Bernardus Hendrickson Creed (1811–1889). In July 1872, the State of New York, on behalf of the National Rifle Association (NRA), for $26,250 (), purchased 70 acres of level land from Creed, and, on June 21, 1873, opened an outdoor firing range with assistance of (i) the U.S. War Department ( Army Corps of Engineers), (ii) the State of New York under the auspices of the New York Army National Guard, and (iii) the City of New York. Its name was selected by newspaper man, Col. Henry G. Shaw ( Henry Glenville Shaw; 1843–1907). He initially named it Creed's Moor, a geographical reference, and the name eventually became Creedmoor Rifle Range. The Central Railroad of Long Island – on a line that ran from Long Island City to Bethpage – opened its Creedmoor branch January 8, 1873. Creedmoor's international match, first held in 1874, was the forerunner of the Palma trophy competition. In 1892, as a result of declining public interest and mounting noise complaints from the growing neighborhood, the NRA deeded its land back to the state. In 1908, the State Legislature dedicated the land for use by the Long Island State Hospital. In 1912, the property became the Farm Colony of Brooklyn State Hospital, which eventually became the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, located south of the interchange of Grand Central and the Cross Island Parkways. (se
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aerial view of the Creedmoor Psychiatric Center) After 1960, parts of the property – the Cornell Farmhouse or the Creedmoor Farmhouse Complex or the Jacob Adriance Farmhouse – became part of the Queens County Farm Museum. (se
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aerial view of Queens County Farm)
* Mussel Island – no occupants ever – was a small and marshy piece of land at the junction of Maspeth Creek and Newtown Creek.
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aerial view the location of the former Mussel Island, at the confluence of Newtown and Maspeth Creeks)

Selected Queens directories not found online

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* Old maps of Queens
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* Beers maps of Long Island (1873)
* Bromley maps of Queens (1909)
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