The following is a timeline of the history of the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, USA.
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Lenape and New Netherland, to 1664 New Amsterdam British and Revolution, 1665–1783 Federal and early American, 1784–1854 Tammany and Consolidation, 1855–1897 ( Civil War, 1861–1865) Early 20th century, 1898–1945 Post–World War II, 1946–1977 Modern and post-9/11, 1978–present |
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- 1657 – Flushing Remonstrance
- 1683 – Queens County created. [1]
- 1790 – Population: 16,014. [2]
- 1821 - Horse racing track opens. [3]
- 1858 - First all-star baseball game and first games in which admission is charged takes place in Corona at the old Fashion Race Course. [4]
- 1860 – Population: 57,391. [2]
- 1870 – Population: 73,803. [2]
- 1880 – Population: 90,574. [2]
- 1889 – BMT Myrtle Avenue Line begins operating.
- 1890 – Population: 128,059. [2]
- 1898 – January 1: Queens is established as a borough in the City of Greater New York. The borough consists of only part of the previous boundaries of Queens County; Nassau County is established in the remaining part. [5]
20th century
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1900s–1940s
- 1900
- King Manor Museum founded in Jamaica. [6]
- Population: 152,999. [2]
- 1909 – Queensboro Bridge opens. [5]
- 1910
- East River Tunnels open. [5]
- Population: 284,041. [2]
- 1911 – Queens Chamber of Commerce established. [7]
- 1912 – Chapin Home for the Aging active. [8]
- 1914 – Murray Hill Theatre opens in Flushing. [9]
- 1915 – US Open tennis tournament relocates to Queens.
- 1916 – Queensboro Plaza (New York City Subway) opens.
- 1920 – Population: 469,042. [2] [10]
- 1928 – The 7 Train reaches Flushing
- 1930
- King Kullen grocery supermarket in business. [11]
- Population: 1,079,129. [2]
- 1933 - IND Crosstown Line begins operating. [12]
- 1936 – Triborough Bridge built. [5]
- 1939
- April 30: 1939 New York World's Fair opens. [7]
- Bronx–Whitestone Bridge built. [5]
- 1940
- Queens–Midtown Tunnel opens.
- Beacon Theater opens in Long Island City. [13]
- Population: 1,297,634. [2]
- 1941 – Strand Theatre opens in Astoria. [14]
1950s–1990s
- 1950 – Population: 1,550,849. [2]
- 1953 – Queens Symphony Orchestra formed. [15]
- 1960 – Population: 1,809,578. [2]
- 1963
- The revised (1963) New York City Charter creates community boards within each borough. [16]
- Weight Watchers founded.
- 1964
- Shea Stadium opens, bringing Major League Baseball and the National Football League to Queens with the New York Mets and the New York Jets.
- April 22: 1964 New York World's Fair opens. [7]
- 1968 – Queens Historical Society founded.
- 1969 – Mets win the World Series for the first time.
- 1971 – Queens Tribune newspaper in publication. [17]
- 1976
- Afrikan Poetry Theatre founded. [18]
- Son of Sam serial killings take place over a year in Flushing, Bellerose, and Forest Hills.
- 1983
- Silvercup Studios in business.
- Gary Ackerman becomes U.S. representative for New York's 7th congressional district.
- 1985 – Greater Astoria Historical Society founded.
- 1986 – Mets win their second World Series.
- 1990
- Citicorp Building constructed, at the time the tallest building between Manhattan and Boston. [19]
- Population: 1,951,598. [2]
- 1993 – New York Hospital Queens active. [8]
- 1996 – Energy Brands, maker of Vitamin Water, established in Whitestone.
- 1997 – Arthur Ashe Stadium opens, home to the US Open tennis tournament.
- 1998 – Gregory Meeks becomes U.S. representative for New York's 6th congressional district. [20]
21st century
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2000s–2010s
- 2000 – Population: 2,229,379.
- 2001
- November 12: Airplane crash occurs. [21]
- Astoria Performing Arts Center established. [18]
- 2007 – Newtown Historical Society formed. [22]
- 2010
- March 10: José Peralta, of Jackson Heights became the first Dominican-American to be elected to the New York State Senate. [23] [24]
- Queens Memory Project begins.
- Population: 2,230,722 in Queens. [25]
- 2013
- Grace Meng becomes U.S. representative for New York's 6th congressional district. [26]
- The graffiti wall 5 Pointz in Long Island City falls prey to redevelopment and is torn down without any opportunity to preserve the artwork.
- 2014
- October 23: 2014 Queens hatchet attack.
- Melinda Katz becomes borough president.
- 2017
- January 20: Jamaica, Queens [27] born Donald Trump becomes the 45th President of the United States.
- 2019
- February 14: After being awarded one of the two new headquarter locations for Amazon, the company announced it was withdrawing its plans to establish a presence in Long Island City, and with this withdrawal the prospect of 25,000 new jobs.
2020s
- 2020
- December 14: Sandra Lindsay, a Registered Nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, became the first recipient of the first dosage of the then only Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) approved COVID-19 vaccine – the Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. [28]
- 2021
- January 4: Nurse Sandra Lindsay, received her second and final dosage of a EUA approved COVID-19 vaccine. [29] With the second dosage, she is expected to have a 95% immunity to COVID-19. [29]
- February 10: Citi Field is converted into a COVID-19 vaccination "mega-site" operated by the City of New York. [30]
See also
- Queens directories
- Queens history
- National Register of Historic Places in Queens County, New York
- List of New York City Designated Landmarks in Queens
- List of streetcar lines in Queens
- List of New York City Subway stations in Queens
- List of Queens borough presidents
- List of Queens neighborhoods
- Neighborhood histories: Astoria, Bayside, College Point, Corona, Douglaston, Elmhurst, Flushing, Glendale, Jamaica, Long Island City, Maspeth, Ridgewood, Rockaway, Whitestone, Woodhaven, Woodside, etc.
- other NYC boroughs
- Timeline of Brooklyn
- Timeline of the Bronx
- Timeline of Staten Island
- Timeline of New York City – a timeline inclusive of both Greater New York City and Manhattan history.
References
- ^ Scholl Center for American History and Culture. "New York: Individual County Chronologies". Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. Chicago: Newberry Library. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Richard L. Forstall, ed. (1996). Populations of States & Counties of the U. S. (1790–1990). US Census Bureau. ISBN 978-0-7881-3330-5.
- ^ Laurence Urdang, ed. (1996). Timetables of American History. Touchstone. ISBN 978-0-7432-0261-9.
- ^ The 1858 Fashion Race Course Baseball Match, Baseball Almanac, http://www.baseball-almanac.com/treasure/autont2006b.shtml Accessed August 5, 2013
- ^ a b c d e Federal Writers' Project 1939.
- ^ American Association for State and Local History (2002). "New York". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). ISBN 0759100020.
- ^ a b c Walk Through Queens 2004.
- ^ a b Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei, ed. (9 May 2013). "Queens, New York". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ "Movie Theaters in Flushing, New York". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ "United States: New York State". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl: 2027/njp.32101072368440.
- ^ Patrick Robertson (2011). Robertson's Book of Firsts. Bloomsbury. ISBN 978-1-60819-738-5.
- ^ "IND Division Timeline". Nycsubway.org. David Pirmann. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ "Movie Theaters in Long Island City, New York". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ "Movie Theaters in Astoria, New York". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ Kroessler 2002.
- ^ Forman, Seth. "Gotham Gazette – Community Boards". www.gothamgazette.com. Gotham Gazette. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- ^ "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ a b "Attractions". It's In Queens. Queens Economic Development Corporation. Archived from the original on December 28, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ "USA: New York: New York City: Queens". Emporis.com. Hamburg: Emporis GmbH. Archived from the original on May 13, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ "New York". Official Congressional Directory. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 2003. hdl: 2027/mdp.39015054040954.
- ^ Air Disasters Timeline, BBC News, November 1, 2015
- ^ "Newtown Historical Society". Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ "Senator Jose Peralta". NY State Senate. April 16, 2010. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Mays, Jeffery C. (November 22, 2018). "José Peralta, First Dominican-American Elected to New York State Senate, Dies at 47 (Published 2018)". The New York Times. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- ^ "Queens County (Queens Borough), New York". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
- ^ "Certificate of Birth". Department of Health – City of New York – Bureau of Records and Statistics. Archived from the original on May 12, 2016. Retrieved October 23, 2018 – via ABC News.
- ^ Solomon, Rebecca; Harry, Ayana; Associated Press (14 December 2020). "NYC nurse gets 1st COVID-19 vaccine in US". WPIX. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ a b Murdock, Vanessa (January 4, 2021). "Nurse Sandra Lindsay, First Person To Receive COVID Vaccine In U.S., Gets Second And Final Dose".
- ^ Moses, Dean (February 10, 2021). "Amazin' mess: COVID-19 vaccine rollout at Citi Field brings few shots but much confusion". amNewYork. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
Bibliography
- published in the 19th century
- Franklin B. Hough (1872), "Queens County", Gazetteer of the State of New York, Albany, N.Y: Andrew Boyd, OCLC 18450990 – via Internet Archive
- History of Queens County, New York. Munsell. 1882.
- Trow's Business Directory of the Borough of Queens. NY: Trow. 1899. + Register
- published in the 20th century
- Federal Writers' Project (1939). "Queens". New York City Guide. American Guide Series. New York: Random House. hdl: 2027/mdp.39015008975883 – via HathiTrust.
- Mary A. Glascock. An Annotated Bibliography of the History of Queens County, New York (Queens College, 1977) 218 pages
- Janet E. Lieberman and Richard K. Lieberman. City Limits: A Social History of Queens (Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1983)
- Vincent F. Seyfried; William Asadorian (1991). Old Queens, N.Y., in Early Photographs. Dover. ISBN 978-0-486-26358-8.
- published in the 21st century
- Jeffrey A. Kroessler (2002), New York Year by Year: A Chronology of the Great Metropolis, New York University Press, ISBN 0-8147-4751-5
- "Resources". A Walk Through Queens. Educational Broadcasting Corporation. 2004. (includes "History" section)
- Claudia Gryvatz Copquin (2007). The Neighborhoods of Queens. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11299-3.
- Brendan McGovern and John W. Frazier (2015). "Evolving Ethnic Settlements in Queens: Historical and Current Forces Reshaping Human Geography". Focus on Geography (58).
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Queens, New York City.
- "Timeline of Queens History". Queens Historical Society.
- "Queens Timeline". Greater Astoria Historical Society.
- "Archives at Queens Library". NY: Queens Library. Archived from the original on 2013-11-05. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
- Walter Greenspan. "Geographic History of Queens County" – via RootsWeb.com. (timeline)
- "Best of the Web: New York City History: Queens". New York Public Library.
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