Queens directories facts for kids

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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
Map gallery
Neighborhoods, neighborhood microcosms – including selected ethnic enclaves
Bygone Queens communities, community names, and pieces of land
Selected Queens directories not found online
Wikimedia Commons

Timeline and highlights

Pre-consolidation (before 1898) towns, villages, and communities

Pre-consolidation (before 1898) towns, villages, and communities
Year	Topic	Notes
	Long Island	A Native American name for Long Island is Paumanok, meaning "The Island that Pays Tribute". Long Island was known as "Nassau Island" during the Colonial Dutch era, and later, the "Island of Stirling" after the Earl of Stirling (c. 1567–1640) acquired it, with other lands in North America exceeding ten million acres in 1621 and 1625 from Charles I. However, The Duke of York (who became James II), bought back the land for seven thousand pounds, but failed to pay the debt to Charles I. Ownership, namely for Long Island, reverted to the Earl of Stirling, although, the Plymouth Colony claimed it. King Charles, on April 22, 1636, instructed the Plymough Colony to give Long Island to the Earl of Stirling. On April 20, 1637, the Earl of Stirling gave James Farret power of attorney to sell his land on Long Island. In 1641, James Farret, on behalf of the Stirling Estate, sold most of the eastern portion to the New Haven and Connecticut Colonies. (see Robins Island) Farret was allowed to choose 12,000 acres (49 km2) for his personal use. He chose Shelter Island. Grantees on behalf of the New Haven and Connecticut Colonies: Saybrook Colony George Fenwick (1603–1657) of Seabrook Port, Esquire Connecticut Colony John Haynes (1594–1653) Samuel Wyllys ‡ Edward Hopkins (1600–1657) of Hartford New Haven Colony Theophilus Eaton (1591–1658) Stephen Goodyeare (1598–1658) Thomas Gregson (1611–1647) –––––––––––––––––––– ‡ "Samuel Wyllys" might be a transcription error. George Wyllys (1590–1645), who had a son named Samuel Wyllys (1632–1709), was a founder of the Connecticut Colony.
1645:	Flushing	The original Flushing patent was signed October 10, 1645. The grantees of the original 1645 Flushing patent conveyed by Willem Kieft were: Thomas Farrington (c. 1614 – c. 1646) John Townsend (1608–1668), Thomas Applegate (c. 1604 – c. 1662) Thomas Beddard Lawrence Dutch (Laurens Duyts; c. 1612 – c. 1667–68) John Lawrence (1618–1699) William Lawrence (1622–1680) William Thorne (1606–1670) Henry Sautell William Pigeon Michael Milliard Robert Firman John Hicks (c. 1614–1672) Edward Hart Thomas Stiles Thomas Saull John Marston Robert Field (1605–1672)
1652:	Elmhurst	Elmhurst, Queens, chartered in 1652 as Middelburgh (aka Middelburg) by settlers, English Puritans, from nearby Maspat (today's Maspeth). The name changed to Hastings when the British took over New Netherland in 1664, then New Towne (Newtown) in 1665. In 1896, two years before Queens County was incorporated into the Greater City of New York, the town was renamed Elmhurst. The namechange was influenced by Cord J. Meyer (1854–1910), who owned and developed real estate in the village.
1683:	Province of New York	On November 1, 1683, the British colony of New York – aka Province of New York – was organized as twelve counties. Queens, one of the twelve, included current Nassau County.
1683:	New York City wards	New York City was divided into wards between 1683 and 1938. These were used for the election of various municipal offices, and would later be used to define the boundaries of larger electoral districts. Prior to the formation of the so-called City of Greater New York in 1898, what is now New York City comprised multiple municipalities that had different histories with wards. (see Wards of New York City)
1785	New-York Manumission Society	The New-York Manumission Society, an abolitionist advocacy group, was founded in 1785. New York State, on February 22, 1788, passed "An Act Concerning Slaves," that authorized a slave owner to free any slave in a procedure called "manumit." The procedure required the owner to procure from the Overseers of the Poor a certificate certifying that the slave is under the age of fifty years, and of sufficient ability to provide for themself, and the certificate shall be registered in the Clerks office of the town.
1799	Gradual Emancipation Act of New York	New York, in 1799, passed a Gradual Emancipation Act, a law that freed no living slave; but after the date of passage, children born to slave mothers were required to work for the mother's master as indentured servants until age 28 (men) and 25 (women). The last slaves were freed of this obligation on July 4, 1827 – 28 years after 1799. African Americans celebrated with a parade. (see History of slavery in New York & § Slavery in New York).
1836:	College Point	In 1836, about 33 years before being incorporated as College Point, Rev. William Augustus Muhlenberg (1796–1877), an Episcopal Priest, began working to establish St. Paul's College and Grammar School to train priests. The college opened in 1839 and closed in 1847. Before 1836, William Lawrence (1622–1680), a slave owner, had owned nearly 900 acres – all of Tew's Neck – as grantee of a patent from the Dutch in 1645. Tew's Neck had been named for Michael Tew, the first settler. Eliphalet Stratton (1745–1831), in 1789, purchased 320 acres from the descendants of William Lawrence and established the village of Strattonport. In 1851, one of Stratton's daughters, as trustee, sold 141 acres – south of 15th Avenue – to real estate developers John A. Flammer (related to John G. Flammer; né Johann Gottlieb Flammer; 1807–1886) and Peter W. Longley, who established Flammersburg. Stratton's daughter retained the balance of one hundred and eighty acres for the Stratton family. Flammer and Longley subdivided the property into 80 building lots. By 1856, the three subdivisions – Strattonport, Flammersburg, and College Point – were commonly referred to as College Point. College Point was incorporated in 1867 or 1870. At the time, because many residents had immigrated from Germany, College Point was sometimes referred to as the "Little Heidelberg". Flammer was one of the original directors of the Third Avenue Railway and, in 1869, one of the original incorporators of The West Side Bank at 464 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan.
1837:	Panic of 1837
1837:	Village of Flushing	Village of Flushing was incorporated on April 15, 1837.
1861–1865:	Civil War	No major battle occurred on Long Island during the Civil War. But, the State of New York lost suffered an estimated 39,000 deaths, more than any other state, Union of Confederate. William Andrew Boyd (1850–1918) published a directory in 1864 that included Astoria, Flushing, Jamaica, and Newtown. (see § Boyd's directory, below)
1865:	Blissville	Blissville was named for Neziah Bliss (1790–1876), who, with Eliphalet Nott (1773–1866), in 1837, purchased what then was the Hunter farm, which included Hunters Point. Blissville also included Francis Duryea's farm. One of Neziah Bliss' sons, Archibald Meserole Bliss (1836–1923), became a U.S. Congressman.
1870:	Long Island City	Captain Levy Hayden, superintendent of a marine railway formerly at Hunters Point, predicted, as early as 1853, that the area around Hunters Point would become a city. He even proposed that it be named "Long Island City." Thomas H. Todd (1835–1901), who, on October 20, 1865, published the first issue a newspaper bearing the name The Long Island City Star. Long Island City, on May 4, 1870, incorporated as a city from the merger of the Village of Astoria and the hamlets of Ravenswood, Hunters Point, Blissville, Sunnyside, Dutch Kills, Steinway, Bowery Bay, and Middleton – all separating from the Town of Newtown. At the time of its incorporation, Long Island City had between 12,000 and 15,000 residents. When it consolidated with New York City in 1898, it was 27 years, 7 months, and 28 days old.
1882:	Ozone Park	As in "fresh air," not "ozone layer." Benjamin W. Hitchcock and Charles C. Denton, who bought farmland and created building lots after a railroad opened in 1880 from Long Island City to Howard Beach. They decided to call their development Ozone Park to promote the idea of cool, clean breezes blowing in from the Atlantic Ocean. Fresh air is one of the meanings of ozone
1886:	Bowery Bay Beach	Bowery Bay Beach, later named North Beach, opened in 1886 on the shores of Bowery and Flushing Bays. It was known as the "Coney Island of Queens."
1889:	Murray Hill	Murray Hill in Queens, geologically, has no hill. Albeit, its namesake is from William King Murray (1839–1918), a Flushing horticulturist and nurseryman who, with Robert Bowne Parsons (1821–1898) (also a horticulturalist and nurseryman), sold property in the late 1880s to a real estate development firm headed by Frederick William Dunton (1851–1931). Dunton, by way of his mother, Lois Dunton (née Corbin; 1819–1893), was a nephew of Austin Corbin (1827–1996), President of the LIRR from 1881 until his death. On November 2, 1898, Robert Bowne Parsons was struck and killed instantly by a westbound LIRR train at Newtown while attempting to cross the track to catch a departing eastbound train home to Flushing. The original Murray Hill neighborhood in Manhattan is the namesake of Robert Murray (1721–1786), a New York City merchant and shipping tycoon and wife, Mary Lindley (maiden; 1726–1782). William King Murray, by way of his mother, Mary Ann King Murray (née Mary Ann King; 1790–1872), was a nephew of Joseph Harris King (1811–1887), who was married to Anna Lawrence Bloodgood (1810–1843), daughter of James Bloodgood (1781–1826),("Inscriptions" → St. George's Episcopal Church Yard, Vol. 4. 1912. p. 85. → § Families and genealogy) a widely-known horticulturist and nurseryman from Flushing.
1890:	Trow Settlement	John Libby was, in 1890, one of the four buyers of the block between 28th and 29th Streets and 14th and 15th Avenues in Beechhurst. This block was originally settled by employees of the Trow City Directory Company (see Jonathan Leavitt and John Fowler Trow) and was called for many years the "Trow Settlement." The house which was originally the Libby home, on the corner of 14th Avenue and 28thy Street, was later owned by Mrs. Charlotte Phayre.
1893:	Panic of 1893
1897:	Consolidation authorized	The New York City borough of Queens was authorized May 4, 1897, by a vote of the New York State Legislature after an 1894 referendum on consolidation. The eastern 280 square miles (730 km²) of Queens that became Nassau County was partitioned January 1, 1899. Queens Borough was established on January 1, 1898.
1898:	Consolidation occurred	On January 1, 1898, New York City absorbed East Bronx, Brooklyn, western Queens County, and Staten Island. From western Queens, all of Flushing, Jamaica, Long Island City, and Newtown, as well as the Rockaway Peninsula portion of Hempstead was included. The rest of Hempstead and the Towns of North Hempstead and Oyster Bay split from Queens County to form Nassau County in 1899. Prior to consolidation, Lloyd Neck, which was then part of the Town of Oyster Bay and had earlier been known as Queens Village, seceded from Queens County and became part of the Town of Huntington in Suffolk County in 1885.

Selected name origins

Selected name origins
Year	Origin of name
Hunters Point	Dominie's Hoek – named after Everardus Bogardus, dominie of New Netherlands – was divided into Hunters Point and Ravenswood. Jacob Bennett (died 1817), a descendant of Jan Bogardus and of one of the settlers of Dominie's Hoek, acquired sole ownership of the tract in 1767. The land, an extensive farm, upon Bogardus' death, passed to his daughter and son-in-law, Anne and George Hunter.
Jamaica	The "Jameco" tribe – or "Yam-may-ko" or "Yamecah" – in the Algonquin language, translates to "place of beaver," whence, as chronicled by some, Jamaica derived its name. The Jameco natives lived on the northern shore of what became known as Jamaica Bay and along Beaver Stream and Beaver Pond, which was filled in 1906. (Google Map aerial view of site of the former Beaver Pond)

Post-consolidation (after 1898) neighborhoods

Post-consolidation (after 1898) neighborhoods
1901:	Auburndale	Auburndale, east of Flushing, was originally 90 of a 117-acre farm of Thomas Seaman Willets (1853–1909), whose family had owned it since 1745. Willets, in 1901, sold it to the New England Development Company (New England Development & Improvement Company), a syndicate of East Coast investors that developed several residential projects in the Eastern U.S. The company subdivided Willets' farm into lots and streets and renamed it Auburndale. The LIRR opened a station there in May 1901 and named it Auburndale Station. The original Auburndale station was moved and converted into a church that survived until 1973. The name comes from Auburndale, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston, and home of Lewis Henry Green (1868–1941), who then was President of the company.
1909:	Jackson Heights	Jackson Heights, until 1909, was known as Trains Meadow.
1925:	Rego Park	Rego Park and Middle Village was settled by Dutch farmers in 1653 as Whitepot, then part of Newtown. "Rego" is a portmanteau of "Real Good Construction Company" that began developing the area in 1925.
1970:	Flushing	Flushing is host to one of three large Asian American communities in the New York City. The other two are Chinatown on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and Sunset Park in Brooklyn. Outside of New York City, but within its metropolitan area, Bergen County, New Jersey – on the other side of Manhattan, just across the Hudson River – has the second largest concentration, per capita, of Asian Americans in New Jersey. Manhattan's Chinatown, the city's oldest Asian American neighborhood, began to flourish around 1870. Flushing, the second oldest, began to flourish in the 1970s, with the first wave of immigrants from Taiwan. Sunset Park, the newest in Queens, began to flourish as an Asian community in 1990. The city is home to about twelve Asian communities, including one in Corona, one in Whitestone, and one in Eastern Queens. Other city neighborhoods with emerging Asian communities include East Harlem, Manhattan. Outside of New York City, but within the city's metropolitan area, Edison, New Jersey, has a sizable Asian community. Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, is reputed to have the largest China-born population in New York City, but the neighborhood is not so densely populated as the Asian neighborhoods of those of Manhattan, Flushing, and Sunset Park.

Printers, publishers, and compilers of Queens directories

Printers, publishers, and compilers of Queens directories
1791–1795:	The New-York Directory and Register published – William Duncan (–1795) (compiler); John McComb (1763–1853) (cartographer); Cornelius Tiebout (1777–1832) (engraver); T. & J. Swords (printer) (§ Duncan's directory) Thomas Swords (1763–1843) and James Swords (1765–1846), Albany-born brothers, founded and ran the firm in New York City from 1788 to 1832, when Thomas retired. A daughter of Thomas Swords, Elizabeth Davidson Swords (1804–1833), on June 8, 1824, in Manhattan, married John Evers (1797–1884), an artist and one of the founders of the National Academy of Design.
1873:	Frederick William Beers (1839–1933), the cartographer who supervised the work of Atlas of Long Island, was one of several Beers family publishers who, after the Civil War, published state and county atlases. Frederick's father, James Botsford Beers (1811–1901), and uncle, Daniel Glover Beers (1841–1913), had their own publishing companies. Distinctive features of the Atlas of Long Island include notations of property owners, buildings, businesses, and statistical information.
1876:	Edward Augustus Whitney (1843–1917), surveyor of the Map of Long Island City. He was a cousin of Josiah Dwight Whitney, Jr. (1819–1896).
1878:	The first Queens telephone directory was issued 1878, by Bell Telephone Company of New York. It was printed on cardboard and could fit in a vest pocket. It listed 271 names.
1888:	Hugh A. Curtin (1843–1911) – no direct relationship to Dennis Curtin – was accused by Trow's company of plagiarism, and was tried in U.S. District Court before Judge Emile Henry Lacombe (1846–1924) just prior to publishing an 1888 edition of a Business Directory of New York, Brooklyn, and Newark.

The evolution of Queens intra- and interconnectivity through transit

Bridges and tunnels

Dutch Kills

Dutch Kills bridges
1893:	Dutch Kills Swing Bridge, in Long Island City, is a single freight track of the Long Island Railroad. Designed as a swing bridge, it is now fixed into place. It opened in 1893. It crosses the Dutch Kills. It originally carried three tracks, but now only one.
1908:	Borden Avenue Bridge – a retractable bridge in the Long Island City carrying vehicular and pedestrian traffic across Dutch Kills, a tidal waterway that is a tributary of Newtown Creek – opened March 25, 1908. The main span is 84 feet (26 metres) long, and retracts by sliding on rail.
1910:	Hunters Point Avenue Bridge, 500 feet (150 metres) long, carries Hunters Point Avenue. It opened in 1910.
1910:	Cabin M Bridge – 1 track of the Montauk Cutoff – is a deck plate girder bridge (bascule design) over Dutch Kills Creek on the Long Island Railroad. Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company of Chicago built it in 1910. Today, there is another abandoned track on the bridge. "Cabin M" was the name of a bygone train control tower. (Google Map aerial view of Hunters Point) (see Montauk Cutoff photos at Wikimedia Commons)
	DB Cabin Bridge – 1 track of the Montauk Branch – originally built to carry three tracks. "DB Cabin" was the name of a bygone tower that operated the bridge, south of the tracks on the west side of Dutch Kills.

East River bridges

East River bridges
1883:	The Brooklyn Bridge opened May 24, 1883, spanning the East River between Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan. It was the first bridge that connected Brooklyn to Manhattan – in a neighborhood that eventually became known as Two Bridges.
1909:	The Queensboro Bridge (aka 59th Street Bridge) – a Cantilever bridge – connecting Long Island City with the Upper East Side (passing over Roosevelt Island) – opened March 30, 1909. The bridge's upper level originally had two pedestrian walkways and two elevated railway tracks, which connected a spur of the IRT Second Avenue Elevated Line in Manhattan with the Queensboro Plaza station (opened November 16, 1916), and continued on to the Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard station (opened February 1, 1917).
1909:	The Manhattan Bridge opened December 31, 1909, spanning the East River between Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan. It is the second bridge that belongs to the neighborhood name, "Two Bridges".
1917:	The Hell Gate Bridge, for rail transit, opened March 9, 1917. The bridge, originally four tracks, now two, one for Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and one for freight across the Hell Gate, a strait of the East River, between Astoria in Queens, and Randalls and Wards Islands in Manhattan, connecting Manhattan, Bronx, and Queens.
1936:	The Triboro Bridge, connecting Manhattan, Bronx, and Queens, opened July 11, 1936.
1939:	The Bronx–Whitestone Bridge opened April 29, 1939.
1955:	The Roosevelt Island Bridge – connecting Roosevelt Island with Long Island City – opened May 18, 1955.
1961:	The Throgs Neck Bridge – carrying six lanes of Interstate 295 (I-295) over the East River where it meets the Long Island Sound, connecting Throggs Neck in the Bronx with Bay Terrace, Queens – opened January 11, 1961.

East River tunnels

East River tunnels
1910:	The East River Tunnels, which opened September 8, 1910 – four single-track railroad tunnels that extend from the eastern end of Penn Station under 32nd and 33rd Streets in Manhattan, crossing the East River to Long Island City. The tracks carry Long Island Rail Road and Amtrak, to and from Penn Station and points to the north and east. The tracks also carry New Jersey Transit trains deadheading to Sunnyside Yard. They are part of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, used by trains traveling between New York City and New England via the Hell Gate Bridge.
1915:	The Steinway Tunnel, which opened June 13, 1915, is a pair of tunnels carrying the IRT Flushing Line (7 <7> trains) of the New York City Subway under the East River between 42nd Street in Manhattan and 51st Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. It was originally designed and built as an interurban trolley tunnel (with a narrow loading gauge and height), with stations near the current Hunters Point Avenue and Grand Central stations.
1940:	The Queens–Midtown Tunnel – under the East River, connecting the East Side of Midtown Manhattan to Long Island City – opened November 15, 1940.
In development:	East Side Access

Newtown Creek bridges

Newtown Creek bridges
1830s:	Penny Bridge, crossing Newtown Creek, connection Newtown with Bushwick, named for the price of a pedestrian to cross. It was torn down in 1939 following the completion of the nearby Kosciuszko Bridge.
1852:	In 1852, Neziah Bliss opened the first drawbridge, which was called the Blissville Bridge, crossing Newtown Creek, connecting Greenpoint, Brooklyn, with Blissville, Queens. Functionally, it is near, on the on same site as the first drawbridge built in the 1850s by Neziah Bliss. This bridge helped Greenpoint flourish as an industrial community.
1902:	Grand Street Bridge – a through-truss swing bridge over Newtown Creek, that links Grand Street and Grand Avenue via a two-lane, height-restricted roadway, connecting Brooklyn and Queens – opened 1902.
1933:	The Metropolitan Avenue Bridge – a drawbridge crossing English Kills (a tribuary of Newtown Creek), connecting Manhattan, Bronx, and Queens – opened March 27, 1933.
1939:	The Pulaski Bridge – crossing Newtown Creek and connecting Long Island City to Greenpoint, Brooklyn – opened September 10, 1954.
1987:	The Greenpoint Avenue Bridge (aka J. J. Byrne Memorial Bridge) – carries Greenpoint Avenue across Newtown Creek, connecting Blissville, Queens, with Greenpoint – opened 1987. The bridge was named after James J. Byrne (1865–1930), who, from September 1926 until his death March 14, 1930, served as the Brooklyn Borough President. He had previously been Brooklyn Commissioner of Public Works.
2017:	The Kosciuszko Bridge – connecting Greenpoint in Brooklyn to Maspeth in Queens – opened April 2017.

Flushing River bridges, causeways, and trestles

Flushing River bridges and causeways
1938:	Long Island Rail Road's Port Washington Branch trestle
1938:	Porpoise Bridge – a closed-spandrel arch bridge for vehicles crossing Flushing Creek on Meridian Road – was built as a tidal gate for Flushing Creek. (Google Map aerial view of the Porpoise Bridge in Flushing Meadows).

Jamaica Bay bridges

Jamaica Bay bridges
1970:	Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge – a toll bridge that carries Cross Bay Boulevard across Jamaica Bay in Queens, between Broad Channel and the Rockaway Peninsula – opened May 28, 1970.
1988:	Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge – a six-lane bride that carries Cross Bay Boulevard across Jamaica Bay in Queens, New York City, between Howard Beach and Broad Channel – opened October 25, 1988.
1956:	North Channel Swing Bridge (not actually a movable bridge – carrying the A train – opened 1956–1958.) Howard Beach to Broad Channel.
1956:	Beach Channel Drawbridge – a rapid transit line of the IND Division of the New York City Subway, operating in Queens, branches from the IND Fulton Street Line at Rockaway Boulevard, extending over the Jamaica Bay, into the Rockaways. It opened 1956–1958.
	102nd Street Bridge – connecting Hamilton Beach at Russell Street with Howard Beach, also known as "Lenihan's Bridge".
	Hawtree Creek Bridge – 163rd Avenue and 99th Street in Howard Beach across to Hamilton Beach at Rau Court and Davenport Court.

Rockaway Inlet Bridge

Rockaway Inlet bridge
1937:	The Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge – a vertical-lift bridge, crossing the Rockaway Inlet, connecting the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, with Flatbush Avenue to Floyd Bennett Field, Belt Parkway, and the Marine Park neighborhood in Brooklyn – opened July 3, 1937.

Long Island directories that include Queens communities

Long Island directories that include Queens communities
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1878–1879	Lain's Directory of Long Island – Including a Business Directory of Brooklyn, Long Island City, and the Towns of Kings County, Bath, Bay Ridge, Canarsie, Coney Island, East New York, Flatbush, Flatlands, Fort Hamilton, Gravesend, Guntherville, New Utrecht, Parkville, Sheepshead Bay, and Unionville; Together With a General Directory of Amityville, Babylon, Bay Ridge, Bay Side, Breslau, Bridgehampton, College Point, East Hampton, East Williamsburgh, Farmingdale, Flatbush, Flushing, Fort Hamilton, Freeport, Garden City, Glen Cove, Greenport, Hempstead, Hicksville, Huntington, Islip, Jamaica, Jericho, Locust Valley, Maspeth, Mattituck, Mineola, Newtown, Northport, Oyster Bay, Parkville, Patchogue, Pearsalls, Port Jefferson, Queens, Riverhead, Rockaway, Rockville Centre, Roslyn, Sag Harbor, Sayville, Shelter Island, Southampton, Southold, Springfield, Stoney Brook, Valley Stream, West Hampton, Whitestone, Winfield, Woodhaven, Woodsburgh	Lain & Company (publisher)	George Theodore Lain (1844–1893) (compiler)			Part 1. Allen County Part 2. Allen County Part 2. Allen County

Boyd's directory

Boyd's directory
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1864	Boyd's Directory of Astoria, East New York, Flatbush, Flushing, Glen Cove, Greenport, Hempstead, Huntington, Jamaica, Newtown, Patchogue, Port Jefferson, Riverhead, Sag Harbor, and Setuaket, Long Island – With a Business Directory of Patrons to the Work – And An Appendix of Much General Information, 1864–5	William Andrew Boyd (1850–1918) (publisher) J.F. Morris & Co. (Joseph F. Morris; born Nov 1853 Rhode Island) (printer)	William Andrew Boyd (1850–1918) (compiler)				Patty Fagan. . http://www.pefagan.com/gen/astoria/astdir1864/1864_astnam.htm. (transcriber)

Duncan's directory

Duncan's directory
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1794	The New-York Directory and Register for the Year 1794 – Illustrated With a New and Accurate Plan of the City and Part of Long-Island, Exactly Laid Down Agreeably to the Latest Survey ...	T. & J. Swords (printer)	William Duncan (compiler)		Columbia University	Columbia University

Curtin's Long Island directories

Curtin's Long Island directories
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1865–1866	Curtin's Directory of Astoria, East New York, Flatbush, Flushing, Glen Cove, Greenport, Hempstead, Huntington, Jamaica, Newtown, Patchogue, Port Jefferson, Riverhead, Sag Harbor, and Setauket, Long Island – With a Business Directory of Patrons of the Work, And An Appendix Containing Important Information, 1865–66	Dennis P. Curtin (publisher)
1867–1868	Curtin's Directory of Astoria, East New York, Flatbush, Flushing, Glen Cove, Greenport, Hempstead, Huntington, Jamaica, Newtown, Patchogue, Port Jefferson, Riverhead, Rockaway, Roslyn, Sag Harbor, and Setauket, Long Island – With a Business Directory of Patrons of the Work, 1867–8 (2nd ed.)	Dennis P. Curtin (publisher)
1868–1869	Curtin's Directory of Astoria, Babylon, Bath, Canarsie, Coldspring, College Point, Cypress Hill, East New York, Farmingdale, Flatbush, Flushing, Glen Cove, Greenpoint, Greenport, Hempstead, Huntington, Islip, Jamaica, Long Island City, Newtown, New Lotts, New Utrecht, Orient, Oyster Bay, Patchogue, Port Jefferson, River Head, Rockaway, Roslyn, Sag Harbor, Southold, Stonybrook and Woodhaven, Long Island. With a Business Directory of Patrons of the Work. 1868–9 (3rd ed.)	Dennis P. Curtin (publisher)
1871–1872	Curtin's Directory of Amityville, Babylon, Breslau, College Point, East New York, Flatbush, Flushing, Glen Cove, Gravesend, Greenpoint, Hempstead, Huntington, Islip, Jamaica, Long Island City, Newtown, New Utrecht, Oyster Bay, Patchogue, Port Jefferson, Riverhead, Rockaway, Roslyn, Sag Harbor, Sayville, Southold, Stonybrook, Whitestone and Woodhaven, Long Island – With a Business Directory of Patrons of the Work, 1871–72 (6th ed.)	Dennis P. Curtin (publisher)
1872–1873	Curtin's Brooklyn Business Directory – Together With General Directory of Amityville, Babylon, Breslau, College Point, East New York, Flatbush, Flushing, Glen Cove, Gravesend, Greenpoint, Hempstead, Huntington, Islip, Jamaica, Long Island City, Newtown, New Utrecht, Oyster Bay, Patchogue, Port Jefferson, Riverhead, Rockaway, Roslyn, Sag Harbor, Sayville, Southold, Stonybrook, Whitestone and Woodhaven, Long Island, 1872–3 (7th ed.)	Dennis P. Curtin (publisher)				Long Island Historical Society Allen County
1873–1874	Curtin's Brooklyn Business Directory – Together With General Directory of Amityville, Babylon, Breslau, College Point, East New York, Flatbush, Flushing, Glen Cove, Gravesend, Greenpoint, Hempstead, Huntington, Islip, Jamaica, Long Island City, Newtown, New Utrecht, Oyster Bay, Patchogue, Port Jefferson, Riverhead, Rockaway, Roslyn, Sag Harbor, Sayville, Southold, Stonybrook, Whitestone and Woodhaven, Long Island, 1873–4 (9th ed.)	Dennis P. Curtin (publisher)				Long Island Historical Society

Flushing directories

Flushing directories
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1885–1886	Boyd's Flushing Directory, 1885–6 – Containing a General Directory of Flushing, Together With a Complete Business and Farmers' Directory of the North Side Division L.I.R.R. for the Years 1885–6	William Andrew Boyd (1850–1918) (publisher) J.F. Morris & Co. (Joseph F. Morris; born Nov 1853 Rhode Island) (printer)	William Andrew Boyd (1850–1918) (compiler)
1890–1891	Flushing Village Directory, 1890–91 – Containing a Correct Compilation of the Residents of Flushing, N.Y., Together With a Business and Official Directory, Corporations Societies, Lodges, Etc.	The Flushing Journal (Charles W. Smith; 1845–1913) (publisher)
1891–1892	Flushing Directory, Containing a General Directory of Flushing – Together With a Complete Business Directory for the Years 1891–92	Boyd's Directory Company (William Andrew Boyd; 1850–1918) (publisher)	Boyd's Directory Company (William Andrew Boyd; 1880–1918) (compiler)

Trow's Queens business and residential directories

Trow's Queens business and residential directories
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1898	Trow's Business and Residential Directory of the Borough of Queens, City of New York – Classified Under Business Headings and Fully Indexed – Also Arranged in Alphabetical Order of Names. Also a Register of the Borough Government (Vol. 1)	The Trow Directory, Printing & Bookbinding Co. (publisher)				Allen County
1899	Trow's Business and Residential Directory of the Borough of Queens, City of New York – Classified Under Business Headings and Fully Indexed – Also Arranged in Alphabetical Order of Names. Also a Register of the Borough Government (Vol. 2)	The Trow Directory, Printing & Bookbinding Co. (publisher)			Harvard

Trow's Queens business directories

Trow's Queens business directories
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1899	Trow's Business Directory of the Borough of Queens, City of New York – Classified Under Business Headings and Fully Indexed – Also a Register of the Borough Government (Vol. 2)	The Trow Directory, Printing & Bookbinding Co. (publisher)			Harvard
1904	Trow Business Directory of the Borough of Queens, City of New York – Classified Under Business Headings and Fully Indexed. Also Residential Directory of Flushing, Jamaica, Long Island City, and Richmond Hill (Vol. 6)	The Trow Directory, Printing & Bookbinding Co. (publisher)				Allen County
1909–1910	Trow Business Directory of the Borough of Queens, City of New York – Classified Under Business Headings and Fully Indexed. Also Red Residential Directory of Flushing, Jamaica, Long Island City and Richmond Hill, 1909–1910 (Vol. 9)	The Trow Directory, Printing & Bookbinding Co. (publisher)					(image 206) (image 198) (NYPL)
1912	Trow Business Directory of the Borough of Queens, City of New York – Also Residential Directory of Flushing, Jamaica, Long Island City, and Richmond Hill (Vol. 10)	The Trow Directory, Printing & Bookbinding Co. (publisher)					(Newark Public Library) (image 322) (image 314) (NYPL)

Trow's Brookln and Queens business directories

Trow's Brooklyn and Queens business directories
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1903	Trow Business Directory of the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, City of New York – Arranged Under Business Classifications by Boroughs and Fully Indexed – Also Contains a Brooklyn Street Directory (Vol. 6)	The Trow Directory, Printing & Bookbinding Co. (publisher)				Allen County
1904	Trow Business Directory of the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, City of New York – Arranged Under Business Classifications by Boroughs and Fully Indexed – Also Contains a Brooklyn Street Directory (Vol. 7)	The Trow Directory, Printing & Bookbinding Co. (publisher)				Allen County
1907	Trow Business Directory of the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, City of New York – Arranged Under Business Classifications by Boroughs and Fully Indexed – Also Contains a Brooklyn Street Directory (Vol. 10)	The Trow Directory, Printing & Bookbinding Co. (publisher)				Allen County
1908	Trow Business Directory of the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, City of New York – Arranged Under Business Classifications by Boroughs and Fully Indexed – Also Contains a Brooklyn Street Directory (Vol. 11)	The Trow Directory, Printing & Bookbinding Co. (publisher)				Allen County

Brooklyn business directories that include Queens communities

Brooklyn business directories that include Queens communities
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1890–1891	Lain's Business Directory of Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island City, Jamaica, Far Rockaway, Flushing, College Point, Hempstead, Newtown and Whitestone, for 1890–91	Lain & Company (publisher)	George Theodore Lain (1844–1893) (compiler)		University of Wisconsin

Queens business registers

Queens business registers
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1899	Register of the Borough of Queens – Containing Asylums and Homes, Banks, Benefit Societies, Churches, Clubs, Day Nurseries, Dispensaries, Hospitals, Ferries, Fraternal Societies, Libraries, Medical Colleges, Institutions, and Societies, Societies, Trade Associations	The Trow Directory, Printing & Bookbinding Co. (publisher)

Copartnership directories: Brooklyn and Queens

Copartnership directories: Brooklyn and Queens
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1913–1914	Corporation and Copartnership Directory of the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, City of New York	Brooklyn Directory Co. (publisher)	Brooklyn Directory Co. (compiler)
1922	Polk's 1922 Copartnership and Corporation Directory – Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens	R.L. Polk & Co. (publisher)	R.L. Polk & Co. (compiler)			(part 1) (part 2)

Polk's directories: Queens and Richmond

Polk's directories: Queens and Richmond
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1933–1934	Polk's New York City Directory (Boroughs of Queens and Richmond) – Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, With Wives' First Names Shown and Street and Avenue Guide and Much Information of Miscellaneous Character; Also a Buyers' Guide and Complete Classified Business Directory, 1933–4 (Vol. 1)	R.L. Polk & Co., Inc. (publisher)	Brooklyn Directory Co. (compiler)				NYPL NYPL

Telephone directories

Telephone directories
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1895	National Telephone Directory (October 1895) "New York". pp. 184–354. https://books.google.com/books?id=n8qurKv8YiEC&pg=PA184&dq=%22new+york%22. "Astoria". pp. 187–188. https://books.google.com/books?id=n8qurKv8YiEC&pg=PA187&dq=%22astoria%22. "Far Rockaway". pp. 243–244. https://books.google.com/books?id=n8qurKv8YiEC&pg=PA243&dq=%22far+rockaway%22. "Flushing". pp. 245–246. https://books.google.com/books?id=n8qurKv8YiEC&pg=PA245&dq=%22flushing%22. "Jamaica". p. 248. https://books.google.com/books?id=n8qurKv8YiEC&pg=PA248&dq=%22jamaica%22. "Long Island City". pp. 250–251. https://books.google.com/books?id=n8qurKv8YiEC&pg=PA250&dq=%22long+island+city%22.	American Telephone and Telegraph Company (publisher) H.D. Winton Printing & Publishing Co. (Henry D. Winton; 1848–1917) (printer)
1909	New York City (Including All Boroughs) Telephone Directory (October 14, 1909)	New York Telephone Company (publisher)				Brooklyn Public Library
1910	New York City (Including All Boroughs) Telephone Directory → "Brooklyn and Queens" p. 437 (February 3, 1910)	New York Telephone Company (publisher)				Brooklyn Public Library
1914	New York City (Including All Boroughs) Telephone Directory (October 15, 1914)	New York Telephone Company (publisher)				Brooklyn Public Library
1915	New York City (Including All Boroughs) Telephone Directory (May 6, 1915)	New York Telephone Company (publisher)				Brooklyn Public Library
1917	New York City (Including All Boroughs) Telephone Directory (February 1, 1917)	New York Telephone Company (publisher)				Brooklyn Public Library
1917	New York City (Including All Boroughs) Telephone Directory (October 11, 1917)	New York Telephone Company (publisher)				Brooklyn Public Library
1920	New York City (Including All Boroughs) Telephone Directory (February 4, 1920)	New York Telephone Company (publisher)				Brooklyn Public Library
1924	Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island – New York City Telephone Directory (October 3, 1924)	New York Telephone Company (publisher)				Brooklyn Public Library
1925	Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island – New York City Telephone Directory (May 6, 1925)	New York Telephone Company (publisher)				Brooklyn Public Library
1925	Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island – New York City Telephone Directory (October 7, 1925)	New York Telephone Company (publisher)				Brooklyn Public Library
1926	Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island – New York City Telephone Directory (May 5, 1926)	New York Telephone Company (publisher)				Brooklyn Public Library
1927	Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island – New York City Telephone Directory (May 5, 1927)	New York Telephone Company (publisher)				Brooklyn Public Library
1927–1928	Donnelley's Red Book Classified Telephone Directory – Queens (Winter, December–June, 1927–1928)	The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation (publisher)				Brooklyn Public Library
1928	Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island – New York City Telephone Directory (May 5, 1928)	New York Telephone Company (publisher)				Brooklyn Public Library
1928	Donnelley's Red Book Classified Telephone Directory – Queens (Summer, June–December, 1928)	The Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation (publisher)				Brooklyn Public Library
1939	Queens – New York City – Telephone Directory (Winter 1939–40)	New York Telephone Company (publisher)					NYPL

Social welfare agencies

Social welfare agencies
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1934	Directory of Social Agencies and Resources in the Borough of Queens	Queensboro Council for Social Welfare (publisher)

Early censuses

Early Censuses
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1790	Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken Taken in the Year 1790 – "New York" – "Queens County" (pp. 149–158)	Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census (publisher) Government Printing Office (printed 1908)				Cornell

Churches

Churches
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1880	Antiquities of the Parish Church, Jamaica (Including Newtown and Flushing) Illustrated From Letters of the Missionaries, and Other Authentic Documents, With a Continuation of the History of Grace Church to the Present Time	Charles Welling (publisher)	Henry Onderdonk, Jr. (1804–1886)			Allen County Public Library
1897	History of St. George's Parish, Flushing, Long Island	Saint George's Sword and Shield (publisher) Flushing Evening Journal (printer)	J. Carpenter Smith, S.T.D. (1847–1897)		Harvard Harvard	Allen County Public Library Harvard
1958	The Parish Under God (St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Forest Hills)		Stanley Charles Rayfield (1901–1983)			Allen County Public Library

Cemeteries

Cemeteries
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1881	The Cemeteries of New York, and How to Reach Them	G.H. Burton (George H. Burton; 1847–1915) (printer)	Selden C. Judson (Selden C. Judson; 1842–1920)		Library of Congress	Library of Congress
1895	The Leonard Manual of the Cemeteries of New York and Vicinity	J.H. Leonard (John Henry Leonard) (publisher)	J.H. Leonard (John Henry Leonard) (compiler)		Library of Congress	Library of Congress
1901	The Leonard Manual of the Cemeteries of New York and Vicinity	J.H. Leonard (John Henry Leonard) (publisher)	J.H. Leonard (John Henry Leonard) (compiler)		Library of Congress	Library of Congress
1987	Permanent New Yorkers – A Biographical Guide to the Cemeteries of New York	Chelsea Green Publishing Company (publisher)	Judi Culbertson (née Charlotte Judi Chaffee; born 1941) & Tom Randall (Thomas Joseph Randall; born 1945)

Maps

Maps
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1852	Map of Newtown, Long Island – Designed to Exhibit the Localities Referred to in the 'Annals of Newtown', compiled by J. Riker, Jr., 1852	James Riker, Jr. (publisher)					NYPL
1872	Map of Kings County, With Parts of Westchester, Queens, New York & Richmond Counties – Showing Farm Lines, Soundings, &c.	M. Dripps (Matthew Dripps; 1812–1896) (publisher)					Library of Congress
1874	Map of Long Island City, Queens Co. N.Y., Showing Farm Lines, &c., &c. – Reduced From the Commissioners New City Map	M. Dripps (publisher)					Library of Congress
1876	Map of Long Island City, Queens Co., N.Y (includes changes in street names)	E. Whitney (publisher)	E. Whitney (surveyor)				Library of Congress
1886	New Nap of Kings and Queens Counties, New York – From Actual Surveys	J.B. Beers & Co. (James Botsford Beers; 1811–1901) (publisher)					NYPL
1894	Map of the Village of Flushing, Queens County, New York	G.A. Roullier (Gustave Augustus Roullier; 1849–1910) (publisher)	G.A. Roullier & Robert A. Welcke (Robert Alexander Welcke; 1848–1936) (surveyors)				Library of Congress

Atlases

Atlases
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1891	Atlas of Queens County, Long Island, New York	Chester Wolverton (1851–1908) (publisher)	Chester Wolverton (supervising editor)				NYPL
1901	Atlas of the Borough of Queens, City of New York – Complete in Three Volumes Vol. 1. "Fourth and Fifth Wards. Jamaica and Rockaway" Vol. 2. "Third Ward. Flushing" Vol. 3. "First and Second Wards. Long Island City and Newtown"	E. Belcher Hyde (publisher)	Hugo Ullitz, C.E. (supervising editor)				NYPL
1909	Atlas of the City of New York, Borough of Queens, Long Island City, Newtown, Flushing, Jamaica, Far Rockaway	G.W. Bromley & Co. (George W. Bromley) (publisher)					NYPL
1913	Atlas of the Borough of Queens, City of New York – Complete in Three Volumes Vol. 1. "Westerly Part of Jamaica – Part of Ward 4"	E. Belcher Hyde (publisher)	Hugo Ullitz, C.E. (supervising editor)				NYPL
1915	Atlas of the Borough of Queens, City of New York Vol. 2A. "Newtown – Ward 2"	E. Belcher Hyde (publisher)	Hugo Ullitz, C.E. (supervising editor)				NYPL
1918	Atlas of the Borough of Queens, City of New York – Complete in Three Volumes Vol. 1A. "Easterly Part of Jamaica – Part of Ward 4"	E. Belcher Hyde (publisher)	Hugo Ullitz, C.E. (supervising editor)				NYPL
1919	Atlas of the Borough of Queens, City of New York Vol. 2. "Long Island City – Ward 2"	E. Belcher Hyde (publisher)	Hugo Ullitz, C.E. (supervising editor)				NYPL
2016	Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas (historical perspective essays)	University of California Press (publisher)	Rebecca Solnit Joshua Jelly-Schapiro (editors) Molly Roy (cartographer)	(limited preview) (limited preview)

Birth, death, marriage records

Birth, death, marriage records
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1913	Baptismal Record of the Reformed Dutch Church at Newtown, Long Island, New York, 1736 to 1846. Marriages by Rev. Garretson at Newtown from 1835 to 1846		Josephine C. Frost (Mrs. Samuel Knapp Frost) (transcriber)		Library of Congress	Library of Congress

History

History
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1845	A History of Long Island, From Its First Settlement by Europeans, to the Year 1845, With Special Reference to Its Ecclesiastical Concerns	Robert Carter (publisher) Henry Ludwig (Heinrich Ludwig; 1805–1877) (printer)	Nathaniel Scudder Prime (1785–1856)		Harvard	Library of Congress
1846	Documents and Letters Intended to Illustrate the Revolutionary Incidents of Queens County; With Connecting Narratives, Explanatory Notes, and Additions	Leavitt, Trow and Company (printer)	Henry Onderdonk, Jr. (1804–1886)		Harvard Harvard Columbia NYPL NYPL Library of Congress	Harvard Columbia NYPL Library of Congress
1846	History of New Netherland; or New York Under the Dutch (the appendix includes a list of land patents issued by the Dutch from 1630–1664. Vol. 2 (2nd ed.). )	D. Appleton & Company (publisher)	Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, M.D. (1897–1880)
1847	A Sketch of the History of the Presbyterian Church, in Jamaica, L.I. (see First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica)	Leavitt, Trow and Company (printer)	James Madison MacDonald (1812–1876)		NYPL	Library of Congress
1852	The Annals of Newtown, in Queens County, New-York: Containing Its History From Its First Settlement, Together With Many Interesting Facts Concerning the Adjacent Towns; Also, a Particular Account of Numerous Long Island Families Now Spread Over This and Various Other States of the Union	D. Fanshaw (Daniel Fanshaw; 1788–1860) (publisher)	James Riker, Jr. (1822–1889)		Library of Congress Columbia Princeton	Princeton
1862	Two Centuries in the History of the Presbyterian Church, Jamaica, L.I.; The Oldest Existing Church, of the Presbyterian Name, in America. (see First Presbyterian Church in Jamaica)	Robert Carter & Brothers (Robert Carter; 1807–1889) (printer)	James Madison MacDonald (1812–1876)		Wisconsin Historical Society	Princeton
1882	History of Queens County, New York: With Illustrations, Portraits, and Sketches of Prominent Families and Individuals	W.W. Munsell & Co. (William Watkins Munsell; 1850–1919) (publisher) George Macnamara (1845–1931) (printer)			Columbia University	Columbia University
1882	New York by Sunlight and Gaslight – A Work Descriptive of the Great American Metropolis ; Its High and Low Life; Its Splendors and Miseries; Its Virtues and Vices; Its Gorgeous Places and Dark Homes of Poverty and Crime; Its Public Men, Politicians, Adventurers; Its Charities, Frauds, Mysteries, Etc. Etc.	Union Publishing House (publisher) Charles L. Snyder (president)	James Dabney McCabe (1842–1883)			Columbia University
1885	Bayles' Long Island Handbook, 1885	Ritchard Mather Bayles (1846–1930) (publisher) Budget Steam Print (printer)	Ritchard Mather Bayles (1846–1930)		Harvard	Harvard
1896	Early Long Island – A Colonial Study	G.P. Putnam's Sons (publisher) The Knickerbocker Press (printer)	Martha Bockée Flint (1841–1900)		Library of Congress	Cornell University
1896	History of Long Island City, New York. A Record of Its Early Settlement and Corporate Progress. Sketches of the Villages That Were Absorbed in the Growth of the Present Municipality. Its Business, Finance, Manufactures, and Form of Government, With Some Notice of the Men Who Built the City	Long Island Star Publishing Company (publisher)	Joel Smith Kelsey (1848–1924)		Library of Congress	Library of Congress Allen County Public Library
1897	Prominent Families of New York – Being An Account In Biographical Form of Individuals and Families Distinguished as Representatives of Social, Professional and Civic Life of New York City	The Historical Company	Nicoll & Roy Company (printer & binder)		Library of Congress	Library of Congress
1898	Prominent Families of New York, Index	The Historical Company	Nicoll & Roy Company (printer & binder)			Allen County Public Library
1898	Prominent Families of New York – Being An Account In Biographical Form of Individuals and Families Distinguished as Representatives of Social, Professional and Civic Life of New York City (Revised ed.)	The Historical Company	Nicoll & Roy Company (printer & binder)			Cornell
1899	History of the Town of Flushing, Long Island, New York	J. H. Ridenour (John Henry Ridenour; 1858–1928) (publisher)	Rev. Henry Davey Waller (1852–1925)		Cornell Library of Congress	Allen County Public Library Library of Congress
1908	Illustrated History of the Borough of Queens, New York City	F. T. Smiley Publishing Co. (publisher) (Frederick Thomas Smiley; 1857–1910) (Jerome Chester Smiley; 1882–1968) (George W. Flaacke)	George Hugo August Eugen von Skal (1854–1924) For the Flushing Journal		Library of Congress	Library of Congress
1909	Historical Guide to the City of New York. Part 4: "Borough of Queens"	Frederick A. Stokes Company (publisher)	City History Club of New York Frank Bergen Kelley (1867–1934) (compiler)			Library of Congress
1911	Civic Bibliography for Greater New York (Russell Sage Foundation)	New York Research Council, Charities Publication Committee (publisher)	James Bronson Reynolds (1861–1924) (editor)
1913	Historical Guide to the City of New York. "Part 4: "Borough of Queens" (rev. ed.)	Frederick A. Stokes Company (publisher)	City History Club of New York Frank Bergen Kelley (1867–1934) (compiler) Edward Hagaman Hall (1858–1936) (editor)			Library of Congress
1913	Queens Borough – Being a descriptive and illustrated book of the Borough of Queens setting forth its many advantages and possibilities as a section wherein to live, to work and to succeed	The Manufacturing and Industrial Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the Borough of New York (publisher) Brooklyn Eagle Press (printer)	Walter Irving Willis (1882–1937) (compiler & editor)		Library of Commerce
1913	The Refugees of 1776 From Long Island to Connecticut	J.B. Lyon & Co. (James B. Lyon; 1858–1924) (printer)	Frederic Gregory Mather (1844–1925)
1914	Records of the Town of Jamaica, 1656–1751	Long Island Historical Society (publisher)	Josephine C. Frost (Mrs. Samuel Knapp Frost) (née Josephine Crossette Mayou; 1864–1942) (editor)		Vol. 1. University of Minnesota Vol. 2. University of Minnesota Vol. 3. University of Minnesota	Vol. 1. NYPL Vol. 2. NYPL Vol. 3. Library of Congress
1914	The Origin and History of Grace Church, Jamaica, New York	The Shakespeare Press Registered trade name of Charles H. Cochrane (publisher)	Horatio Oliver Ladd (1839–1832)		Library of Congress	Princeton Seminary
1915	Memorandum With Respect to Proposed Legislation Which Would Sever and Disjoin the Fifth Ward, Borough of Queens From the City of New York : And Erect Said Fifth Ward Into a New City, to Be Known as Rockaway City					University of California
1915	Queens Borough – The Borough of Homes and Industry – A descriptive and illustrated book setting forth its wonderful growth and development in commerce, industry and homes during the past few years; and its many attractions, advantages and possibilities as a section wherein to live, to work and to succeed	The Manufacturing and Industrial Committee of the Chamber of Commerce of the Borough of New York (publisher) Long Island Star Publishing Company (printer)	Walter Irving Willis (1882–1937) (compiler & editor)		Library of Commerce
1917	History of the Rockaways, From the Year 1885 to 1917 – Being a complete record and review of events of historical importance during that period in the Rockaway peninsula, comprising the villages of Hewlett, Woodmere, Cedarhurst, Lawrence, Inwood, Far Rockaway, Arverne, Rockaway Beach, Belle Harbor, Neponsit and Rockaway Point	Bellot's Histories, Inc. (publisher)	Alfred Henry Bellot (1882–1965)	(limited preview)		Brooklyn Public Library Cornell University
1918	History of the Rockaways, From the Year 1885 to 1917 – Being a complete record and review of events of historical importance during that period in the Rockaway peninsula, comprising the villages of Hewlett, Woodmere, Cedarhurst, Lawrence, Inwood, Far Rockaway, Arverne, Rockaway Beach, Belle Harbor, Neponsit and Rockaway Point (2nd ed.)	Bellot's Histories, Inc. (publisher)	Alfred Henry Bellot (1882–1965)			Library of Congress
1920	Queens Borough, New York City, 1910–1920 – The Borough of Homes and Industry – A descriptive and illustrated book setting forth its wonderful growth and development in commerce, industry and homes during the past ten years, 1910 to 1920; a prediction of even greater growth during the next ten years, 1920 to 1930; and a statement of its many advantages, attractions and possibilities as a section wherein to live, to work and to succeed	Chamber of Commerce of the Borough of New York (publisher) Long Island Star Publishing Company (printer)	Walter Irving Willis (1882–1937) (compiler & editor)		Harvard Library of Congress	Prelinger Library
1923	Landmarks of New York – An Historical Guide to the Metropolis	City History Club of New York (publisher)	Arthur Everett Peterson, PhD (1871–1943) (editor)		UC Berkeley
1924	Keskachauge – Or the First White Settlement on Long Island''	G.P. Putnam's Sons (publisher)	Frederick Van Wyck (1853–1936)
1924	Landmarks of New York – An Historical Guide to the Metropolis	City History Club of New York (publisher)	Arthur Everett Peterson, PhD (1871–1943) (editor)		New York Public Library
1925	Guide Book to the Noted Places on Long Island, Historical and Otherwise (No. 1) Landmarks on the Montauk Highway – and Long Island Directory With Map		Eugene Louis Armbruster (1865–1943)
1925	The Boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens Counties of Nassau and Suffolk Long Island, New York, 1609–1924	Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc. (publisher)	Henry "Harry" Isham Hazelton (1867–1938)
1950	New York and Queens County Railway and the Steinway Lines, 1867–1939.		Vincent Francis Seyfried (1918–2012) William Asadorian			Columbia University
1952	The History of Little Neck	Little Neck Community Association (publisher) William James & Co. (printer)				Allen County Public Library
1960	Indian Affairs in Colonial New York: The Seventeenth Century	Cornell University Press (1st ed.; 1960) University of Nebraska Press (1997 re-print)	Allen W. Trelease (1928–2011)	(1997 re-print) (limited preview)
1990	A Bibliography of New York State Communities (3rd ed.) "Empire State Historical Publication Series, 51"	Ira J. Friedman, Inc. (1968) (a division of Kennikat Press owned by Cornell Jaray) Heritage Books (1988) Heritage Books (1990)	Harold Robert Nestler (1921–2015)
1991	Old Queens, N.Y. – In Early Photographs	Dover Publications	Vincent Francis Seyfried (1918–2012) William Asadorian	(limited preview)
1995	Elmhurst – From Town Seat to Mega-Suburb	Vincent Francis Seyfried (1918–2012) (publisher)	Vincent Francis Seyfried (1918–2012)			Internet Archive
2004	Long Island City – Images of America	Arcadia Publishing	Greater Astoria Historical Society Thomas Jackson Richard Melnick	(limited preview) (limited preview) (limited preview)
2006	Forgotten New York – Views of a Lost Metropolis; "Queens"	Collins	Kevin Walsh (founder of Forgotten NY)
2007	The Rockaways – Postcard History Series	Arcadia Publishing	Emil Robert Lucev, Jr. (1933–2018)	(limited preview)
2011	Fresh Meadows – Images of America	Arcadia Publishing	Fred Cantor Debra Davidson	(limited preview)
2011	Jamaica Station – Images of Rail	Arcadia Publishing	David D. Morrison	(limited preview)
2013	Forgotten Queens – Images of America	Arcadia Publishing	Kevin Walsh (founder of Forgotten NY)	(limited preview)
2015	Jewish Communities of the Five Towns and The Rockaways – Images of America	Arcadia Publishing		(limited preview)
2018	法拉盛故事 (in Chinese) [Flushing Story]	I Wing Press Inc. (Xinye Qiu; Flushing)	[Paul] Xinye Qiu (born 1962)& SinoVision (Chinese: 邱辛晔, 美国中文电视)	(limited preview)
2018	法拉盛傳 – 新華人拓展史 (in Chinese) [Flushing – a Biography, The Rise of a New Chinese Community in the United States]	I Wing Press Inc. (Xinye Qiu; Flushing)	Wei-Nian Luo (born 1960) [Paul] Xinye Zhu Qiu (born 1962) (authors)	(limited preview)
2020	The Queens Nobody Knows – An Urban Walking Guide	Princeton University Press	William Benno Helmreich (1945–2020)	(limited preview) (limited preview)
2021	Douglaston–Little Neck – Images of America	Arcadia Publishing	Jason D. Antos	(limited preview)

Slavery in New York

Slavery in New York
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
Current	New York Slavery Records Index – Records of Enslaved Persons and Slave Holders in New York from 1525 though the Civil War	John Jay College of Criminal Justice (publisher)

Families and genealogy

Families and genealogy
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1895	Long Island Genealogies – Families of Albertson, Andrews, Bedell, Birdsall, Bowne, Carman, Carr, Clowes, Cock, Cornelius, Covert, Dean, Doughty, Duryea, Feke, Frost, Haff, Hallock, Haydock, Hicks, Hopkins, Jackson, Jones, Keese, Ketcham, Kirby, Liones, Marvin, Merritt, Moore, Mott, Oakley, Onderdonck, Pearsall, Post, Powell, Prior, Robbins, Rodman, Rowland, Rushmore, Sands, Scudder, Seaman, Searing, Smith, Strickland, Titus, Townsend, Underhill, Valentine, Vanderdonk, Weeks, Whitman, Whitson, Willets, Williams, Willis, Wright, and Other Families – Being Kindred Descendants of Thomas Powell, of Bethpage, L.I., 1688 → re:	Joel Munsell's Sons (publisher)	Mary Powell Bunker (née Mary Powell Seaman; 1820–1906) (compiler & editor)		Cornell	Marygrove College
1906	Thomas Jones – Fort Neck, Queens County, Long Island, 1695 – and His Descendants – The Floyd-Jones Family – With Connections From the Year 1066	J. Grant Senia Press (John Grant Senia; 1865–1943) (printer)	Thomas Floyd-Jones (1841–1919) (compiler & editor)		Library of Congress	Library of Congress
1907	The Jones Family of Long Island – Descendants of Major Thomas Jones (1665–1726) and Allied Families	Tobias A. Wright (publisher)	John Henry Jones (1851–1905) (compiler & editor)		Library of Congress	Library of Congress
1912	"Long Island Cemetery Inscriptions" (Vol. 4). "Dutch Reformed Church Yard, Newtown" (pp. 1–24)		Josephine C. Frost (Mrs. Samuel Knapp Frost) (née Josephine Crossette Mayou; 1864–1942)
1912	"Long Island Cemetery Inscriptions" (Vol. 4). "St. James Episcopal Church Yard at Newtown" (pp. 26–43)		Josephine C. Frost
1912	"Long Island Cemetery Inscriptions" (Vol. 4). "Presbyterian Church Yard at Newtown" (pp. 44–75)		Josephine C. Frost
1912	"Long Island Cemetery Inscriptions" (Vol. 4). "Cornell Burying Ground at Rockaway" (pp. 76–77)		Josephine C. Frost
1912	"Long Island Cemetery Inscriptions" (Vol. 4). "St. George's Episcopal Church Yard at Flushing" (pp. 78–95)		Josephine C. Frost
1914	Genealogical and Family History of Southern New York and the Hudson River Valley – A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation	Lewis Historical Publishing Company (publisher)	Cuyler Reynolds (1866–1934) (compiler & editor) (brother of Marcus T. Reynolds)			Vol. 3 – Library of Congress
1919	Genealogies of Long Island Families – a collection of genealogies relating to the following Long Island families: Dickerson, Mitchill, Wickham, Carman, Raynor, Rushmore, Satterly, Hawkins, Arthur Smith, Mills, Howard, Lush, Greene	Charles J. Werner (publisher)	Charles Jolly Werner (1887–1951) Benjamin Franklin Thompson (1784–1849) (compilers)		Wisconsin Historical Society Cornell University Library of Congress	Library of Congress Cornell University Allen County Public Library
1934	Early Settlers of New York State – Their Ancestors and Descendants (monthly magazine) (Vol. 4; No. 1. July 1934	Thomas James Foley (1893–1949) (publisher)	Janet Wethy Foley (née Lutie L. Wethy; 1887–1962) (wife of publisher)	(limited preview)		Allen County Public Library
1935	Catalogue of American Genealogies in the Library of the Long Island Historical Society	Long Island Historical Society (now the Center for Brooklyn History) (publisher)	Emma Toedteberg (1857–1936) (directing editor)		University of Michigan
1939	Colonial Families of Long Island and Connecticut – Being the Ancestry and Kindred of Herbert Seversmith (Vol. 2; "Bushnell to Fordham")		Herbert Furman Seversmith, PhD, F.A.S.G. (1904–1967) Kenn Stryker–Rodda, Litt.D., F.A.S.G. (1903–1990)
1948	Bowne Family of Flushing, Long Island	William Byrd Press, Inc. (printer)	Edith King Wilson (née Edith R. King; 1876–1967) (compiler)		Wisconsin Historical Society	Boston Public Library
1962	Long Island Genealogical Source Material	National Genealogical Society (publisher)	Herbert Furman Seversmith, PhD (1904–1967) (compiler)			Allen County Public Library
1987	Long Island Source Records – From the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record	Clearfield Company, Inc. (2001 re-print)	Henry B. Hoff, J.D., FASG, Fellow, GBS (born 1946) (compiler)	(2001 re-print) (limited preview)

Real estate

Real estate
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1919	Real Estate Record and Builders Guide (Vol. 104, no. 4, whole no. 2680; July 26, 1919). "Predicts Population of 3,000,000 for Queens Borough – Greatest Building Development of Homes, Industrual Buildings and Stores Ever Known in the City, Says Walter I. Willis."	The Record and Guide Company Franklin T. Miller, President (publisher)
1923	Mortgage Investments in Queens	Chamber of Commerce of the Borough of Queens (publisher)	Walter Irving Willis (1882–1937) (compiler & editor)

State directories that include Queens

State directories that include Queens
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1850	The New York Mercantile Union Business Directory, Containing a New Map of New York City and State, and a Business Directory, Showing the Name, Location and Business of Mercantile Firms, Manufacturing Establishments, Professional Men, Artists, Corporations, Banking, Moneyed and Literary Institutions, Courts, Public Officers, and All the Various Miscellaneous Departments, Which Contribute to the Business, Wealth and Prosperity of the State to Which Is Appended, a Short Advertising Register Many of the Principal Mercantile Houses and Manufacturing Establishments of New York and Other Cities. Carefully Collected and Arranged for 1850–51. To Be Revised and Continued	S.W. Benedict (Seth Williston Benedict; 1803–1869) (stereotyper & printer)	Samuel French, L. C. & H. L. Pratt, 293 Broadway (New York) J. B. Henshaw, 161 William Street (New York) J. C. Jones (Albany) Geo. M. Howell (Binghamton)		Columbia	Harvard Columbia
1912	First Annual Industrial Directory of New York State, 1912	John Williams (1865–1944) (Commissioner of Labor) New York State Department of Labor (publisher)	John Williams (compiler)

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

National directories that include Queens

National directories that include Queens
Year	Title	Printer	Compiler(s)	Google Books	HathiTrust	Internet Archive	Other
1878	Sadliers' Catholic Directory, Almanac and Ordo – For the Year of our Lord 1878: With a Full Report of the Various Dioceses in the United States, British America, Ireland, and Australia; "Diocese of Brooklyn"; pp. 187–193	B. & J. Sadlier & Co. (publisher)

Map gallery

(1873)

1859 Map of Kings and Queens Counties, pre-consolidation, when the City of Brooklyn had already annexed Williamsburg and Bushwick, and Long Island City had not yet incorporated

Maps of Queens neighborhoods, villages, and towns
Borough of Queens
(1909)
College Point, Queens
(1873)
Flushing, College Point, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston–Little Neck
(1873)
Flushing
(1891)
Waldheim
(1917)
Whitestone Village
(1873)
Astoria and Long Island City
(1873)
Long Island City
(1896)
Hunters Point
(1891)
Newtown
(Elmhurst)
(1852)
Newtown
(Elmhurst)
(1908)
Newtown
(Elmhurst
(1910)
Jamaica Village
(1873)
Jamaica railroad stations
(1873)
Fresh Pond
(1891)
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
(2010)
Richmond Hill
(1873)
Richmond Hill Station
(1891)
Woodhaven
(1873)
Edgemere
(1907)
Breezy Point
(n.d.)
Jamaica Bay Unit
(2010)

Neighborhoods, neighborhood microcosms – including selected ethnic enclaves

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

Northwestern Queens

Astoria
1. Astoria Heights
2. Ditmars
  1. Steinway
3. Little Egypt
4. Norwood Gardens
5. Ravenswood
Jackson Heights
1. Jackson Heights Historic District
2. Jackson Heights Business District
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
  1. Hunter's Point South
7. Queens Plaza
  1. Queens Plaza Park
Sunnyside
1. Sunnyside Gardens
  1. Phipps Gardens
2. Sunnyside Yard

Northeastern Queens

Bayside
1. Bayside Gables
2. Bay Terrace
3. Bayside Hills
4. Fort Totten
5. Oakland Gardens
6. Lawrence Cemetery
Bellerose
College Point
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
Flushing
1. Flushing Chinatown
2. Auburndale
3. Broadway-Flushing (formerly known as Little Taipei, Little Taiwan, and Mandarin Town)
  1. Bowne Park
4. Chinatown
5. Downtown Flushing
6. Kew Gardens Hills
7. Linden Hill
8. Murray Hill (aka East Flushing)
  1. Koreatown
  2. Kissena Corridor Park (on the south border of Murray Hill)
9. Willets Point (aka The Iron Triangle)
Flushing Meadows–Corona Park
1. Shea Stadium
2. Citi Field
3. 1939 New York World's Fair
4. USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
5. 1964 New York World's Fair
6. New York Hall of Science
7. Flushing Meadows Natatorium
8. Corona Ash Dumps (1920s)
Pomonok
1. Electchester
2. Queensboro Hill
Floral Park, Queens
Fresh Meadows
1. Hillcrest
2. Utopia
Glen Oaks
1. North Shore Towers
2. Queens County Farm Museum
Whitestone
1. Beechhurst
2. Clearview
3. Malba

Central Queens

Briarwood
Corona
East Elmhurst
1. Lent Homestead and Cemetery
2. LaGuardia Airport
Elmhurst
1. Chinese enclave
2. Elmhurst Park
Forest Hills
1. Forest Hills Gardens (housing development)
  1. West Side Tennis Club
2. Forest Hills Co-op
Glendale
Kew Gardens
1. Kew Bolmer
Maspeth
1. Mount Olivet Cemetery
Middle Village
1. Juniper Park
  1. Juniper Valley Park
2. Remsen Cemetery
Rego Park
Ridgewood
1. Wyckoff Heights
2. Fresh Pond
3. Fresh Pond–Traffic Historic District
Woodside
1. Little Manila
2. Boulevard Gardens
3. Moore-Jackson Cemetery

Southeastern Queens

Brookville (aka Springfield Gardens)
Cambria Heights
Hollis
1. Holliswood
Jamaica
1. Jamaica Estates
2. Jamaica Hills
3. Rochdale Village
4. John F. Kennedy International Airport
5. Prospect Cemetery
Laurelton
Meadowmere
Queens Village
1. Bellaire
2. Hollis Hills
Rosedale
1. Warnerville
St. Albans
South Jamaica
1. Baislely Park
2. South Jamaica Houses

Southwestern Queens

The Hole
Howard Beach
1. Hamilton Beach
2. Howard Park
3. Lindenwood
4. Old Howard Beach
5. Ramblersville
6. Rockwood Park
7. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (south of Howard Beach)
Ozone Park
1. Centreville
2. South Ozone Park
  1. Aqueduct Racetrack
3. Tudor Village
Richmond Hill
1. Little Pubjab
Woodhaven

The Rockaways

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