Today’s the Day That Everything Changed
On March 30th, 1909, the Queensboro Bridge opened to traffic. Long Island City, and the rest of Qu...
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Queensboro Bridge Lamp Post: Safe and Sound
Remember when I told you about the time that I found a missing piece of the Queensboro Bridge? The...
Feelin’ Groovy: A Queensboro Bridge Primer
The story of modern Queens began when the Queensboro Bridge (aka the Ed Koch Queensboro bridge, bu...
QNYC Event Highlight: Northern Boulevard in the Great Gatsby’s Footsteps
Image Source: The Great Gatsby/Warner Brothers Considered to be author F. Scott Fitzgerald's best...
Very cool photos of old Queens – Flushing, Elmhurst, Jamaica, Rockaways, and more
We came across this post by the Gothamist folks from last spring (before the birth of this website) ...
Favorite NYC bridges and more in the QNYC Evening Edition for Tuesday January 29, 2013
Favorite bridges, from our readers This morning we asked, "what is your favorite bridge in NYC?" an...
The Old New York Page – vintage NYC photos on Facebook
Here at QueensNYC we love to talk about what's shiny and new, but we are also fascinated with what c...
Question of the day – what is your favorite bridge in NYC?
The beauty of the Queensboro Bridge NYC is chock full of bridges - the city would be a very diffe...
Question of the day – would you favor tolls on the East River bridges to pay for subways?
Yesterday we came across this op-ed from the Queens Tribune that is in favor of putting tolls on t...
Cultural icons and more in the QNYC Evening Edition for Tuesday October 9, 2012
The cultural icons of Queens - a bridge and a ball In today's Question of the Day we asked, "what i...
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