Officially welcoming pumpkin season! 🎃 We're diving into the fall spirit with this photo from October 1993, featuring Iris Zalun and her father enjoying the harvest. 🍂 Donated by Iris to the Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library. #QPLarchives #PumpkinPatch #FallQueensNY

Join us Oct 4 (11a-4p) at Ridgewood Library for Home Movie Day! Screen your film treasures & get expert preservation advice. Plus, learn digital photo organization tips (12-1p). 👉 Register: buff.ly/19b0v4i #HomeMovieDay #QueensLibrary #FamilyMemories 🎞️

It's National Comic Book Day! To celebrate, we're sharing this official 1964 New York World's Fair Archie comic from the Queens Museum Collection, hosted on the QPL Digital Archives site. Read some comics today—you can get them at your library💜!

This 1935 September issue of Queensborough Magazine shows the plan for Queens Plaza & the future Queens-Midtown Tunnel in Long Island City, which opened in 1940. St. Mary's Church on Vernon Boulevard is one of the tallest structures shown. 🏙️ #QPLarchives #LongIsandCity #QueensPlaza

What's changed in Flushing since Hurricane Ida's devastating floods? Reporter Yiyan Zheng investigates how vulnerable residents, cut off from critical information, are navigating the climate crisis in Queens. Listen to "Memories of Water" Episode 3 on YouTube, Apple, or Spotify.

August 15, 1972: Groundbreaking began for the Archer Avenue Line in Jamaica, Queens. Building the underground J/Z and E subway lines to replace old elevated tracks over Jamaica Avenue. Gov. Rockefeller speaks in first photo, Mayor Lindsay at right. #SubwayHistory #QPLarchives #JamaicaQueens

🎙️ NEW PODCAST EPISODE ALERT 🎙️ Teens from Flushing Library interview staff at Queens Botanical Garden about climate change and flooding. Listen to "Memories of Water" on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube! #QueensMemoryPodcast #YouthVoices #ClimateChange buff.ly/qkIiLc5

☀️ This #TBT takes us back to July 1980, at the corner of Halsey Street and Evergreen Avenue, just blocks from the Bushwick-Ridgewood border. Photo from #QPLarchives by William A. Brief 📸 #NYC1980s #BushRidge #RidgewoodQueens #BushwickBrooklyn #NYCSummer

🗃️✨ Community Archiving Happy Hour returns on Thursday, Aug. 14, at 4pm ET ✨🗃️

🎉 Join us for Community Day at Ridgewood Library! 🎉 📅 Saturday, August 9th 🕚 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM 📍 Ridgewood Library – Main Floor 20-12 Madison Street, Ridgewood, NY 11385 Meet local organizations, explore community resources, and discover how you can get involved in neighborhood causes!

New York City is going through a heat wave and Queens Public Library is here to help! Please visit your local library if you need an air-conditioned Cooling Center to #BeatTheHeat! queenslibrary.org/about-us/new...

#TBT Sharing this 1927 photo of a Long Island City block on 39th Avenue (formerly Beebe Avenue), between 30th & 31st Streets! Mosty unchanged, but the center building, once home to F. Ave Co. Inc. Millwrights & Machinists, has been replaced. Photo Eugene L. Armbruster #QPLarchives #LongIslandCity

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It's hot out! Beat the heat at your local @qplnyc.bsky.social library branch - where there’s books, activities, and A/C 🧊 at most locations. 😎 Stay cool, Queens! Photo: Douglaston Library in 1935, from #QPLarchives #CoolingCenters #HeatWave #DouglastonQueens #1930s

Got old Queens recipes, postcards, or photos? Preserve them at our free Community Scanning Day! Join us at Hunters Point Library on Thursday, July 24, from 4-7:30 PM. Get free digitization, keep originals, and receive a flash drive. All welcome! 📸🌆✨ buff.ly/jF89XUP #CommunityArchives #HuntersPoint

New York City is going through a heat wave and Queens Public Library is here to help! Please visit your local library if you need an air-conditioned Cooling Center to #BeatTheHeat! queenslibrary.org/about-us/new...

#OnThisDay July 10, 1934, this postcard shows a crowded Jacob Riis Park Beach in Rockaway🏖 Named for social reform journalist Jacob Riis, the park's #ArtDeco bathhouse (1932, John L. Plock) originally accommodated 8,000. #QPLarchives #RiisParkBeach #RockawayQueens #1930sNYC #PostCards

#QueensExplore #IndependenceDay @queensmemory.bsky.social www.instagram.com/qplnyc/reel/...

Reminder: All QPL locations will be closed for #IndependenceDay Weekend: #July4th, July 5th, and July 6th. Our digital media is always available from anywhere with an Internet connection—enjoy eBooks, eAudiobooks, eMagazines, music, movies, and more. queenslibrary.org/help/how-to-...

#OnThisDay: JFK Airport Opened! On 7-1-1948, New York International Airport (Idlewild) opened in Queens. It was renamed for JFK in 1963 #QPLArchives #AirportHistory #JFKairport #AviationHistory 1. Airplanes 1965 2. TWA Terminal, 1963 3. Pan American Terminal 1961 4. Airport Construction, 1947

June 1974: Looking west on Jamaica Ave from 163rd Street, beneath the BMT (J Train) elevated tracks. This section of the elevated line was torn down in 1977. #QPLarchives #JamaicaQueens #JTrain #JamaicaAvenue #1970s #nyc1970s #ElevatedSubways

#CommunityArchiving Happy Hour on July 1 at 12 PM ET! Laura Orleans & Emma York from New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center share "Casting A Wider Net" #OralHistory: preserving diverse fishing community stories. Don't miss this session on access, storytelling & memory! Register: tinyurl.com/mw4kzrkp

There is a Heat Wave in New York City and Queens Public Library (@qplnyc.bsky.social) is here to help! Please visit your local library if you need an air-conditioned Cooling Center to #BeatTheHeat! www.queenslibrary.org/about-us/new...

☀️ Happy Summer Solstice! ☀️ Celebrate the longest day of the year with these seasonal Works Progress Administration artworks. Featuring lithograph prints by Minetta Good & Ann Nooney. #QPLarchives #SummerSolstice #QueensLibrary #WPAArt #1930s #NewDeal #WPALithograph

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Our City leaders are busy negotiating the upcoming budget. The clock is ticking—please take a moment to send a message, and ask New York City's leaders to #InvestInLibraries! Thank you for standing with us! queenslibrary.org/support/take...

Did you know @pflag.org began in Flushing, Queens? The Manfords—Jeanne, Morty and Jules—helped spark a nationwide movement for #LGBTQ+ rights and family support right here in our borough. #PrideMonth #WeSpeakPride www.instagram.com/qplnyc/p/DK-... nameexplorer.urbanarchive.org/pr/nameexplo...

🎧🌊New Podcast Episode Release + Live Listening Party! Join us at the Cambria Heights branch @qplnyc.bsky.social on Thursday, June 12, at 5:30pm! Event Info: www.queenslibrary.org/calendar/que... Listen to the full episode here: buff.ly/i46HARv

This Sunday, we're celebrating #FathersDay with 1980s Queens dads from #QPLarchives! c. 1985: Father & daughter at Langston Hughes Library #EastElmhurstQueens 1985: James & Sarah Mott #WoodhavenQueens 1981: Bob & Rob Monahan #RidgewoodQueens Happy Father's Day! #1980snyc

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#BlackMusicMonth @queensmemory.bsky.social www.instagram.com/qplnyc/p/DKY...

1914 #LanternSlide in Flushing, Queens: The St. Joseph's Home for Girls (on Sanford & Kissena, then Jamaica Ave). Former Catholic school, then orphanage/nuns' home. The building burned down in 1960s. Map from 1873. #QPLarchives #FlushingQueens #nyc1910s

2001 Anders Goldfarb photo of the iconic #LongIslandCity Terra Cotta Building on Vernon Blvd next to the #QueensboroBridge. Built in 1892 as HQ for NY Architectural Terra Cotta Works, it housed various construction businesses until 1968. The building was landmarked in the early 1980s. #QPLarchives

Celebrate Haitian Flag & Heritage Day at Central Library! 🎉 Crafts, dance, artist talk w/ Gilbert Dorimain. Learn about Queens Memory & digitize your photos FREE (11 AM). Family workshop w/ Artist Rejin Leys (12 PM), talk (1 PM), Dance (3 PM). #HaitianHeritageMonth #Queens @qplnyc.bsky.social

1965 Queens: Rapid growth captured on this Queens Chamber of Commerce magazine cover! This archival map shows urbanization fueled by new expressways & the World's Fair. #QPLArchives #QueensNYC #HistoricMaps #NYC1960s Post by Maria Byrne, Citi + QPL Fellow, Spring 2025

Relive your QC days! 📚 Join Queens Memory Outreach Coordinator Lori DiBella Wallach on June 16th at 4PM for a brief QC history & share your favorite club/friendship stories. 🔗 RSVP: bit.ly/MondayMemories25 #QueensCollege #QueensCollege #QCAlumni #QueensCollegeAlumni #QueensCollegeHistory

#TBT 1954 family photo in Forest Hills, Queens! Sophia Chan with her daughters Andrea and Ellyn. From the Memories of Migration project, donated by Ellyn Chan Roberson. #QPLArchives #ForestHillsQueens #AANHPIHeritageMonth #MemoriesOfMigration #1950s 12m

What's Happening at the Library this month? May is #AANHPIHeritageMonth and #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth, and we have great programs, book recommendations, resources, and more. And don't forget to stay connected to QPL on your favorite social media channels! youtu.be/t0re5YYiBTo

TUES, MAY 6, 4PM ET: Community Archiving Happy Hour, with Andrea Nelson, Rikers Public Memory Project, an #OralHistory community archive of those jailed at Rikers Island or supported loved ones at Rikers. Register for this free virtual event. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #archives #abolition #NYC

It’s Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Join us for special programs, enjoy our booklists, watch great movies, listen to @queensmemory.bsky.social's award-winning podcast, and so much more! connect.queenslibrary.org/14492?utm_so... #AANHPI #AANHPIHeritageMonth

Excited for Saturday's workshop with Greater Astoria Historical Society @noyoutellit.bsky.social @queensmemory.bsky.social RSVP here! Register here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

#FlushingQueens May 2, 1937: Looking south on Kissena Boulevard from Main Street and 41st Avenue. The old Flushing Library is on the right. Trolley tracks for the New York & Queens County Railway Co. run along Kissena. Photo from the F.J. Weber Collection #QPLarchives @qplnyc.bsky.social

New Exhibit! 🎭 "Performance & Celebration: Langston Hughes Community Library, 1976-2010" photos of music & dance from the library’s collections! 📍 Langston Hughes Library (100-01 Northern Blvd, Queens) 🗓️ May - June @qplnyc.bsky.social #CoronaEastElmhurst #LHCLCC #Queens #Corona #QPL #dance

Tix are now available for our next show! You don't want to miss this team up with Greater Astoria Historical Society & @queensmemory.bsky.social. Can't wait until 5/28? Join us 5/3 at @qplnyc.bsky.social at Broadway to define YOUR place in Queens. More info here: www.noyoutellit.com/2025/04/23/n...

#TBT April 1934: The corner of Farmers Boulevard and 115th Road in St. Albans, Queens. Farmers Boulevard was a key route when St. Albans' economy was still mainly agricultural. #QPLarchives #StAlbansQueens #SouthEastQueens #1930s

ICYMI! Join us on May 3 at @qplnyc.bsky.social to find your Queens story. Partnering with @queensmemory.bsky.social & Greater Astoria Historical Society we'll interact with the Queens Name Explorer and get those creative juices flowing! Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

COME WRITE WITH US We're celebrating #nationallibraryweek by sharing our upcoming free workshop at @qplnyc.bsky.social at Broadway. Explore your Queens story with @queensmemory.bsky.social, the NYTI team, and Bob from GAHS for an interactive day. More here: www.noyoutellit.com/2025/04/09/c...

It's #NationalLibraryWeek & #NationalLibraryOutreachDay Celebrating upcoming mobile library service in Breezy Point, Queens! #QPLarchives photos show past @qplnyc.bsky.social #BookBus in action:: 1. Far Rockaway High School 1937 2. P.S. 106 in Edgemere 1937 3. Jamaica Bay in the background 1939

It’s #Mets Home Opening Day! Here’s a photo of Shea Stadium from the Postcard Collection in the #QPLArchives! #FlashbackFriday #LGM

Following the big announcement yesterday, our first planned workshop is ONE MONTH away! Join us as we partner with @queensmemory.bsky.social & Greater Astoria Historical Society to define "My Place in Queens." Learn more about this free workshop and register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...