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Queens County, New York

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108historic places

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1683formed

2,405,464pop. 2020

38cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 108 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1967; 4 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near New York, Queens, Flushing.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

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National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

60 of 108 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

108 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
1964-1965 New York World's Fair Carousel	Queens	Structure	2016
1964-1965 New York World's Fair New York State Pavilion	Flushing	Building	2009
45th Road-Court House Square Station (Dual System IRT)	Queens	Structure	2005
68th Avenue-64th Place Historic District	New York	District	1983
75th Avenue-61st Street Historic District	New York	District	1983
Allen-Beville House	New York	Building	1983
Armstrong, Louis, House NHL	New York	Building	1976
Astoria Center of Israel	Astoria	Building	2009
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Lodge Number 878	New York	Building	2014
Bohemian Hall and Park	Astoria	Building	2001
Bowne, John, House	New York	Building	1977
Broadway-Flushing Historic District	Flushing	District	2006
Bunche, Ralph, House NHL	New York	Building	1976
Central Avenue Historic District	New York	District	1983
Central Ridgewood Historic District	New York	District	1983
Church of the Resurrection	Kew Gardens, Borough of Queens	Building	2003
Church-in-the-Gardens, The	Forest Hills	Building	2009
Congregation Tifereth Israel	Corona	Building	2002
Cooper Avenue Row Historic District	New York	Building	1983
Cornelia-Putnam Historic District	New York	District	1983
Cornell Farmhouse	New York	Building	1979
Cypress Avenue East Historic District	New York	District	1983
Cypress Avenue West Historic District	New York	District	1983
Douglaston Hill Historic District	Douglaston	District	2000
Douglaston Historic District	Douglaston	District	2005
Elmhurst Avenue Subway Station (IND)	Queens	Structure	2005
Far Rockaway Beach Bungalow Historic District	Queens	District	2013
Firemen's Hall	College Point	Building	2000
First Presbyterian Church of Newtown	Elmhurst	Building	2013
First Reformed Church	New York	Building	1980
First Reformed Church of College Point	Queens	District	2018
Flushing Armory	Flushing	Building	1995
Flushing High School	Queens	Building	1992
Flushing Town Hall	New York	Building	1972
Forest Park Carousel	Woodhaven	Structure	2004
Forest-Norman Historic District	New York	District	1983
Fort Tilden Historic District	New York	District	1984
Fort Totten Officers' Club	New York	Building	1986
Free Synagogue of Flushing	Flushing	Building	2009
Fresh Pond-Traffic Historic District	New York	District	1983
Grace Episcopal Church Complex	New York	Building	1983
Grove-Linden-St. John's Historic District	New York	District	1983
Hunters Point Historic District	New York	District	1973
Jackson Heights Historic District	Queens	District	1999
Jacob Riis Park Historic District	New York	District	1981
Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Building	New York	Building	1983
Jamaica Savings Bank	New York	Building	1983
Kent Manor	Kew Gardens	District	2022
King Manor NHL	New York	Building	1974
Kingsland Homestead	New York	Building	1972
Kurtz, J., and Sons Store Building	New York	Building	1983
La Casina	New York	Building	1990
Lent Homestead and Cemetery	New York	Building	1984
Long Island City Courthouse Complex	New York	Building	1983
Long Island Motor Parkway	Queens	District	2002
Madison-Putnam-60th Place Historic District	New York	Building	1983
Main Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT)	Flushing	Structure	2004
Maple Grove Cemetery	Kew Gardens	District	2004
Marine Air Terminal	New York	Building	1982
Office of the Register	New York	Building	1980
Old Quaker Meetinghouse NHL	New York	Building	1967
Old Town of Flushing Burial Ground	Queens	Site	2018
Paramount Studios Complex	New York	District	1978
Parkway Village	Queens	District	2012
Poppenhusen Institute	New York	Building	1977
Prospect Cemetery	Jamaica	Site	2002
Public School 66	Richmond Hill	Building	2003
Queens County Savings Bank	Kew Gardens Hills	Building	2005
RKO Keith's Theater	New York	Building	1982
Reformed Church of Newtown Complex	New York	Building	1980
Rego Park Jewish Center	Rego Park	Building	2009
Richard Mott House	Far Rockaway	Building	2026
Richmond Hill Historic District	Queens	District	2019
Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District	Queens	District	2022
Rockaway Courthouse	Rockaway Beach	Building	2014
Sage, Russell, Sage Memorial Church	New York	Building	1986
Saint Benedict Joseph Labre Parish	Richmond Hill	Building	2007
Saint Luke's Episcopal Church	Forest Hills	Building	2010
Seneca Avenue East Historic District	New York	District	1983
Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District	New York	District	1983
Sidewalk Clock at 161-11 Jamaica Avenue, New York, NY	New York	Object	1985
Sohmer and Company Piano Factory	Queens	Building	2014
Spear and Company Factory	Ozone Park	Building	2017
St. George's Church	Flushing	Building	2008
St. James Church	Elmhurst	Building	1999
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church	Woodhaven	Building	2001
St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Complex	Queens	Building	2012
St. Monica's Church	New York	Building	1980
Steinway House	New York	Building	1983
Stockholm-DeKalb-Hart Historic District	New York	District	1983
Summerfield Street Row Historic District	New York	Building	1983
Sunnyside Gardens Historic District	New York	District	1984
Temple of Israel Synagogue	Rockaway Beach	Building	2014
Trans World Airlines Flight Center	Jamaica	Building	2005
Triboro Hospital for Tuberculosis	Queens	Building	2019
Trinity Chapel	Far Rockaway	Building	2002
Trinity Lutheran Church	New York	Building	2008
US Post Office-Far Rockaway	New York	Building	1988
US Post Office-Flushing Main	New York	Building	1988
US Post Office-Forest Hills Station	New York	Building	1988
US Post Office-Jackson Heights Station	New York	Building	1988
US Post Office-Jamaica Main	New York	Building	1988
US Post Office-Long Island City	New York	Building	1989
Van Wyck, Cornelius, House	New York	Building	1983
Vander Ende-Onderdonk House Site	New York	Site	1977
Voelcker, Conrad, House	Flushing	Building	2020
Woodbine-Palmetto-Gates Historic District	New York	District	1983
Wyckoff-Snediker Family Cemetery	Woodhaven	Site	2001

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Queens was formed in 1683 (1683-11-01) from Yorkshire, which had been organized in 1664.

QUEENS created from Yorkshire, which had been organized in 1664.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Queens County population from 1790 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1790	1800	1820	1840	1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
16,014	16,916	21,519	30,324	57,391	90,574	152,999	469,042	1,297,634	1,550,849	1,809,578	1,891,325	2,229,379	2,405,464

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

Site	Type	Dist.
Gateway National Recreation Area	National Recreation Area	15.5 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

38 cemeteries and 2 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 38 of 38 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Acacia Cemetery	40.67772	-73.85359
Ahawith Chesed Cemetery	40.71232	-73.91379
Bayside Cemetery	40.67791	-73.85599
Beth El Cemetery	40.6956	-73.88713
Cedar Grove Cemetery	40.73565	-73.83124
Cypress Hills Cemetery	40.69628	-73.87684
First Calvary Cemetery	40.7334	-73.93052
Flushing Cemetery	40.75231	-73.79902
Grace Episcopal Churchyard	40.70406	-73.80129
Hungarian Cemetery	40.6926	-73.88486
Knollwood Park Cemetery	40.69207	-73.89872
Knollwood Park Cemetery	40.69149	-73.89875
Lawrence Cemetery	40.77732	-73.90569
Linden Hill Jewish Cemetery	40.71227	-73.91328
Linden Hill United Methodist Cemetery	40.71021	-73.91306
Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery	40.71478	-73.89146
Machpelah Cemetery	40.69374	-73.8863
Maple Grove Cemetery	40.70926	-73.82347
Methodist Cemetery	40.70098	-73.79401
Montefiore Cemetery	40.68586	-73.74174
Mount Carmel Cemetery	40.69433	-73.88063
Mount Judah Cemetery	40.69063	-73.89219
Mount Lebanon Cemetery	40.70023	-73.87336
Mount Marys Cemetery	40.74065	-73.80124
Mount Neboh Cemetery	40.69611	-73.88433
Mount Olivet Cemetery	40.72065	-73.89625
Mount Zion Cemetery	40.73148	-73.90735
New Calvary Cemetery	40.73753	-73.9131
Pauper Burial Ground (historical)	40.71083	-73.73917
Prospect Cemetery	40.70145	-73.79944
Prospect Cemetery	40.70138	-73.79944
Saint John Cemetery	40.71509	-73.86658
Saint Michael's Cemetery	40.76482	-73.89902
Saint Monica's Cemetery	40.69998	-73.79684
Springfield Cemetery	40.68657	-73.7481
Union Field Cemetery	40.69283	-73.88913
Wyckoff Snediker Family Cemetery	40.69625	-73.84891
Zion Episcopal Cemetery	40.76602	-73.74301

Historical populated places — 2 of 2

Name	Lat	Lon
Charlotteville	40.75583	-73.90333
Columbusville	40.725	-73.89361

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

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