1901. Auburndale developed by L.H. Green from a 90-acre farm of Thomas Willets. Long Island Railroad station opened May.

1906. Beechhurst laid out. Formerly, Whitestone Landing. Lots put on market 1907-1908.

1906. Forest Hills development (originally White Pot) begun north of Queens Boulevard by Cord Meyer.

1907. Belle Harbor developed near Rockaway.

1907. Laurelton surveyed by Laurelton Land Company in 1906; sales of lots began in 1907.

1907. Bellaire Park, a subdivision, laid out using land of Interstate Park, a private target-shooting preserve that had failed in 1904. Bellaire Park marketed in 1908.

1907-11. South Ozone Park developed by David P. Leahy along Rockaway Blvd. at 130-135 Streets.

1908. Malba surveyed by Malba Land Company in 1908 and first houses built. Most houses created in the 1920s. ‘Malba’ is an acronym composed from the five developers’ initials.

1908. Kissena Park subdivision laid out by Paris and McDougall north and west of Kissena Lake (much reduced from original size and now part of the Kissena Corridor).

1909. Queensboro Bridge opened, creating the first direct transportation link between Manhattan and Queens, apart from ferry service.

1909. Forest Hills Gardens: Russell Sage Foundation purchased 142 acres through Cord Meyer and began constructing a model subdivision in 1911. Site plan by Olmsted Brothers, architecture by Grosvenor Atterbury. Some famous people later became residents, among them Helen Keller and Will Rogers.

1909-11. Ridgewood: Explosive home building brought about the densest residential development in Queens.

1909-16. Jackson Heights: the Queensboro Corporation bought about 325 acres of farms along Jackson Avenue (now Northern Boulevard) in 1909, surveyed it in 1911 and erected first apartment in 1914. Announced intent to build “garden apartments’’ (then a novelty) in 1916, anticipating subway service to Manhattan.

The Queensboro Bridge, postcard, undated.
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