Suggested Readings
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General Queens History
Kroessler, Jeffrey A. Building Queens: The Urbanization of New York’s Largest Borough. New York: City University of New York, 1991.

Kroessler, Jeffrey A. and Nina S. Rappaport. Historic Preservation in Queens. Sunnyside, N.Y.: Queensborough Preservation League, 1990.

Peterson, Jon, ed. Research Guide to the History of the Borough of Queens. Flushing, N.Y.: Department of History, Queens College, The City University of New York, 1987.

Seyfried, Vincent F. and William Asadorian. Old Queens, New York in Early Photographs. New York: Dover Publications, 1991.

Seyfried, Vincent F. Queens: A Pictorial History. Norfolk, Va.: Donning, 1982.

Store Front Museum. Early Photographs and Documents of African-Americans in Queens County, New York. Jamaica, NY: The Store Front Museum, 1985.

Von Skal, George. Illustrated History of the Borough of Queens.Flushing, N.Y.: 1908.

Weiss, Patricia and Marjorie Guttman. Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Queens: A Book of Trivia.New York, N.Y.: Queens Historical Society, 1990.

Arverne
Arcuri, Laura J. Arverne: The Growth of the American City.[New York]: Laura J. Arcuri, 1996.

Moss, Doris. Arverne Revisited.1972.

Seyfried, Vincent F.Arverne.1986.

Astoria
Astoria Junior High School No. 126.We Look At Astoria.1948.

Koszarski, Richard. The Astoria Studio and Its Fabulous Films. New York: Dover Publications in association with the Astoria Motion Picture and Television Foundation, 1983.

Motta, Andrew. Astoria Celebrates. 1983.

Auburndale
Auburndale Voice. (Auburndale, N.Y.). 1978 – 1997.

Bayside
Flux, James A. and Iv Levine. The History of Bayside. Bayside, N.Y.: Bayside Times Publishing Corporation, 1957.

Mandell, Joseph M Boyhood in Bayside in the 1920’s and 1930’s. Bayside, N.Y.: Bayside Historical Society, c1991.

Van Siclen, W. Alonzo. A Narrative History of Bayside. Bayside, N.Y.: Bayside Historical Society, 1991.

Wettingfeld, Henry. The Way We Were: More Recollections of Rural Bayside. Bayside, N.Y.: Bayside Historical Society, 1993.

Bellerose
Village of Bellerose 50th Anniversary Commemorative Album. 1974.

Broad Channel
Murphy, Patricia Broad Channel: An Isolated Community. [New York]: 1978.

College Point
Friedrich, Robert C., ed. Research Material on the History of College Point, Long Island, New York. College Point, N.Y.: R.C. Friedrich, [1993 – 1995].

Hecht, Robert A. A History of College Point, N.Y. [College Point, N.Y.]: Bicentennial Committee of College Point, [1976].

Hoehlein, Frances E.College Point. 1963.

Corona
Gregory, Steven. Black Corona: Race and the Politics of Place in an Urban Community. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c1998.

Sanjek, Roger. The Future of Us All: Race and Neighborhood Politics in New York City. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1998.

Seyfried, Vincent F. Corona: From Farmland to City Suburb, 1650-1935. [United States]: Edgian Press, 1986.

Elmhurst
Sanjek, Roger. The Future of Us All: Race and Neighborhood Politics in New York City. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1998.

Seyfried, Vincent F. Elmhurst: From Town Seat to Mega-Suburb. 1995.

Flushing
Bozeman, Allen J., ed. Flushing in Early Photographs: A Visual Documentary. College Point, N.Y.: Bozeman, 1978.

Buscemi, Joseph, ed. History of Flushing, N.Y. [Flushing, N.Y.: Queens Historical Society, 1983?].

Gardner, Edythe B. Flushing (N.Y.) c.1900: New Dimensions for an Old Village. Term Paper. [Queens College], 1981.

Van De Griff, George. Flushing: The Premier Suburban Colony of the City of New York. Flushing, N.Y.: Business Men's Association of Flushing; [New York, N.Y.: printed by] the Nation Press, c1910

Forest Hills & Forest Hills Gardens
Coleman, William E. and Jeff Gottlieb. Forest Hills Gardens. Forest Hills, N.Y.: Forest Hills Gardens Corporation, 1992.

Cuomo, Mario M. Forest Hills Diary: The Crisis of Low Income Housing. New York: Vintage Books, 1983.

Gottlieb, Jeff. Forest Hills Notables. [Forest Hills, N.Y.]: Gottlieb, 1993.

Klaus, Susan L. and Frederick Law Olmstead. Modern Arcadia: Frederick Law Olmsted Jr. and the Plan for Forest Hills Gardens. Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2002.

Fresh Meadows
Ehrlich, Sylvia. Fresh Meadows Community. 1982.

Glendale
Eisen, Robert F. and George Miller. Glendale Walking Tours. Ridgewood, N.Y.: Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, Inc., 1986 – 1990.

Glendale Register. (Maspeth, N.Y.). 1968 – present.

Hutter, Walter J., John D. O’Halloran, Maureen Walthers, and Philip P. Agusta. Our Community, Its History and People: Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village, Liberty Park. Ridgewood, N.Y.: Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, 1976.

Howard Beach
Ranft, Richard I., ed. The History of Howard Beach, N.Y. [New York]: 1993.

Jackson Heights
Karatzas, Daniel. Jackson Heights, A Garden in the City: The History of America’s First Garden and Cooperative Apartment Community. [New York]: c1990.

Jamaica
Goddard, Herbert V. A History of Jamaica Avenue. 1995, 1975.

Gottlieb, Jeff. Jamaica, Queens. [New York]: 1988[?].

Ladd, Horatio Oliver. The Origin and History of Grace Church, Jamaica, New York. New York: The Shakespeare Press, 1914.

Stone, Marion Radgiff. Jamaica: Its Change From a Rural to an Urban Community. [Jamaica, N.Y.] : M.R. Stone, 1941.

Jamaica Estates
Lovely, Thomas J. The History of the Jamaica Estates, 1929-1969. [Jamaica, N.Y.: Jamaica Estates Association, 1969]

Kew Gardens & Kew Gardens Hills
Gottlieb, Jeff. Kew Gardens-Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. [New York: 1988].

Lewis, Barry. Kew Gardens, Urban Village in the Big City: An Architectural History of Kew Gardens. Kew Gardens, N.Y.: Kew Gardens Council for Recreation and the Arts, Inc., 1999.

Little Neck
Gubernick, Loys. Little Neck Then and Now. [New York: Banner Offset Printers], c1982

Little Neck Ledger. (Little Neck, N.Y.) 1946 – present.

Long Island City
Eichenbaum, Jack. Long Island City. [New York]: Queens Historical Society, c1989.

Seyfried, Vincent F. 300 Years of Long Island City, 1630 – 1930. United States: Edgian Press, 1984.

Maspeth
Eisen, Robert F. and George Miller. Maspeth Walking Tours. Ridgewood, N.Y.: Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, Inc., [1989].

Hutter, Walter J., John D. O’Halloran, Maureen Walthers, and Philip P. Agusta. Our Community, Its History and People: Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village, Liberty Park. Ridgewood, N.Y.: Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, 1976.

Kolinsky, Clara. Maspeth. [New York: New Town Historical Society], 1953.

Stankowski, Barbara W. Maspeth: Our Town.[Maspeth, N.Y.]: Stankowski, 1977.

Middle Village
Eisen, Robert F. and George Miller. Maspeth and Middle Village Walking Tours. Ridgewood, N.Y.: Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, Inc., [1989].

Hutter, Walter J., John D. O’Halloran, Maureen Walthers, and Philip P. Agusta. Our Community, Its History and People: Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village, Liberty Park. Ridgewood, N.Y.: Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, 1976.

Ozone Park
Seyfried, Vincent F. The Story of Woodhaven and Ozone Park. New York: The Leader Observer, [1986].

Queens Village
Seyfried, Vincent F. The Story of Queens Village. [New York]: The Centennial Association, 1974.

Sing-Wai, Wayne. From Farmland to Residential Community: The Urbanization of Queens Village.1982.

Richmond Hill
Ballenas, Carl and Nancy Cataldi with the Richmond Hill Historical Society. Richmond Hill. Dover, N.H.: Arcadia, 2002.

Barry, George K. A History of Richmond Hill. New York, 1940.

Queens Historical Society. Victorian Richmond Hill. Flushing, N.Y.: Queens Historical Society, 1980.

Ridgewood
Hutter, Walter J., John D. O’Halloran, Maureen Walthers, and Philip P. Agusta. Our Community, Its History and People: Ridgewood, Glendale, Maspeth, Middle Village, Liberty Park. Ridgewood, N.Y.: Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, 1976.

Miller, George P. Greater Ridgewood Locality and Place Names. [Ridgewood, N.Y.: Greater Ridgewood Historical Society, 1987].

Ridgewood Times. (Ridgewood, N.Y.)1912 – 1989.

Schubel, George. Illustrated History of Greater Ridgewood. Ridgewood, N.Y.: Ridgewood Times Publishing Company, 1913, 1975.

The Rockaways
Bellot, Alfred H. History of the Rockaways from 1685 to 1917. Far Rockaway, N.Y.: Bellot's Histories, Inc. 1918.

Chatfield, Charles T. and Charles Harmon. Early History of Rockaway Beach. New York: 1921.

Lucev, Emil. Historical Views of the Rockaways. Rockaway Beach, N.Y.: 1985.

Moulds, George M. The Rockaways. 1966.

Rockaway Journal. (Rockaway, N.Y.). 1906 – present.

Seyfried, Vincent F. and William Asadorian. Old Rockaway, New York in Early Photographs. Mineola, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 2000.

The Wave. (Rockaway, N.Y.). 1896 – present. Rosedale

Moyers, Bill, ed. Bill Moyers’ Journal. “Rosedale: The Way It Is” Transcript of a television program broadcast on WNET, New York: January 13, 1976.

Polovsky, Louis. History of Rosedale, 1676 – 1976. New York: 1976.

Thom, Rubert. Rosedale, A Short Historical Sketch. [Jamaica, N.Y.: R. Thom], 1963.

Springfield Gardens
Eardeley, William A.D. History of Springfield, Town of Jamaica, New York. Brooklyn, N.Y.: 1914.

Sunnyside
Byers, Pam. Small Town in the Big City: A History of Sunnyside and Woodside. New York: Local History Committee of the Sunnyside Community Center, 1976.

Sohn, Ted. Community Profile: Sunnyside and Woodside. [New York]: 1978.

Whitestone
Whitestone Herald. (Whitestone, N.Y.). 1871 – 1949. Woodhaven

Seyfried, Vincent F. The Story of Woodhaven and Ozone Park. New York: The Leader Observer, [1986].

Stankowski, Barbara, ed. Old Woodhaven: A Victorian Village. Flushing, N.Y.: Queens Historical Society, 1978.

Woodside
Byers, Pam. Small Town in the Big City: A History of Sunnyside and Woodside. New York: Local History Committee of the Sunnyside Community Center, 1976.

Gregory, Catherine. Woodside: A Historical Perspective, 1652 – 1994. Woodside, N.Y.: Woodside On The Move, Inc., 1994.

Sohn, Ted. Community Profile: Sunnyside and Woodside. New York: 1978.

Woodside Herald. (Woodside, N.Y.). 1975 – present.

Compiled by Erik Huber, Senior Librarian, Long Island Division, Queens Borough Public Library.