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Timeline of Queens

The following is a timeline of the history of the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, USA.

Contents

Prior to 20th century

  • 1683 - Queens County created.
  • 1790 - Population: 16,014.
  • 1821 - Horse racing track opens.
  • 1860 - Population: 57,391.
  • 1870 - Population: 73,803.
  • 1880 - Population: 90,574.
  • 1889 - BMT Myrtle Avenue Line begins operating.
  • 1890 - Population: 128,059.
  • 1898 - January 1: Queens is established as a borough in the City of Greater New York. The borough consists of only part of the previous boundaries of Queens County; Nassau County is established in the remaining part

    • 1900s-1940s

  • 1900
  • King Manor Museum founded in Jamaica.
  • Population: 152,999.
  • 1909 - Queensboro Bridge opens.
  • 1910
  • East River Tunnels open.
  • Population: 284,041.
  • 1911 - Queens Chamber of Commerce established.
  • 1912 - Chapin Home for the Aging active.
  • 1914 - Murray Hill Theatre opens in Flushing.
  • 1915 - US Open tennis tournament relocates to Queens.
  • 1916 - Queensboro Plaza (New York City Subway) opens.
  • 1920 - Population: 469,042.
  • 1930
  • King Kullen grocery supermarket in business.
  • Population: 1,079,129.
  • 1933 - IND Crosstown Line begins operating.
  • 1936 - Triborough Bridge built.
  • 1939
  • April 30: 1939 New York World's Fair opens.
  • Bronx–Whitestone Bridge built.
  • 1940
  • Queens–Midtown Tunnel opens.
  • Beacon Theater opens in Long Island City.
  • Population: 1,297,634.
  • 1941 - Strand Theatre opens in Astoria.

    • 1950s-1960s

  • 1950 - Population: 1,550,849.
  • 1953 - Queens Symphony Orchestra formed.
  • 1960 - Population: 1,809,578.
  • 1963 - Weight Watchers founded.
  • 1964 - April 22: 1964 New York World's Fair opens.
  • 1968 - Queens Historical Society founded.
  • 1971 - Queens Tribune newspaper in publication.
  • 1976 - Afrikan Poetry Theatre founded.
  • 1983
  • Silvercup Studios in business.
  • Gary Ackerman becomes U.S. representative for New York's 7th congressional district.
  • 1985 - Greater Astoria Historical Society founded.
  • 1990
  • Citicorp Building constructed.
  • Population: 1,951,598.
  • 1993 - New York Hospital Queens active.
  • 1998 - Gregory Meeks becomes U.S. representative for New York's 6th congressional district.

    • 21st century

  • 2000 - Population: 2,229,379.
  • 2001
  • November 12: Airplane crash occurs.
  • Astoria Performing Arts Center established.
  • 2007 - Newtown Historical Society formed.
  • 2010
  • Queens Memory Project begins.
  • Population: 2,230,722 in Queens.
  • 2013 - Grace Meng becomes U.S. representative for New York's 6th congressional district.
  • 2014
  • October 23: 2014 Queens hatchet attack.
  • Melinda Katz becomes borough president.

    • References

    Timeline of Queens Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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