Timeline of Queens
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The following is a timeline of the history of the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, USA.
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Prior to 20th century
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- 1683 - Queens County created.[1]
- 1790 - Population: 16,014.[2]
- 1821 - Horse racing track opens.[3]
- 1860 - Population: 57,391.[2]
- 1870 - Population: 73,803.[2]
- 1880 - Population: 90,574.[2]
- 1889 - BMT Myrtle Avenue Line begins operating.
- 1890 - Population: 128,059.[2]
- 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 [4]
20th century
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1900s-1940s
- 1900
- King Manor Museum founded in Jamaica.[5]
- Population: 152,999.[2]
- 1909 - Queensboro Bridge opens.[4]
- 1910
- East River Tunnels open.[4]
- Population: 284,041.[2]
- 1911 - Queens Chamber of Commerce established.[6]
- 1912 - Chapin Home for the Aging active.[7]
- 1914 - Murray Hill Theatre opens in Flushing.[8]
- 1915 - US Open tennis tournament relocates to Queens.
- 1916 - Queensboro Plaza (New York City Subway) opens.
- 1920 - Population: 469,042.[2][9]
- 1930
- King Kullen grocery supermarket in business.[10]
- Population: 1,079,129.[2]
- 1933 - IND Crosstown Line begins operating.[11]
- 1936 - Triborough Bridge built.[4]
- 1939
- April 30: 1939 New York World's Fair opens.[6]
- Bronx–Whitestone Bridge built.[4]
- 1940
- Queens–Midtown Tunnel opens.
- Beacon Theater opens in Long Island City.[12]
- Population: 1,297,634.[2]
- 1941 - Strand Theatre opens in Astoria.[13]
1950s-1960s
- 1950 - Population: 1,550,849.[2]
- 1953 - Queens Symphony Orchestra formed.[14]
- 1960 - Population: 1,809,578.[2]
- 1963 - Weight Watchers founded.
- 1964 - April 22: 1964 New York World's Fair opens.[6]
- 1968 - Queens Historical Society founded.
- 1971 - Queens Tribune newspaper in publication.[15]
- 1976 - Afrikan Poetry Theatre founded.[16]
- 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.[17]
- Population: 1,951,598.[2]
- 1993 - New York Hospital Queens active.[7]
- 1998 - Gregory Meeks becomes U.S. representative for New York's 6th congressional district.[18]
21st century
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- 2000 - Population: 2,229,379.
- 2001
- November 12: Airplane crash occurs.[19]
- Astoria Performing Arts Center established.[16]
- 2007 - Newtown Historical Society formed.[20]
- 2010
- Queens Memory Project begins.
- Population: 2,230,722 in Queens.[21]
- 2013 - Grace Meng becomes U.S. representative for New York's 6th congressional district.[22]
- 2014
- October 23: 2014 Queens hatchet attack.
- Melinda Katz becomes borough president.
See also
- Queens history
- National Register of Historic Places in Queens County, New York
- List of streetcar lines in Queens
- List of New York City Subway stations in Queens
- List of Queens borough presidents
- List of Queens neighborhoods
- Neighborhood histories: Astoria, Bayside, College Point, Corona, Douglaston, Elmhurst, Flushing, Glendale, Jamaica, Long Island City, Maspeth, Ridgewood, Rockaway, Whitestone, Woodhaven, Woodside, etc.
References
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Bibliography
- published in the 19th century
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- published in the 20th century
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- Mary A. Glascock. An Annotated Bibliography of the History of Queens County, New York (Queens College, 1977) 218 pages
- Janet E. Lieberman and Richard K. Lieberman. City Limits: A Social History of Queens (Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1983)
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- published in the 21st century
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