Queens in the 1970s: A Photographic Journey through the Streets, Landmarks, and Everyday Life

#1 Queens Boulevard in Queens, headed toward the East River and Manhattan, 1973.

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#2 The parking area outside Shea Stadium in Flushing Meadow, Queens, 1973.

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#3 Bohack Market in Queens, 1976.

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#4 An image of Carpet Co in Jamaica, 1976.

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#5 A professional apartment for rent in Jackson Heights, Queens, 1972.

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#6 One of the first drive-thru McDonald’s restaurants in Queens Village, 1972.

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#7 Queens, New York, 1970s

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#8 Queens, New York, 1970s

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#9 Elevated subway with a view from Queens towards Manhattan, 1970s

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#10 Jamaica, Queens, New York, 1970s

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#11 Queens, New York subway station, 1970s

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#12 Queens, New York, 1970s

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#13 Jamaica, Queens, New York, 1970s

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#14 Queens, New York, 1970s

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#15 Subway and Manhattan’s skyline from Queens, New York, 1970s

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#16 Garden apartment buildings for the Queensboro Corp., Jackson Heights, Queens, 1970s

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#17 Garden apartment buildings for the Queensboro Corp., Jackson Heights, Queens, 1970s

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#18 The elevated subway line on Roosevelt Avenue in Corona, Queens, 1970.

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#19 Two men talking at the corner of National Street and 41st Avenue in Corona, Queens, 1970.

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#20 The staircase leading to the elevated subway on Roosevelt Avenue in Corona, Queens, 1970.

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#21 Two men talking on National Street in Corona, Queens, 1970.

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#22 A woman exiting a produce market on National Street in Corona, Queens, 1970.

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#23 A boy walking past a street sign on Roosevelt Avenue in Corona, Queens, 1970.

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#24 Street scene in Astoria, Queens with the Keystone restaurant, 1970.

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#25 The three chapels at Kennedy Airport in Queens, 1970s.

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#26 A worker heads for the block tower during the morning shift change at the Jamaica LIRR station, Queens, 1970s.

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#27 Members of the New York Mets take the field at Shea Stadium, Queens, 1970s.

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#28 A woman and a young child ride a subway train, Queens, 1970s.

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#29 Residents of the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens stage a protest at plans to build a low-income housing development, 1970s.

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#30 An unmanned fire hose sprays water on a row of retail shops that were destroyed by fire on 63rd Drive in the Rego Park neighborhood, Queens, 1970s.

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#31 Cousin Tony’s Top Hat Bar in Flushing, Queens, 1970s.

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#32 The neon Pepsi Cola sign on the Queens side of the East River in Long Island City, 1970s.

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#33 Cars parked in the lot in front of Lefrak City, an apartment block in Queens, 1970s.

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#34 A residential building at the corner of Alstyne Street in Queens’ Corona neighborhood, 1970s.

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#35 View along 44th Avenue in Queens’ Corona neighborhood, 1970s.

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#36 Residential homes and local businesses at the corner of Corona Avenue in Queens’ Corona neighborhood, 1970s.

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#37 ‘The News’ delivery truck parked at the corner of National Street in Queens’ Corona neighborhood, 1970s.

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#38 The Corona-Elmhurst branch of the United States Post Office on Junction Boulevard in Queens’ Corona neighborhood, 1970s.

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#39 Corona Avenue with residential homes and local businesses, in Queens’ Corona neighborhood, 1970s.

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#40 Graffiti covers the Junction Boulevard subway sign on the elevated line in Corona, Queens, 1970s.

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#41 Small businesses lining Roosevelt Avenue in Corona, Queens, 1970s.

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#42 Commuters board a graffiti-covered subway car at the Junction Boulevard station in Corona, Queens, 1970s.

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#43 Residential and commercial buildings from the elevated subway platform at 103rd Street in Corona, Queens, 1970s.

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#44 A street corner in Corona, Queens, 1970s.

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#45 The number Seven Train pulls into the elevated subway station at 103rd Street in Corona, Queens with the New York City skyline visible in the background, 1970s.

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#46 Residential homes next to the elevated subway line at 39th Avenue in Corona, Queens, 1970s.

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#47 A graffiti-covered subway train at the Junction Boulevard station in Corona, Queens, 1970s.

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#48 A street lined with small businesses in Corona, Queens, 1970s.

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#49 A Bingo Parlor and other small businesses lining Roosevelt Avenue in Corona, Queens, 1970s.

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#50 A US Mail truck sits parked in front of the Corona, NY Post Office, 1970s.

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#51 A graffiti-covered subway car and the adult-oriented Plaza Movie Theater at street level, 1970s.

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#52 A Spanish Medical Center and other small businesses along Roosevelt Avenue in Corona, Queens, 1970s.

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#53 A subway train sits with its doors open at the 82nd Street subway station in Corona, Queens as commuters enter and sit down, 1970s.

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#54 A young girl looking at loaves of Italian bread through the window of a bakery shop on 108th street in Queens’ Corona neighborhood, 1970s.

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#55 The Plaza Movie Theater and other small businesses along Roosevelt Avenue in Corona, Queens, 1974.

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#56 A lady exits a fruit and vegetable stand below the elevated subway line on Roosevelt Avenue in Corona, Queens, 1974.

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#57 Residential buildings and commercial businesses at the corner of 104th Street and Roosevelt Avenue in Corona, Queens, 1974.

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#58 The number Seven Train travels along the elevated subway tracks through a residential neighborhood in Corona, Queens, 1974.

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#59 A street-level view under the elevated subway line along Roosevelt Avenue in Corona, Queens, 1974.

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#60 Three commuters sit in a graffiti-covered subway car as it travels through Corona, Queens, 1974.

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#61 People outside Hugh Carey’s campaign headquarters on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens’ Corona neighborhood, 1974.

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#62 Iglesia Metodista De Corona church on 104th Street in Queens’ Corona neighborhood, 1974.

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#63 Residential buildings along 36th Avenue in Queens’ Corona neighborhood, 1974.

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#64 The construction of an apartment building on 37th Avenue in Queens’ Corona neighborhood, 1974.

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#65 Lee’s Bar & Grill and residential homes on 110th Street in Queens’ Corona neighborhood, 1974.

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#66 Graffiti-covered cement staircases that lead down to 37th Avenue in Queens’ Corona neighborhood, 1974.

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#67 A 7 train pulling into the Queens Plaza elevated subway station in Queens’ Long Island City neighborhood, 1974.

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#68 Small businesses along Junction Boulevard in Queens’ Corona neighborhood, 1974.

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#69 The RR and 7 subway trains at the Queens Plaza elevated subway station in Queens’ Long Island City neighborhood, 1974.

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#70 Tom’s Latticini’s grocery store on National Street in Queens’ Corona neighborhood, 1974.

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#71 The M&M National Corp produce market on National Street in Queens’ Corona neighborhood, 1974.

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#72 Junction Boulevard elevated subway station in Queens’ Corona neighborhood, 1974.

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#73 A covered staircase leading to an elevated subway platform on Roosevelt Avenue in Queens’ Corona neighborhood, 1975.

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#74 La Epoca restauarant and the Plaza theater marquee on Roosevelt Avenue, 1975.

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#75 An Exxon Gas Station on Woodhaven Boulevard in Queens’ Forest Hills neighborhood, 1975.

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#76 A diner on Woodhaven Boulevard in Queens’ Woodhaven neighborhood, 1975.

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#77 A Sunoco Gas Station on Woodhaven Boulevard in Queens’ Forest Hills neighborhood, 1975.

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#78 Children play on disused railroad track near Woodhaven Boulevard in Queens’ Forest Hills neighborhood, 1975.

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#79 A car wash beside a Texaco gas station on Woodhaven Boulevard in Queens’ Forest Hills, 1975.

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#80 People watching a baseball game near Woodhaven Boulevard in Queens’ Forest Hills, 1975.

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#81 Graffiti on the side of a train at the 103rd Street-Corona Plaza subway station, Queens, 1975.

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#82 View through the open door of 7 train at the 61st Street-Woodside subway station, Queens, 1975.

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#83 A Mobil Gas Station on Woodhaven Boulevard in Queens’ Rego Park, 1975.

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#84 The Lemon Ice King Of Corona storefront on 108th Street in Queens’ Corona, 1975.

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#85 A tinsmith and roofing company and a wig shop on 108th Street in Queens’ Corona, 1975.

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#86 A pizzeria and an Italian grocery store on Corona Avenue in Queens’ Corona, 1975.

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#87 A picnic on the grass at the water’s edge in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, 1975.

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#88 A hot dog vendor standing beside his cart in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, 1975.

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#89 Teenagers at one of the game of chance booths at a traveling carnival in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, 1975.

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#90 New York Fire Department’s Engine Company 324 station on Horace Harding Expressway in Queens’ Corona, 1975.

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#91 Children gathered around a ‘Good Humor’ ice cream truck on Fitchett Street in Rego Park, Queens, 1976.

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#92 Ditmars Theatre, a local movie house, showing Greek movies on 31st Street in Astoria, Queens, 1977.

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#93 A train travels along the Honeywell Street Bridge that crosses the Sunnyside Yards in Long Island City, Queens, 1977.

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#94 The Sunnyside Yards in Long Island City, Queens, 1977.

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#95 Graffiti on the exterior of a 7 train at the Junction Boulevard subway station in Queens’ Corona, 1975.

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#96 Drake movie theater on Woodhaven Boulevard in Queens’ Rego Park, 1975.

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#97 Container freight cars sit on the railroad tracks in the Sunnyside Yards in Long Island City, Queens, 1970s.

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#98 A subway train travels under the railroad viaduct that crosses 31st Street in Queens, 1970s.

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#99 Anti-SST protest at Kennedy Airport in Jamaica, Queens creates a traffic jam, 1970s.

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#100 A vendor sitting at her table at an outdoor flea market on Woodhaven Boulevard, in the Rego Park, Queens, 1970s.

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#101 Two children at a lemonade stand pouring a drink for a passerby on Fitchett Street in Rego Park, Queens, 1970s.

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#102 Vendors and customers at an outdoor flea market on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park, Queens, 1970s.

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#103 Children at a lemonade stand on Fitchett Street in Rego Park, Queens, selling two sizes, 1970s.

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#104 Vendor tables filled with merchandise at an outdoor flea market on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park, Queens, 1970s.

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#105 Vendors sitting at their tables at an outdoor flea market on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park, Queens, 1970s.

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#106 A trio of musicians performing at an outdoor flea market on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park, Queens, 1970s.

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#107 A child approaching a vendor’s table at an outdoor flea market on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park, Queens, 1970s.

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#108 A Good Humor ice cream man selling on Fitchett Street in Rego Park, Queens, 1970s.

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#109 Children playing on Fitchett Street in Rego Park, Queens, 1970s.

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#110 Snow causes problems for traffic in the Rego Park area of Queens, 1970s.

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#111 New York City Sanitation workers preparing for a snowstorm, 1978.

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#112 Pedestrians walking in the middle of the street in Queens during the Blizzard of 1978.

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#113 People and their pets walking in the middle of the street to avoid deep snow during the Blizzard of 1978.

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#114 Vehicles parked on a residential street buried in deep snow during the Blizzard of 1978.

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#115 Pedestrians crossing Queens Boulevard in Rego Park during the Blizzard of 1978.

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#116 A car almost completely buried under deep snow in Queens during the Blizzard of 1978.

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#117 A man digging his car out of deep snow on Woodhaven Boulevard during the Blizzard of 1978.

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#118 A vehicle and parking meter on Woodhaven Boulevard almost completely buried under deep snow during the Blizzard of 1978.

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#119 Parking meters and vehicles buried in deep snow along Woodhaven Boulevard during the Blizzard of 1978.

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#120 Rows of parked cars partially buried in deep snow along a residential street in Queens during the Blizzard of 1978.

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#121 Pedestrians braving blizzard conditions, walking in the middle of the street in Queens as a lone vehicle navigates deep snow during the height of the Blizzard of 1978.

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#122 Two men digging out a Volkswagen Rabbit stranded in deep snow in a residential intersection in the aftermath of the Blizzard of 1978.

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#123 A vehicle sits completely buried under deep snow in the driveway of a residential home in Queens in the aftermath of the Blizzard of 1978.

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#124 Two vehicles sit buried on a residential street under deep snow drifts in the aftermath of the Blizzard of 1978.

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#125 A home owner in Queens chips away at ice and snow on his sidewalk in the aftermath of the Blizzard of 1978.

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#126 Rows of parked cars sit buried under deep snow drifts on a residential street in Queens in the aftermath of the Blizzard of 1978.

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#127 A man digs his stuck vehicle out of deep snow on a residential street in Queens in the aftermath of the Blizzard of 1978.

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#128 A man attaches a snow plow to the front of his Jeep, and clears snow off of Woodhaven Boulevard in Queens in the aftermath of the Blizzard of 1978.

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#129 People venture out on Woodhaven Boulevard in Queens in the aftermath of the Blizzard of 1978.

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#130 A group of men help push a stranded vehicle through a residential intersection in Queens in the aftermath of the Blizzard of 1978.

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#131 A group of good Samaritans help dig out a vehicle stranded in deep snow in the aftermath of the Blizzard of 1978.

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#132 Vehicles drive down a snow covered Woodhaven Boulevard in Queens the day after the Blizzard of 1978.

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#133 A New York City Sanitation plow clears snow at a residential intersection in Queens in the aftermath of the Blizzard of 1978.

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#134 A man runs through deep snow on a residential street, as a NYC Sanitation snow plow pulls up behind him in the aftermath of the Blizzard of 1978.

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#135 A New York City sanitation plow clears snow at a residential intersection in the aftermath of the Blizzard of 1978.

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#136 A resident of Jamaica, Queens, New York, looks at the snow covering his street in February, 1978.

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#137 A young woman steers a horse-drawn wagon at the Queens Zoo in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, 1978.

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#138 Pedestrians in front of the Sunny Fruit & Vegetables market at the intersection of 63rd Drive and Austin Street in Rego Park, Queens, 1978.

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#139 A man uses a stick to knock water off the awning of the Natural Identity hair salon on 63rd Drive in Rego Park, Queens, 1978.

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#140 The Williamsburgh Savings Bank on 63rd Drive in Rego Park, Queens, 1978.

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#141 Met Food supermarket on 63rd Drive in Rego Park, Queens, 1979.

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#142 The Beverage Discount Center on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park, Queens, 1979.

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#143 True Value Hardware Stores and Park Pastry Shop on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park, Queens, 1979.

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#144 Menagerie II Restaurant on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park, Queens, 1979.

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#145 The Shoe-Town store on 63rd Drive in Rego Park, Queens, 1979.

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#146 London Lennie’s restaurant on Woodhaven Boulevard in Rego Park, Queens, 1979.

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#147 Nathan’s restaurant at the intersection of Woodhaven Boulevard and 63rd Drive in Rego Park, Queens, 1979.

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#148 Two people going down a slide at the Resurrection Ascension Church carnival in Rego Park, Queens, 1979.

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#149 A small group of people eating food at the Resurrection Ascension Church carnival in Rego Park, Queens, 1979.

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#150 Parents watching their children on one of the rides at the Resurrection Ascension Church carnival in Rego Park, Queens, 1979.

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#151 Children entering the ‘Sizzler’ ride at the Resurrection Ascension Church carnival in Rego Park, Queens, 1979.

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#152 Children exiting the ‘Sizzler’ ride at the Resurrection Ascension Church carnival in Rego Park, Queens, 1979.

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#153 A group of people waiting in line at one of the rides at the Resurrection Ascension Church carnival in Rego Park, Queens, 1979.

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#154 A group of people gathered in front of one of the game of chance booths at the Resurrection Ascension Church carnival in Rego Park, Queens, 1979.

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#155 A young man holding rolled-up posters beside a young woman who holds two stuffed animals at the Resurrection Ascension Church carnival in Rego Park, Queens, 1979.

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#156 Parents and children exiting the ‘Sizzler’ ride at the Resurrection Ascension Church carnival in Rego Park, Queens, 1979.

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#157 A sign in front of the gas pumps at a Mobil station in Queens reads “pumps closed”, due to the decreased oil output during the 1979 oil crisis.

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#158 The South Side Inn in Ozone Park, Queens, 1978.

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