Several landmarks from two New York World's Fairs still stand in Flushing Meadows, including the US Steel Unisphere

Flushing, founded in 1645, is an expansive neighborhood in the north central part of the New York City borough of Queens, ten miles east of Manhattan. Unisphere - Copyright Wesley Treat[1] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Unisphere - Copyright Wesley Treat[1] File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... The Five Boroughs redirects here. ... Queens is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States, and the most ethnically diverse county in the U.S. It is coterminous with Queens County in the State of New York and is located on western Long Island. ... This article is about the borough of New York City. ...

Flushing was one of the original Dutch villages on Long Island. Today, Flushing has evolved into one of the largest neighborhoods in New York City and has busy commercial areas as well as quiet, residential neighborhoods. It is part of the Fifth Congressional District which extends into neighboring Nassau County. The area is home to numerous ethnic groups including people of European, Asian, Hispanic and African-American descent. The 5th Congressional District of New York is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives that lies along the North Shore of Long Island. ... Theodore Roosevelt home at Sagamore Hill Nassau County is a suburban county in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. ...

The area is serviced by five railroad stations on the Long Island Rail Road Port Washington Branch and the New York City Subway Number 7 subway line has its terminus at Main Street in Flushing. LIRR redirects here. ... The Port Washington Branch is an electrified two-track rail line and service owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York. ... Times Square–42nd Street station entrance The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority , an affiliate of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit. ... For the former BMT service, see 7 (BMT). ...

The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 7.^[1] Flushing is bounded by Flushing Meadows-Corona Park and Shea Stadium on the West, Francis Lewis Boulevard on the East, Jewel Avenue on the South and Willets Point Boulevard on the North. The Queens Community Board 7 is a local governmental advisory board in New York City, encompassing the neighborhoods of Flushing, Bay Terrace, College Point, Whitestone, Malba, Beechhurst, Queensboro Hill and Willets Point, in the borough of Queens. ... This article is about the home of the New York Mets. ... Francis Lewis Boulevard intersecting with Union Turnpike in Cunningham Park, Queens NY. Francis Lewis Boulevard is a boulevard in the New York City borough of Queens. ...

History

Dutch Colonial History

Before European settlement, northeastern Queens was inhabited by the Matinecoc Native Americans, a tribe of Algonquian-speaking people.^[2] Metoac (also known as the 13 tribes of Long Island) is the collective name for what earlier was considered the 13 Algonquian-speaking Indian tribes on Long Island in New York in the 1600s at the time of European contact. ... This article is about the people indigenous to the United States. ... The Algonquian (also Algonkian) languages are a subfamily of Native American languages that includes most of the languages in the Algic language family (others are Wiyot and Yurok of northwestern California). ...

The Village of Flushing on the eastern bank of Flushing Creek was first settled by Europeans in 1645 under charter of the Dutch West India Company and was part of the colony of New Netherland. The village was named after the city of Vlissingen, in the southwestern Netherlands, the main port of the company. Dutch West India Company (Dutch: West-Indische Compagnie or WIC) was a company of Dutch merchants. ... Vlissingen (help· info) (occasionally British English: Flushing) is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. ...

In its early days, Flushing was inhabited by English colonists, among them a farmer named John Bowne. John Bowne defied a prohibition of imposed by New Amsterdam Director-General, Peter Stuyvesant to harbor Quakers by allowing Quaker meetings in his home. Today, landmarks from the Dutch period in Flushing include the John Bowne House on Bowne Street and the Old Quaker Meeting House on Northern Boulevard. John Bowne (1627-1695) was an English immigrant residing in the Dutch colony of New Netherland, who is honored today as a pioneer in the American struggle for religious liberty. ... Pieter Stuyvesant is also the name of a Dutch cigarette brand from Imperial Tobacco. ... The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, or Friends, is a religious community founded in England in the 17th century. ... The John Bowne House is located in Flushing, Queens, New York. ... New York State Highway 25A is a state road and the main East-West route for most of the North Shore of Long Island, New York running from the Queens-Midtown Tunnel at its Western terminus to Calverton at its Eastern end. ...

The Flushing Remonstrance, signed in Flushing on December 27, 1657, protested religious persecution and eventually led to the decision by the Dutch West India Company to allow Quakers and others to worship freely. As such, Flushing is claimed to be a birthplace of religious freedom in the new world. ^[3] The predecessor to the US Constitutions Freedom of Religion in the Bill of Rights, the Flushing Remonstrance was signed on December 27, 1657 in what is now Flushing, New York by a group of citizens who were affronted by persecution of Quakers. ... December 27 is the 361st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (362nd in leap years). ... Events January 8 - Miles Sindercombe, would-be-assassin of Oliver Cromwell, and his group are captured in London February - Admiral Robert Blake defeats the Spanish West Indian Fleet in a battle over the seizure of Jamaica. ...

English Colonial History

In 1664, the English took control of New Amsterdam ending Dutch control of the colony and renamed it New York. Flushing continued to be a small Long Island village.

Flushing was the site of the first commercial tree nurseries in North America, the most prominent being the Prince, Bloodgood, and Parsons nurseries. Much of the northern section of Kissena Park, former site of the Parsons nursery, still contains a wide variety of exotic trees. The naming of streets intersecting Kissena Boulevard on its way toward Kissena Park celebrates this fact (Ash Avenue, Beech, Cherry ...Poplar, Quince, Rose). Flushing also supplied trees to the Greensward project, now known as Central Park in Manhattan. A nursery is a place where plants are propagated, usually for sale as a business, though some gardeners and farmers keep private nurseries. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Central Park is a large public, urban park (843 acres, 3. ...

During the American Revolution, Flushing along with most settlements in present-day Queens County favored the British and quartered British troops. Following the Battle of Long Island, Nathan Hale, an officer in the Continental Army, was apprehended near Flushing Bay while on what was probably an intelligence gathering mission and was later hanged. Combatants United States Kingdom of Great Britain Commanders George Washington, Israel Putnam William Howe, Charles Cornwallis, Henry Clinton Strength 11,000-13,000 unknown, nearly 20,000 (about 10,000 of which were militia ) 22,000 (including 9,000 Hessians) Casualties 1,719 total (312 dead, 1,407 wounded, captured... For other persons named Nathan Hale, see Nathan Hale (disambiguation). ... The Continental Army was an army formed after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War by the colonies that became the United States of America. ...

The 1785 Kingsland Homestead, originally the residence of a wealthy Quaker merchant, now serves as the home of the Queens Historical Society.^[4] Quaker redirects here. ... This page may meet Wikipedia’s criteria for speedy deletion. ...

The 1790 United States census recorded that 5,393 people lived in what is present-day Queens County.

19th Century

As New York City continued to grow in population and economic strength in the 1800s, Flushing's proximity to Manhattan was critical to its growth and transformation to fashionable residential area.

Map of Flushing in 1891.

In 1813, the Village of Flushing was incorporated into the Town of Flushing. By the mid-1860's, Queens County had 30,429 residents. Flushing's expansion continued in 1867 and 1868 when the neighboring villages of College Point and Whitestone were incorporated into the Town of Flushing. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 549 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1840 × 2008 pixel, file size: 672 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This is a portion of an 1891 map of Queens, New York, United States, showing several lines in Flushing. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 549 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1840 × 2008 pixel, file size: 672 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) This is a portion of an 1891 map of Queens, New York, United States, showing several lines in Flushing. ...

In 1898, although opposed to the proposal, Flushing along with a re-drawn Queens County was consolidated into the City of New York. Farmland continued to be subdivided and developed transforming Flushing into a more densely populated part of New York.

20th Century to Present

The construction of bridges over the Flushing River and the development of roads increased the volume of commercial traffic into Flushing. In 1909, the construction of the Queensborough Bridge over the East River connected Queens County to midtown Manhattan. Aerial view of the Queensborough Bridge and Midtown Manhattan, New York The Queensboro Bridge is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City. ... New York City waterways: 1. ... Midtown Manhattan viewed from the World Trade Center. ...

The introduction of rail service to Manhattan in 1910 by the Long Island Rail Road Port Washington Branch and in 1928 by the New York City Transit Authority's Number 7 subway line hastened the continued transformation of Flushing to a commercial center and commuter suburb. Due to increased traffic, a main roadway through Flushing named Broadway was widened and renamed Northern Boulevard.

Flushing was a forerunner of Hollywood, when the young American film industry was still based on the East Coast and Chicago. Decades later, the RKO Keith's movie palace would host vaudeville acts and appearances by the likes of Mickey Rooney, The Marx Brothers and Bob Hope. The theater now lies vacant and in disrepair due to an unauthorized real estate development project that took place in the early 1990s. A plan to rename the site RKO Plaza and convert it for residential use awaits city approval.^[5] Essanay Studios was a motion picture company founded in Chicago, Illinois by George K. Spoor and Bronco Billy Anderson under the name Essanay (S and A). It produced silent films with such stars as Ben Turpin, Wallace Beery, Francis X. Bushman, Gloria Swanson and Charlie Chaplin. ... RKO could stand for: RKO Pictures The R.K.O. - finishing manoever (and initials) of WWE professional wrestler Randy Orton. ... This article is about the musical variety theatre. ... Actor Mickey Rooney speaks at the Pentagon in 2000 during a ceremony honoring the USO. Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule, Jr. ... See Marx brothers (fencing) for the 16th century German brotherhood. ... Bob Hope, KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003), born Leslie Townes Hope, was an English-Born American entertainer who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, on radio and television, in movies, and in performing tours for U.S. Military personnel, well known for his good natured humor and career longevity. ...

In 1921, Anne Frances Robbins was born in Flushing. She would later be known as Nancy Davis and, finally, Nancy Reagan, wife of Ronald Reagan. Nancy Davis Reagan (born Anne Frances Robbins on July 6, 1921) is the widow of the former United States President Ronald Reagan and was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989. ... Reagan redirects here. ...

World's Fairs

The 1939-1940 World's Fair was held in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.^[6] Massive preparations for the Fair began in 1936 and included the elimination of the Corona dumps. Among the innovations presented to the world in 1939 were the television, which broadcast a speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt. On July 4, 1940, Two New York City Police Department officers were killed examining a bomb they removed from the British Pavilion of the World's Fair.^[7]. Trylon, Perisphere and Helicline photo by Sam Gottscho The 1939-40 New York Worlds Fair, located on the current site of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (also the location of the 1964-1965 New York Worlds Fair), was one of the largest worlds fairs of all time. ... FDR redirects here. ... is the 185th day of the year (186th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... NYPD redirects here. ...

After the World's Fair, the New York City pavilion was turned into the temporary headquarters of the United Nations. In 1947, the UN vote in favor of the establishment of the State of Israel took place here. Map showing the UN Partition Plan. ...

The 1964-1965 World's Fair was also held in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. ^[8] The Unisphere, the New York State Pavilion, the New York City Pavilion (from 1939 Fair) which was converted into an ice-skating rink. Later, the ice rink became the Queens Museum of Art. Pope Paul VI attended the Fair on October 4, 1965. Michelangelo's masterpiece, the Pietà, was exhibited during his trip.^[9] With this papal trip, Pope Paul VI became the first pope to visit United States. An exedra now commemorates the site of the Vatican pavilion, View of the New York Worlds Fair 1964/1965 as seen from the observation towers of the New York State pavilion. ... The Unisphere, June 2005 Unisphere is a 12-story high, spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth. ... This article cites very few or no references or sources. ... For other uses, see Michelangelo (disambiguation). ... A pietà (pl. ... An exedra adopted by James Cameron for a neoclassical interior space, at the Hermitage In architecture an exedra is a semicircular recess, often crowned by a half-dome, which is usually set into a buildings facade. ...

Both Fairs were financially unprofitable ventures.

Parks

All the public parks and playgrounds in Flushing are supervised by the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation. For Queens County, the Department of Parks and Recreation is headquartered at The Overlook in Forest Park located in Kew Gardens. The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation is the branch of government of the City of New York responsible for maintaining the citys parks system, preserving and maintaining the ecological diversity of the citys natural areas, and furnishing recreational opportunities for citys residents. ...

• Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, a 1,255 acre park, is considered a flagship park in Queens. The site hosted two World's Fairs, the first in 1939-1940 and the second in 1964-1965. As the result, the park infrastructure reflects the construction undertaken for the Fairs. Also located here is Shea Stadium and the National Tennis Center which is the home of the US Tennis Open. In 2008, a new Aquatic Center was opened in the park.

• Kissena Park is a 234 acre park with a lake as a centerpiece.

• Bowne Park is an 11 acre park developed on the former estate of New York City Mayor Walter Bowne.

• Flushing Fields is a 10 acre greenbelt that includes the home athletic field of Flushing High School.

Demographics

The 2000 United States Census Bureau ranked Queens County as the ninth most populous county in the United States with over 2.2 million residents. According to the Census Bureau, Queens County experienced over a 14% increase in population since the 1990 census.

The 2000 Census also reflected the growth of the Asian population in Queens County with over 433,000 people identifying themselves as Asians. That number was the largest in New York City, more than twice the number of people identifying themselves as Asians in Brooklyn. The 2000 Census revealed that the 5th Congressional District had almost 616,000 residents. Approximately 456,000 residents or 74% of the District identified themselves as white. A total of 121,000 residents or 20% of the District identified themselves as Asians with 53,000 residents being Chinese and 32,000 being Koreans.

While it is claimed that more than half of Flushing's population is Asian American, that claim is questionable since many of the neighborhoods around Flushing also have a large number of Asian residents. It is also claimed that Flushing has the largest ethnic Chinese community in the New York metropolitan area, ahead of Manhattan's Chinatown and that it is the second-largest Chinatown in United States.^[10] An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ... New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island is the most populous metropolitan area in the United States and is also one of the most populous in the world . ... A Chinese lion helps usher in the 2006 Chinese New Year. ...

Flushing was not always an ethnic enclave. In 1970, with 45,569 residents, Flushing had a 76% non-Hispanic white population (much of which was Irish-American). After the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, Flushing experienced a demographic shift. Within a span of only two decades, Flushing, a neighborhood that was predominantly White, has been transformed into a neighborhood that was 36% Asian by 1990. The non-Hispanic white population of central Flushing declined to 29%, while the total population has increased to 54,488 in 1990. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Irish Americans (Irish: Gael-Mheiriceánach) are citizens of the United States who can claim ancestry originating in the west European island of Ireland. ... The Immigration and Naturalization Services Act amendments of 1965 (Hart-Celler Act, INS Act of 1965, Pub. ...

Traditionally, white flight is associated with urban decay, but in Flushing the ethnic succession trend has brought an economic boom.^[11] White flight is a term for the demographic trend where working- and middle-class white people move away from increasingly racial-minority inner-city neighborhoods to white suburbs and exurbs. ... Urban decay and renewal in Cincinnati Urban decay is the popular term for both the physical and social degeneration of cities and large towns. ...

Education

The public schools in Flushing are all supervised by the New York City Department of Education through Administrative District 25.

There are numerous public Elementary and Junior High Schools in Flushing and students generally attend a school based on the location of their residence.

The five public high schools in Flushing include Flushing High School which is the oldest public high school in the City of New York. The school is housed in a distinctive Gothic Revival style building built between 1912 and 1915. The building was declared a NYC Landmark in 1991.

Townsend Harris High School located adjacent to the Queens College campus was recently ranked by the U.S. News and World Report as one of the best public high schools in the United States.

John Bowne High School, the Robert F. Kennedy Community High School and the Flushing International High School are also located in Flushing.

Private high schools include Holy Cross High School.

Queens College, one of the most respected senior colleges of the City University of New York (CUNY), is located on Kissena Boulevard in Flushing. It opened in 1937^[12]. Adjoining it is the City University of New York School of Law, which operates a pro bono law firm that serves Flushing's immigrant and working-class communities. Queens College is one of the senior colleges of the City University of New York. ... The City University of New York (CUNY; acronym pronounced ), is the public university system of New York City. ... The City University of New York School of Law is a law school operated by the City University of New York (CUNY). ... Pro bono is a phrase derived from Latin meaning for the good. The complete phrase is pro bono publico, for the public good. It is used to designate legal or other professional work undertaken voluntarily and without payment, as a public service. ...

The Flushing Branch of the Queens Borough Public Library, located at the intersection of Kissena Boulevard and Main Street,^[13] is the largest branch library in New York City.^[14] The library has developed into a valuable community resource and houses an auditorium for public events. The current building, designed by Polshek Partnership Architects, is the third to be built on the site--the first was a gift of Andrew Carnegie.^[14] Flushing is also served by eight other Queens Borough Public Library branches.^[15] The Queens Borough Public Library, or QBPL is the public library for the Borough of Queens and one of three library systems serving New York City. ... Andrew Carnegie (properly pronounced , but commonly or )[1] (November 25, 1835 – August 11, 1919) was a Scottish industrialist, businessman, a major philanthropist, and the founder of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Carnegie Mellon University, and Pittsburghs Carnegie Steel Company, which was later merged...

Transportation

7 train Flushing station

Main Street on the western edge of Flushing is conveniently located near air, rail and bus links. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2272 × 1704 pixel, file size: 1. ... 7 Train has the following meanings: The 7 (New York City Subway service) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The New York City Transit Authority operates the Flushing Number 7 subway line that has its terminus at the Flushing-Main Street Station which is located at the intersection of Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue. The Number 7 subway line provides a direct rail link to Grand Central Station and Times Square in Manhattan.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority operates the Long Island Rail Road Port Washington Branch that has five stops in Flushing. The Flushing-Main Street Station of the Long Island Rail Road is located one block away from the subway. The Long Island Rail Road also stops at at Shea Stadium when necessary and the Murray Hill, Broadway and Auburndale stations. The Long Island Rail Road provides a direct rail link to Pennsylvania Station also in Manhattan. LIRR redirects here. ...

There are numerous local bus routes available on Main Street in Flushing with destinations in Nassau County by MTA Long Island Bus, the Bronx by MTA Bus, and other Queens neighborhoods by MTA New York City Transit buses. Theodore Roosevelt home at Sagamore Hill Nassau County is a suburban county in the New York Metropolitan Area east of New York City in the U.S. state of New York. ... MTA Long Island Bus (properly, the Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority (MSBA)) is the name of the subdivision of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority that provides bus service throughout Nassau County and some stops along the western border of Suffolk County and the eastern border of Queens in New York... Bronx redirects here. ... The MTA Bus Company (MTA Bus for short), a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, is a public benefit corporation created to operate those bus routes formerly operated by private companies in the New York City area. ... Passengers board a bus at Westchester Square. ...

La Guardia Airport is located 10 minutes away by car or bus. FAA diagram of LaGuardia Airport Fiorello La Guardia Airport is located in Flushing, a neighborhood within the New York City borough of Queens, New York near the Flushing Bay. ...

The Van Wyck Expressway, Whitestone Expressway, Grand Central Parkway and Long Island Expressway are major roadways that serve the area. Interstate 678 (I-678) is a north-south interstate highway spur route that runs 14 miles (23 km) entirely within two boroughs of New York City: Queens and the Bronx. ... Interstate 678 (I-678) is a north-south interstate highway spur route that runs 14 miles (23 km) entirely within two boroughs of New York City: Queens and the Bronx. ... The Grand Central Parkway is a parkway that stretches from the Triborough Bridge in New York City to Nassau County in Long Island. ... The Long Island Expressway (LIE) is one of the interstate highways with the designation of Interstate 495. ...

Until the IRT Flushing Line made its way to the intersection of Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue in 1928, the center of Flushing was considered to be at the intersection of Northern Boulevard, formerly known as Broadway, and Main Street. Services that use the IRT Flushing Line through midtown have been colored purple since 1979. ...

Flushing Airport was in operation from 1927 to 1984, located at the northern end of Linden Place. The site is considered by some to be in the College Point neighborhood. The airport opened in 1927 as Speed's Airport. The airport was the busiest airport in New York City before the emergence of the larger LaGuardia Airport.^[16] In 1977, a Piper Twin Comanche crashed shortly after taking off, which eventually lead to the close of this airport in 1984.^[17] Flushing Airport is a decommissioned airfield in northern Queens in New York City. ... College Point is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. ... LaGuardia Airport (IATA: LGA, ICAO: KLGA, FAA LID: LGA) (pronounced La-Gwardia) is an airport serving New York City, New York, United States, located on the waterfront of Flushing Bay, and borders the neighborhoods of Astoria, Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst in the borough of Queens. ... The Piper PA-30 and PA-39 Twin Comanche was a twin-engine development of the PA-24 Comanche single-engine aircraft produced by Piper. ...

Ethnic Culture

Roosevelt Avenue is one of the main commercial streets in Flushing.

The intersection of Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue, the downtown business center for Flushing, has become a center for Korean and Chinese culture and small businesses. Today, this section of Flushing is known for its selection of authentic Asian restaurants. The area south of Franklin Avenue is home to a large Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi market. In 2007, many Korean businesses moved away from Main Street and Chinese businesses have replaced them. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 2276 KB) I (Nutmegger) took this photo on Dec 31, 2006 and hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 2276 KB) I (Nutmegger) took this photo on Dec 31, 2006 and hereby release it into the public domain. ...

Religion

Religious tolerance has a long history in Flushing.

In 1657, while Flushing was still a Dutch settlement, a document known as the Flushing Remonstrance was created by Edward Hart, the town clerk, where some thirty ordinary citizens protested a ban imposed by Peter Stuyvesant, the director general of New Amsterdam, forbidding the harboring of Quakers. The Flushing Remonstrance cited the Flushing Town charter of 1645 which promised liberty of conscience.^[18]

Today, Flushing abounds in houses of worship, ranging from the colonial Dutch Quaker Meeting House, St. George's Episcopal Church, the Flushing Free Synagogue, St. Andrew Avellino Roman Catholic Church, St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church - the largest Greek Orthodox Church in the United States - to a plethora of modern Hindu, Buddhist, and Sikh temples.

As a result, Flushing can claim to be one of the most religiously diverse neighborhoods in the United States. It also includes many mosques and masjids for the growing number of Muslims and converts. ^[19]

Professional Sports

Flushing has hosted many world-class sporting events.

The New York Mets Baseball Club uses Shea Stadium as their home field and the United States Tennis Association's National Tennis Center hosts the U.S. Open Tournament in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park every year. This tournament relocated to Flushing from its original home in Forest Hills, Queens. Major league affiliations National League (1962–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 14, 37, 41, 42, Shea Name New York Mets (1962–present) Other nicknames The Amazin Mets, The Amazins, The Metropolitans, The Kings of Queens Ballpark Shea Stadium (1964-present) Polo Grounds (1962–1963) Major league... For other uses, see U.S. Open. ...

Shea Stadium was also used by the New York Yankees during the 1974–1975 seasons while Yankee Stadium was being renovated and by the New York Jets before the football team moved to Giants Stadium in New Jersey. Shea Stadium was designed with rotating seating sections on the lower level that would allow the stadium to be alternated between baseball and football configurations. In 2009, Shea Stadium will be replaced by Citi Field, which is currently under construction in Shea Stadium's parking lot. Shea Stadium has hosted four World Series, in 1969, 1973, 1986 and 2000. Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 44, 49 Name New York Yankees (1913–present) New York Highlanders (1903-1912) Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) (Also referred to as... This page is about the stadium the New York Yankees currently play in. ... City East Rutherford, New Jersey Other nicknames Gang Green, the Green and White, Jersey Jets Team colors Hunter green and white Head Coach Eric Mangini Owner Woody Johnson General manager Mike Tannenbaum League/Conference affiliations American Football League (1960-1969) Eastern Division (1960-1969) National Football League (1970–present) American... Giants Stadium, frequently referred to as The Meadowlands, is the home stadium for the New York Giants and New York Jets football teams of the NFL, and the Red Bull New York soccer team of MLS. It is located in East Rutherford, New Jersey in the Meadowlands Sports Complex, which... This article is about the U.S. state. ... This article is about the sport. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Citi Field will be the new Major League Baseball stadium for the New York Mets that is being built in Willets Point in the New York City borough of Queens as a replacement for Shea Stadium, which was constructed in 1964 adjacent to the site of the 1964 Worlds... For other events named World Series, see World Series (disambiguation). ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... For the song by James Blunt, see 1973 (song). ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ...

Landmarks

Historic Flushing Town Hall is located on Northern Boulevard and is the headquarters of the Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts. It is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C. ^[20] The building houses a concert hall and cultural center.

The Flushing Armory, also on Northern Boulevard, formerly used by the National Guard, was a shelter for the homeless in 1981-1994. Since 1996, the New York City Police Department Queens North Task Force is housed in this building.^[21]

Other registered New York City Landmarks in Flushing include the Bowne House, Kingsland Homestead, Old Quaker Meeting House (1694), Flushing High School, St. George's Church (1854), the Latimer House, the RKO Keith's Movie Palace, the United States Post Office on Main Street and the Unisphere, a 12-story high globe that served as the symbol of the 1964 New York World's Fair. A weeping beech tree, planted in 1847 just north of the Bowne House, was a registered New York City Landmark until it died in 1998 (at 151 years old). New trees that have sprouted on the site have been nicknamed "sons of the beech." The John Bowne House is located in Flushing, Queens, New York, in the United States. ... This article is about a high school in New York. ... RKO could stand for: RKO Pictures The R.K.O. - finishing manoever (and initials) of WWE professional wrestler Randy Orton. ... The Unisphere, June 2005 Unisphere is a 12-story high, spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth. ... View of the New York Worlds Fair 1964/1965 as seen from the observation towers of the New York State pavilion. ...

• Broadway-Flushing also known as North Flushing is a residential area with many large homes. Part of this area has been designated a State and Federal historic district due to the elegant, park-like character of the neighborhood. Recently much of the area was rezoned by the City of New York to preserve the low density, residential quality of the area. Broadway-Flushing is bounded by 29^th Avenue to the north, Northern Boulevard and Crocheron Avenue to the south, 155^st to the west and 172^nd Streets to the east.^{[citation needed]}

• Waldheim, a residential area near Kissena Park, is known for its beautiful, individually crafted homes. The original 110 houses built were Queens' first estate subdivision^[22].

Museums and cultural institutions

Marker of the two time capsules

Several attractions remain from the World's Fairs in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park and are worth visiting. They include the Queens Museum of Art (housed in the New York City Building from the 1939 New York World's Fair), featuring a scale model of New York City (the largest architectural model ever built); The New York Hall of Science, and the Queens Zoo. In addition to the Unisphere, the park contains a variety of sculpture and markers from the fairs. There is a stone marker for the two 5,000-year Westinghouse Time Capsules made of special alloys buried in the park, chronicling 20th Century life in the United States (dedicated in 1938 and 1965). Flushing Meadows Park, also sometimes referred to as Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, is located in northern Queens, New York City, USA at the intersection of the Long Island Expressway and the Grand Central Parkway. ... The Queens Museum of Art is a major art museum in the Queens borough of New York City. ... Trylon, Perisphere and Helicline photo by Sam Gottscho The 1939-40 New York Worlds Fair, located on the current site of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (also the location of the 1964-1965 New York Worlds Fair), was one of the largest worlds fairs of all time. ... The New York Hall of Science occupies one of the few remaining structures of the 1964 New York Worlds Fair in Flushing Meadow-Corona Park in the borough of Queens in New York City (USA). ... The Queens Zoo is a 5 acre (20,000 m²) zoo located in New York City. ... The Unisphere, June 2005 Unisphere is a 12-story high, spherical stainless steel representation of the Earth. ... An alloy is a homogeneous hybrid of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal, and where the resulting material has metallic properties. ...

The Queens Botanical Garden is located on Main Street and has been in operation continuously since its opening as an exhibit at the 1939 World's Fair. The Botanical Garden carries on Flushing's long horticultural tradition begun by its once famous tree nurseries and seed farms. The Queens Botanical Garden is located in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. ...

Flushing in art and culture

• The rock band KISS first played at the Coventry Club on Queens Boulevard in 1973, and is said to have derived its name from "Kissena," one of Flushing's major boulevards.^[23]
• Joel Fleischman, the fictional character from the 1990s comedic drama Northern Exposure, was said to have relocated from Flushing. Often, references were made to actual locations around Main Street, Flushing.
• Fran Drescher's character "Fran Fine" on the TV show "The Nanny", was said to have been raised in Flushing, where her family still lived. Drescher herself was born in Flushing.

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Notable residents

• Daniel Carter Beard founder of the Boy Scouts of America
• James A. Bland singer and composer^[24]
• Fidel "Fidelito" Castro Díaz-Balart, Cuban leader Fidel Castro's son
• Joseph Cornell, artist.^[25]
• Fran Drescher, actress
• Erik Estrada, actor
• Jon Favreau, actor/producer/director
• Franky G, actor
• Mic Geronimo, rapper
• Charles Dana Gibson, illustrator
• Al Greenwood, former keyboardist of Foreigner
• Marvin Hamlisch, composer
• Ron Jeremy, porn star
• Steve Karsay, Baseball player
• Keith and The Girl, podcasters
• Kevin "Flushing Flash" Kelley, boxer
• Carole King, singer-songwriter
• Large Professor, hip-hop producer
• Gene Mayer, tennis player
• Sandy Mayer, tennis player
• Charles Momsen, vice admiral who organized rescue of USS Squalus
• Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer
• Lewis Mumford, architecture critic and historian
• Prong, crossover thrash/thrash metal band
• Richard Outcault, creator of Buster Brown and Hogan's Alley
• Nancy Reagan, actress and First Lady
• Richard Riorden, Los Angeles mayor
• Ray Romano, comedian
• Kasey Smith, musician
• Paul Stanley, member of the band KISS
• Bill Viola, video artist
• Suzanne Weyn, children's author
• Harvey and Bob Weinstein, founders of Miramax and the Weinstein Company.

Buried in Flushing

See also: Flushing Cemetery

• John Bowne, Quaker advocate
• Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, mob boss
• Alan King, comedian
• Louis Armstrong, jazz musician
• Bert Lahr, actor
• Henny Youngman, comedian
• Aris San, acclaimed Greek-Israeli singer

Famous Visitors

• George Washington visited the Prince nurseries with Vice President John Adams.
• Francis Lewis, signer of the Declaration of Independence—a merchant and patriot who lost his wife and gave his fortune to the revolutionary cause, served as vestryman at St. George's Church.
• Theodore Roosevelt gave a campaign speech from the steps of Flushing Town Hall
• The Ramones often played Flushing's clubs
• The Beatles, The Who, and other bands played at Shea Stadium

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External links

• The Queens Historical Society: Freedom Mile
• nywf64.com (1964/1965 New York World's Fair Website)
• A Journey Through Chinatown - Downtown Flushing map
• Waldheim neighborhood
• Flushing, Queens is at coordinates 40°45′55″N 73°49′04″W / 40.76528, -73.81778 (Flushing, Queens)Coordinates: 40°45′55″N 73°49′04″W / 40.76528, -73.81778 (Flushing, Queens)