From the QPL Archives: (Left) Lorraine Passero dressed up with her Easter Basket on Easter Sunday in Kew Gardens Hills, March 1959; (Top Right) Two children collecting Easter eggs during an Easter Egg Hunt at Laurelton Library, 1975; (Bottom Right) Library Manager Lubomira Kierkosz and a group of children enjoy an Easter Egg Hunt in the Broadway Library garden, dressed in their bunny rabbit headdresses, April 2013.

Reminder: All QPL locations are closed on Sunday, April 5 for #Easter.

From the #QPLArchives: Lorraine and her #EasterBasket in Kew Gardens Hills, 1959; two kids collect #EasterEggs at Laurelton Library, 1975; and kids enjoying an #EasterEgg Hunt in the Broadway Library garden, 2013.

#HappyEaster!

An empty barrel that has "Umbrella Bank" written on it in the Jamaica Long Island Railroad station. A sign above reads "Sorry.. Umbrella Bank temporarily overdrawn."

In April 1959, the LIRR launched a "borrow-and-return" umbrella service for commuters. This "Umbrella Bank" at Jamaica Station is looking a bit cleared out—must have been a rainy day! ☔️

#QPLArchives #LIRR

A photo of Shea Stadium circa 1964 from the Postcard Collection in the QPL Archives.

It’s #Mets Home #OpeningDay!

Here’s a photo of Shea Stadium from the Postcard Collection in the #QPLArchives.

Let's Go Mets!

#ThrowbackThursday #TBT #LGM

@mets.com

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A storefront corner grocery in a brick building in the 1940s.

A storefront corner law office in a brick building in current times - the same building as previous photo.

Take a trip back to 1940s Astoria, Queens! This image from the #QPLarchives shows the Svea Olson Delicatessen & Grocery, once located at the corner of 43rd Street and 28th Avenue.

📸: Photo by Frederick J. Weber

#AstoriaQueens #1940s #ThenAndNow

From the QPL Archives: a black-and-white photograph of brothers Stephen and Lawrence Kappel, standing in a driveway in Sunnyside Gardens, Queens, 1949. One is about to throw a baseball, the other holds a baseball bat on his shoulder.

⚾ From the #QPLArchives: brothers Stephen and Lawrence Kappel in Sunnyside Gardens, Queens, 1949. ⚾

We hope you enjoy #MLB #OpeningNight and #OpeningDay!

Good Luck to the #Yankees, and Let's Go #Mets!

@mets.com

@queensmemory.bsky.social

#QPLArchives #ThrowbackThursday #QPL130

View across Sunnyside Yard along Hoffman Boulevard (Queens Boulevard) toward Queensboro Bridge in 1911. The Brewster Building, with its clock tower, is at center over in Long Island City.

📸 Photo: Eugene L. Armbruster

#QPLarchives #SunnysideYard
#LongIslandCity #SunnysideQueens
#QueensboroBridge

In six months, it’ll be July—and we’re already dreaming of Rockaway Beach! ⛱️Take a break from the cold with this vintage postcard of the crowds at Jacob Riis Park, circa 1940. Who else is ready for summer?

#QPLarchives #RockawayBeachQueens #VintagePostcards

Jesse Jackson visits Rochdale Village, Queens!

1) In 1993 with Mayor David Dinkins, Councilmen Thomas White Jr. & Archie Spigner.

2) Campaigning for Gregory Meeks in February 1998.

RIP🤎

📸 Photo Aaron Slaughter, Rochdale Village Bulletin Collection.
#QPLarchives #RochdaleVillage

Color lithograph print of two female dancers on a stage with a horse with feathers on it's head. A male dancer is in the background.

Black and white photograph of a man with his white horse on a dirt lot on a city street. The horse is jumping on its hind legs. Apartment houses are in the background.

A fabric quilt square with a black felt horse with a red heart silhouetted against red and white floral embroidered fabric.

2026 is the Year of the Horse! 🐎 Here’s a look at some equine finds from the #QPLArchives
1.Dancers & Horse, Ruth Gikow W.P.A. Art Project ca. 1935
2.Charles w/ his horse in Astoria ca. 1916
3.Diana Huang’s Story Quilt Square 2018

#YearOfTheHorse #LunarNewYear2026

Kit Moszynski, Citi + QPL Fellow

Look Back: Feb '72 issue of Transitions Press, which featured this Art & Poetry supplement. Based out of the Langston Hughes Community Library, the local Corona/East Elmhurst newspaper focused on the Black community🤎

#QPLarchives
#BlackHistoryMonth
#CoronaQueens
#EastElmhurstQueens

A group of men with a horse-drawn stand on the ice of a frozen Flushing Bay in 1918.

A group of police and officials stand with a dynamite detonator on a frozen Flushing Bay in 1918.

Talk about a deep freeze! ❄️ In January 1918, Flushing Bay froze so solid it blocked vital coal deliveries to Queens. Officials tried everything to clear the ice, from horse-drawn scrapers - to unsuccessful attempts with dynamite!🧨

📷: #QPLarchives Borough President of Queens Collection

#FlushingBay

One-story storefronts line a city street covered in snow in the 1960s

People and cars make their way carefully along a snow covered city street that goes under a railroad bridge in Flushing Queens.

Snow is coming! ❄️These 1961 photos capture a snowy Main St. in Flushing. 1) Laurel Deli, once located across from
@qplnyc.bsky.social Flushing branch near 41st Rd 2) the LIRR bridge over Main St. ☃️ Stay warm out there!

📸 donated by Carole Josepowitz

#QPLarchives #FlushingQueens #SnowNYC #1960s

A storefront window with display of photos showing Dr. Martin Luther King working in communities, giving speeches, and at protests. The window sign declares: Happy Birthday Dr. King.

Happy Birthday, Dr. King! This 1980s photo shows a window display honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the original storefront of the Langston Hughes Community Library and Cultural Center in Queens, NY. 🕊️

#QPLarchives
#MLKDay #BlackHistory
#CoronaQueens #EastElmhurst
@qplnyc.bsky.social

black and white photo of a crowd of protesters and a policeman on the stairs at the Far Rockaway Mott Avenue Station.

#OnThisDay: January 8, 1970! Queens residents at the IND Far Rockaway–Mott Ave station protest subway fare hikes 🚇 Do you remember what the fare was back then? Let us know below! 👇
📷: Long Island Daily Press Collection #QPLarchives
#FarRockaway #INDSubwayline

Photo shows librarians in 1940s cataloging by hand with index cards and and card catalog drawers. The room is crowded and there are 7 librarians working.

Photo shows librarians in 1940s processing by hand with typewriters and amongst floor to ceiling bookshelves and book carts. The room is crowded and there are 3 librarians working.

Look back at January 2, 1940! 📚 These #QPLArchives photos show staff at the old Central Branch busy in the Book Order & Cataloging Depts.

Here’s to a 2026 filled with visits to @qplnyc.bsky.social!

Post: Kit Moszynski, Citi + QPL Fellow, Fall 2025

#LibraryCataloging #LibraryLove

#OnThisDay in December 1939: ❄️ Children peek into the former Bayside, Queens storefront QPL branch on Bell Boulevard. The library is still the best place to find a winter escape. 📚✨

#QPLarchives #BaysideQueens #1930s @qplnyc.bsky.social

A black and white photograph from 1938 shows a sparsely populated College Point Boulevard under construction, featuring workers on the street and a few large houses lining the road.

A color street view of College Point Boulevard in 2025, showing large commercial stores, gas stations, and heavy traffic.

#TBT College Point Boulevard in 1938 ⭐This photo shows the view looking north from Fowler Avenue in Flushing, Queens!

#QPLArchives
#CollegePointBlvd #FlushingQueensNY
#RoadWorkNYC

Post by Kit Moszynski, Citi + QPL Fellow, Fall 2025

Queens Memory on Instagram: "Happy National Cookie Day! 🍪 We're celebrating with this #QPLarchives photo showing a cookie display at Woolworth's on Jamaica Avenue (at 163rd St) for a raisin cookie spe... 7 likes, 0 comments - queensmemory on December 4, 2025: "Happy National Cookie Day! 🍪 We're celebrating with this #QPLarchives photo showing a cookie display at Woolworth's on Jamaica Avenue (at 163rd...

#NationalCookieDay

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#QPLArchives

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Promotional poster for the Native American Heritage Month 2025 exhibit on display at Central Library.

Don't miss our Native American Heritage Month exhibit at Central Library (89-11 Merrick Boulevard in Jamaica), on display through November 30 and featuring several artifacts from Queens and Long Island-based Tribal Nations.
#QPLArchives #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

Queens Public Library on Instagram: "From the #QPLArchives: Trinity Church of Hewlett holds a #Thanksgiving meal for U.S. servicemen during #WorldWarI, November 1917. #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #Queens... 1 likes, 0 comments - qplnyc on November 27, 2025: "From the #QPLArchives: Trinity Church of Hewlett holds a #Thanksgiving meal for U.S. servicemen during #WorldWarI, November 1917. #TBT #ThrowbackT...

#QPLArchives #Thanksgiving

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A blanket from the Native American Heritage Month 2025 exhibit on display at Central Library.

A blanket from the Native American Heritage Month 2025 exhibit on display at Central Library, next to the entrance to the Teen Center.

The Native American Heritage Month 2025 exhibit on display at Central Library.

One of the display cases from the Native American Heritage Month 2025 exhibit at Central Library.

Don't miss our Native American Heritage Month exhibit at Central Library, on display through November 30 and featuring several artifacts from Queens and Long Island-based Tribal Nations.

#QPLArchives #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth

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Hello, Holiday Season is Here! ✨ Kicking things off with this November 1994 cover of "The Voice of Woodhaven" newsletter. "It’s All Here. Why Leave Woodhaven?"❄️
(Donated by Giedra Kregzdys to the Queens Memory Collection at #QPLarchives.)

#WoodhavenQueens #QueensNY #1990s #ShopLocalNYC

Black and white photo of a corner bank building with a classical columns and a clock tower in Rego Park, Queens in 1975.

Photo of a cement and glass condo apartment building a corner in Rego Park, Queens in 2024.

A look back to Nov 1975! The City Savings and Loan building at Queens Blvd & 66th Rd in Rego Park, Queens.

The entire block, including the old Trylon Theater, was demolished in 2022 for the new Trylon Tower. 🏗️

#QPLarchives #RegoPark #QueensBoulevard #ForestHIlls

Queens Memory on Instagram: "It's autumn in New York! 🍂 We're sharing a vocal score from the QPL Archives for this jazz standard. Composed in 1934, it was recorded by numerous musicians, including Ell... 10 likes, 0 comments - queensmemory on November 6, 2025: "It's autumn in New York! 🍂 We're sharing a vocal score from the QPL Archives for this jazz standard. Composed in 1934, it was recorded by nume...

#QPLArchives

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#TBT to a sweet and spooky Halloween on 46th Street in #SunnysideGardens (circa 1950)! 👻 This photo, donated by Rita (Zuckerman) Jaros, is part of the Sunnyside Stories website and is preserved in the #QPLarchives Queens Memory digital collection.

#Halloween #SunnysideQueens

Queens Memory on Instagram: "#TBT to October 23, 1940! This overhead view captures the Plaza of Light during the 1939-40 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The photo shows the General Elect... 13 likes, 0 comments - queensmemory on October 23, 2025: "#TBT to October 23, 1940! This overhead view captures the Plaza of Light during the 1939-40 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Corona Park. The ...

#QPLArchives #TBT

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Ready for Halloween? 🎃 This 1898 "Cabinet Card" from the #QPLarchives might inspire you! It shows a costumed woman with a mask. Taken at Baab studio on Fulton Ave (now Astoria Blvd.) in Long Island City, Queens! #PhotoHistory #Costumes #1890sFashion

Historic hand painted map of New York City showing two options for where to connect Staten Island and Brooklyn one line is blue and the other line - where the Verrazano bridge is now - is red.

Just weeks 'til the NYC Marathon! 🏃‍♀️ Runners cross the Verrazzano Bridge.

This 1933 map from #QPLarchives shows early plans for the S.I.-Brooklyn crossing. The Verrazzano, which opened in 1964, became the world's longest suspension bridge.

Post: Kit Moszynski, Citi + QPL Fellow, Fall 2025

Officially welcoming pumpkin season! 🎃 We're diving into the fall spirit with this photo from October 1993, featuring Iris Zalun and her father enjoying the harvest. 🍂

Donated by Iris to the Queens Memory Collection at the Archives at Queens Library.

#QPLarchives #PumpkinPatch #FallQueensNY