Cerrito Theater Renovation

Pastor Larry & Janet Stomp

Ralph Fasanella, "Subway Riders"

Ralph Fasanella Subway Riders 1950 Oil on canvas "I'd ride the subway every day, back and forth to my machine shop job. I'd ride and ride and sketch and sketch. I love the subway. It pulls...

new york
manhattan
midtown
art
mta
ralph fasanella
1950

Rapkin-Gayle Plaza

RAPKIN-GAYLE PLAZA What was here before? Lenapehoking, the homelands of the Lenape, encompassed territory from Connecticut to Delaware. The village of Sapokanikan stood northwest of here near...

new york
manhattan
soho
park
nicholas bayard
chester rapkin
margot gayle
1685
1852
1925
1955
2010
2022

Captain Robert Gray

P.S. 82 Playground

P.S. 82 Playground This Playground made possible by the generous support of: New York City Council Member James F. Gennaro September, 2010 Submitted by @lampbane

new york
queens
jamaica
school
playground
james f. gennaro
2010

The Old Stone Church, Queens

AT THE HEAD OF THIS STREET KNOWN IN COLONIAL DAYS AS MEETING HOUSE LANE STOOD THE OLD STONE CHURCH, USED AS A PLACE OF WORSHIP FROM 1699 TO 1815, AND AS A PRISON IN 1776 BY THE BRITISH....

new york
queens
jamaica
rufus king
1699
1815
1776

Jamaica Avenue Clock

THIS ELEGANT, DOUBLE-FACED POST CLOCK, ORIGINALLY INSTALLED AROUND THE TURN OF THE 20th CENTURY AT 161-11 JAMAICA AVENUE, WAS MANUFACTURED BY THE SELF-WINDING CLOCK COMPANY OF CLINTON...

new york
queens
jamaica
clock
1981
1989
2021

The 175th Anniversary of the Long Island Railroad

Commemorating THE 175th ANNIVERSARY OF THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD 1834 to 2009 This plaque was presented at Jamaica, NY on April 24, 2009 In grateful recognition of the long-term...

new york
queens
jamaica
long island
lirr
railroad
train
station
1834
2009

Yerxa's Discovery

County of RiversideHistorical Marker No. 054Yerxa's DiscoveryCabot Yerxa, veteran of the Alaska Gold Rush of 1898, homesteaded 160 acres near here in 1913. By a hand-dug well, he discovered the...

Cabot A. Yerxa

Desert Hot Springs Historical LandmarkCabot A. Yerxa, 1883-1965The home of Cabot A. Yerxa, pioneer desert homesteader in 1913. Discoverer of the natural hot mineral water in 1914. Founder...