Photographic Memory
All the Trains
Spots to Know
History
Mixed Bag
100
This area was known for being an industrial area before its recent change to residential:
Hunters Point
Photo taken in 2001 by Anders Goldfarb
http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org/browse/former-schwartz-chemical-company-building
100
Which train ends/starts at Main Street?
7 Train
100
What famous musician's house is now a museum in Corona, Queens?
Louis Armstrong
100
What was the name of the stadium that the Mets occupied in Queens, before they lived in Citi Field?
Shea Stadium
100
Which famous Marvel superhero lives in Queens?
Spiderman
200
This famous building wall in Long Island City was known as______.
5 Pointz
Photograph from 2013, by Erwin Ma
http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org/browse/5pointz-parking-lot-0
200
This famous piano company is also the name of a MTA station in Queens?
Steinway
200
Which museum in Queens holds the famous NYC panorama?
Queens Museum
200
Where was the U.S. Open held prior to moving to Flushing Park?
Forest Hills Stadium
200
Which famous magician is buried in Machpelah Cemetery, in Glendale, Queens?
Harry Houdini
300
The Louis Armstrong Memorial Tennis Stadium was found in which famous Queens park?
Flushing Meadows- Corona Park
ca. 1974; 1969 from Long Island Daily Press
http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org/browse/louis-armstrong-tennis-stadium
300
Which station links to the Air Train to JFK Airport?
Sutphin Boulevard-Archer Avenue
300
What park is the Unisphere located in?
Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
300
Before the W train was reintroduced into Queens, which train [besides the N] traveled into Astoria?
Q train
300
Which famous punk rock group from Forest Hills got their start rehearsing in the basement of Art Space, in Flushing? [Famous songs include Blitzkrieg Bop and I Wanna Be Sedated]
The Ramones
400
Which college campus in Queens is depicted here?
Queens College Campus
1963, from Long Island Daily Press
http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org/browse/queens-college-campus-0
400
How many trains travel straight from Manhattan to Queens?
6 trains (E,F,M,N,W,7)
400
Which musical group has a mural painted in St. Albans, on Linden Boulevard? [famous songs include "Can I Kick It" and "Electric Relaxation"]
A Tribe Called Quest
400
Since 1993, which children's show has been filmed in Kaufman Astoria Studios?
Sesame Street
400
Which park contains a hidden, abandoned Civil War fort?
Fort Totten Park
500
This photograph was taken when the hospital was experiencing extensive rebuilding in 1954. What hospital is this?
Elmhurst General Hospital
1954, from Long Island Daily Press
http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org/browse/elmhurst-general-hospital
500
How many MTA subway stations are located in Queens?
81 stations
500
Which neighborhood was Scrabble invented?
Jackson Heights
500
What two years did the Mets win the World Series?
1969 and 1986
500
Where was the first Queens Public Library located?
Long Island City (in 1896)