Queens is the largest borough geographically and is adjacent to the borough of Brooklyn at the southwestern end of Long Island. It shares water borders with the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx. The borough is a patchwork of dozens of unique neighborhoods, each with its own distinct identity.
Here below are some fascinating photos will take you back to old Queens in the 1960s.
That’s really cool! 👍
Awesome!
I remember walking to school every day and passing by the local diner, where my dad would grab a cup of coffee before work. The neighborhood was always lively, with people out and about, walking their dogs or chatting with neighbors on their front stoops. Saturdays were for running errands with my mom, stopping by the corner grocery store for fresh produce and catching up with the owner. It was a simpler time, when life moved at a slower pace and the little things mattered most.
I used to go to that pizza place! A slice was 25 cents, and a large Coke was 25 cents in 1973.
This is 100% 63rd Drive. I believe the cross street is Booth Street. Too bad you can’t see the McCrory’s on one side, and the Woolworth’s on the other side. The Alexanders across Queens Boulevard was there for a long time afterwards, until the early 90s, I believe. I don’t remember the fruit stand, though. A public school, PS 139Q is still right across the street. I went to that school for one year, 1972-1973.
I can’t help but think this picture is actually from the early 70s because of the posters, though my phone number was TW6-0321 in the 60s, but 896-0321 in the 70s. I lived on 64th Rd and Saunders Street from 1964 to 1975. I could be wrong; but I feel an early 70s vibe.
Early 90s being the final year of that Alexander’s sounds about right. I was a child at the time and my family went there to pass some time by doing shopping. The location later became Caldor.
Yep. Then it became part of Rego Center. Couldn’t believe they could place about 20 stores within the boundaries of one Alexander’s.
Wasn’t Rego Center built on the old Alexander’s parking lot? I remember seeing how empty and massive that lot was (I think it was a private lot for a period of years before the operator sold the property). I never did a lot of shopping there but it was one of those places that you would see while passing through and figure it would be there for you in a pinch of you needed to buy something.
It was a gigantic parking lot for Alexander’s.
Yes, you’re right. Rego Center was built on both the parking lot and Alexander’s.
We never had to use it. We lived across the Boulevard, then 1 long block from there.
I went to school across the street. Ps139 and grew up up the block
64th and Saunders for me.
Not one moped in sight
Or illegal weed shop