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Re: 71 Avenue - Forest Hills Station |
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Posted by X-Astorian on Wed Mar 4 18:13:05 2015, in response to Re: 71 Avenue - Forest Hills Station, posted by VictorM on Wed Mar 4 15:21:29 2015. "The numbered grid system was introduced in Queens in 1917, although for many years after that, street signs had both the old name as well as the new number on them."Although planning began in 1911 it was implemented gradually (see below). In Astoria and Long Island City street numbers overtook most street names in 1925 but it took decades to be fully accepted. As a kid in the 50s and 60s I learned to refer to 30th and 31st Avenues as Grand and Jamaica although those names were 30-40 years out of date. The following paragraph appeared in "The American City" in February 1928: The present system of numbering streets throughout Queens Borough was given official recognition in 1915, when the Richmond Hill map was approved by the Board of Aldermen. This was followed by the Flushing and Far Rockaway maps in 1916; the Bayside map in 1917; Jamaica and Queens Village in 1919; and by the approval of new street names for Rockaway Beach in 1920; Corona and Hollis in 1921 and 1922; Ridgewood, Maspeth and Long Island City in 1925; and Springfield and the southerly portion of the borough in 1926. |
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