Queensboro Hill

Understanding Queensboro Hill

City Planning traces Queensboro Hill’s early-twentieth-century growth to residents moving outward from downtown Flushing. Much of its housing followed the Second World War. Its 2007 account describes residential side streets alongside the mixed commercial and residential corridors of Main Street and Kissena Boulevard.

QPL records an unusual sequence at the library site: a building constructed for the World's Fair was remodeled by the Works Progress Administration in 1940 for library use. The present one-story branch has served the community since 1982. This links a local institution with two wider periods of public building in Queens.

Places to explore

• Queensboro Hill Library

  60-05 Main Street

  Choose a current reading, arts or learning program at this public branch. The modern building stands on the earlier library site; the former World's Fair structure is part of its history, not a surviving pavilion promised here.

• Phil & Sons on Main

  57-29 Main Street

  This family-owned restaurant offers dine-in and takeout. Its menu includes Neapolitan and thick-crust Sicilian pizza, plus calzones filled with ricotta and mozzarella.

Planning a visit

Check the library’s current calendar for registration and opening hours. Phil & Sons publishes daily hours; check its current opening and menu before a meal visit.