October 2001 - a new apartment building under construction at Lefferts Boulevard and Metropolitan Avenue. Click on image to enlarge. Back to "What's new".   What was new in October 2001 Each entry is a clickable link 10/29/01 Added page on the Maple Grove Hotel. 10/29/01 Added aerial photographs of Kew Gardens (click on link). 10/28/01 Added page showing Queens Boulevard at Union Turnpike in 1923. 10/28/01 Added another page about the Kew Forest School. 10/28/01 Added a page showing Abingdon Road from 124th Place. 10/28/01 Added a page about trolleys on Metropolitan Avenue. 10/28/01 Added text of 1985 New York Times article about Kew Gardens (click on link to New York Times Articles "2"). 10/28/01 Added text of 1984 Newsday article about Kew Gardens (click on link to Newsday Articles "2"). 10/22/01 Added sidebar about the draining of Crystal Lake. 10/21/01 Added page about "Bernie Land". 10/21/01 Added page about the old P.S. 99 on Cuthbert Road. 10/21/01 Added a page about Kew Gardens' first grocery store. 10/21/01 Added 1925 Homestead Hotel advertisement (click underlined link "apartments"). 10/21/01 Added picture of 124th Place looking north. 10/15/01 Added commentary about Kew Forest. 10/13/01 Added picture of Queens Boulevard c. 1900 (click on underlined link). 10/08/01 Added commentary about Hopedale. 10/08/01 Added sidebar about the origins of northern Kew Gardens. 10/08/01 Added another page about Forest Park. 10/07/01 Added 1898 map showing Maple Grove LIRR Station (click on underlined link).   HOME CLICK HERE TO EMAIL ME