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The bottom of this circa 1895 map of Newtown shows the northernmost part of Forest Park and a nearby hamlet called Hopedale. Hopedale was located at the site of today's Union Turnpike and Queens Boulevard.
The bottom of this circa 1895 map of Newtown shows the northernmost part of Forest Park and a nearby hamlet called Hopedale.  Hopedale was located at the site of today's Union Turnpike and Queens Boulevard.  [From the Lucy Ballenas Collection courtesy of Carl Ballenas.]