Yesterday's Time: A Recollection of Bygone Queens Neighborhoods

Narrated by musical artist Tony Bennett, landmark documentary by Richard Altomonte, recalls bygone Queens Co. (NYC) neighborhoods 1898-1950. Contains much archival material and one-of-a-kind footage. First aired on PBS Station WNET New York in 1986.

[@bobw4541]

That was EXCELLENT ! I have Lived in Queens my whole life and I will Stay to the END. Thanks for that Wonderful Film. Bob Williams

[@historyfilm]

You're welcome, Bob

[@historyfilm]

Gratifying. Thanks.

[@historyfilm]

Belatedly much thanks

[@RobertMusilli]

That's Donald Manes the Queensboro president at frame 2:02

[@genebigs1749]

Great documentary! I also enjoyed the voices of people who lived in those times describing the way of life. Very well done!

[@historyfilm]

Thanks Gene

[@tommcconville4270]

My father and his brothers and sisters grew up in Springfield Gardens with my grandparents. It was 1921, they moved from Brooklyn into a small frame house on a 40 by 70 lot. Before that, there were still working farms out there before developers started building houses. Southeast Queens still had some small farms then. We lived in Arverne Rockaways from 1951 to 1957 in the NYCHA projects. I've always been fond of Queens, thanks for this film documentary.

[@historyfilm]

Just saw your good words! Thanks very much

[@trainluvr]

It took 13 years for TH-cam to recommend this to me. Thank you for posting. More Queens on my channel.

[@historyfilm]

Gllad you enjoyed.

[@tomsauer3830]

Thank you so much. I'm always intrigued by New York, past and present.

[@eileendoherty1367]

Wonderful memories for me and would be for my parents and grandparents--all from Queens!

[@historyfilm]

Thanks for the kind words
Richard Altomonte

[@upperkeeldrum]

Awesome

[@cats0182]

Oh man. Spent my childhood years in the Rockaways. What a trip back in time. Very poignant for me. Thanks for the trip

[@historyfilm]

Thanks for the good words

[@TangoEliott]

We're from Rockaway couldn't be prouder. And if you can't hear us we'll yell a little louder.

[@MECH-MASTER]

Grew up in Maspeth! Good memories. Thanks.

[@yuriykhasidov1626]

Lives in queens forest hills my entire life. Wanted to learn the history of how all this came to be. This video is amazing I know NY is nothing of what it once was it very Nostalgic to know this was once truly the greatest place on earth!

[@maryhellmann8400]

Thank you so very much great music and photos. My Dad was cashier there for over 20 years. Many great memories for me

[@historyfilm]

Thanks, Mary

[@historyfilm]

Thanks for watching.

[@SparklingForYahusha]

My paternal great grandfather came to Jamaica, Queens in 1918.

[@philliplyn2692]

Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@historyfilm]

Thanks, Phillip

[@boneeatsdog]

my mother went to public school w Tony Bennet in Ditmars, Astoria

[@historyfilm]

Thanks Nick

[@historyfilm]

Thanks, Bob

[@phyllissnook]

Thank you for this! I am from Laurelton....!

[@maryrutkowski7195]

My mom grew up in Laurelton 1935 to 1950.

[@robertbrown7896]

I grew up in laurelton too 225 street

[@phyllissnook]

@@robertbrown7896 - 133rd Ave.

[@travelingman484]

Hard to believe it’s the same place. Flushing meadow park today is a cesspool of crime and drugs, sad.
Keep them coming.

[@travelingman484]

Hillside and east of 173 was country before the 1950’s.
I’m an MTA bus operator from queens village depot. I can’t believe what that woman said. Today it’s unrecognizable.

[@javedk]

Grew up in briarwood. Still live here. They’ll have to drag me outta Queens.

[@historyfilm]

Very good! Thanks

[@historyfilm]

Thanks. Good for you!

[@historyfilm]

Thanks, Phyllis

[@miggiewarms632]

See, this demonstrates that it was called "Flushing Meadow Park," which indicates that it was a single meadow - just ONE meadow. Whoever changed the name to "Flushing Meadows Park" should be fired. (I do not object to the addition of "Corona" to the name, since that is the neighborhood in which it is located.)

[@historyfilm]

Guess so....

[@blakemcnamara9105]

I thought it was sort of interchangeable.

[@albymeltz3317]

No greater neighborhood than Forest Hills

[@mikejones741]

Come to queens where the grass is green 🌱🌾

[@farihakaji]

Born and Raised in Elmhurst ❤️‍🔥
🪷🐉🪽❤️‍🔥🔱🕋🔱❤️‍🔥🪽🐉🪷

[@glenkersul8536]

1898 - 1940???

[@MrRed-tf7bv]

Flushing Queens 1969- present

[@boneeatsdog]

the good old days.......the demographics were different then.

[@Nick0wnsz]

Many of these people died and sold their homes. Their children moved or had no family, widows of Ww2 vets. Queens is a great place.

[@robertbrown7896]

Queens is the greatest brough in nyc

[@spideraxis]

I loved it! Queens is still growing. Not all growth has been for the best. Much of it has become crowded, congested, expensive, dangerous and a third world dump.

[@jadecoolmist]

Too bad now its just trash

[@zohaib876]

Absolute facts! And I'd even go as far & say it's not just Queens, all of NYC is trash now. I mean, just look at our skyrocketing crime rate. I love my city (lifelong NY'er from Queens) but I have to keep it honest quality of life has decreased here big time.

[@drpoundsign]

FDR at the World's Fair. The New Deal helped, but it took WW2 to end the Great Depression.

[@r3knynussberger882]

Actually the new deal was a massive failure that only prolonged the depression . what got the us going was that after ww2 we were only manufacturing country intact . everyone had to come to us for everything

[@jc64car]

I was born in masbeth

[@user-dg7gn4qk1y]

the 5 boroughs and Robert Mosses was a disaster for what was a thing of beauty. when the 7 line made its way into Flushing many prominent families left and moved to up state ny. now its a concrete hell hole

[@nanettewhite8269]

Yeah a lot of people started moving out of the city. They made their way into the outer boroughs. Then made their way to Long Island. Only to make their way back into the city.