Newtown - Haverkamp House - Glendale Haverkamp House - (on the left) north side of Haverkamp St. (now 71st Ave.), west of Dry Harbor Road, aka Weisse Ave. (now 80th St.) \[address became 79-31 71 Ave.] Haverkamp, a German immigrant, was a 19th century farmer here, then the house was operated as a hotel and saloon with a small beer garden and picnic grove attached.

Newtown - Cooper Avenue - Glendale Cooper Avenue - View west along Cooper Ave. from point west of Weisse Ave. (Dry Harbor Road, now 80th St.) On the right (north) side, closest to the camera, is the George Kills House with a nearby shop building (site now 79-33 Cooper Ave.), the John Schmidt House is visible in Distance on left. Photo taken April 1923.

Newtown - Henry Wolfert House - Glendale Henry Wolfert House - Located on the south side of Cooper Ave. about 200 feet east of Dry Harbor Rd. (now 80th St.) Remodeled 1923, the lower portion was bricked. It was located in what became Atlas Terminal Industrial Area (From Hemmerdinger Estate Property - now Atlas mall), and was used as an office (at 80-00 Cooper Ave.) The house was demolished in the 1960s. \[H. Wulforst Shown on 1896 Map]

Newtown - Henry Wolfert House - Glendale Henry Wolfert House - Located on the south side of Cooper Ave. about 200 feet east of Dry Harbor Rd. (now 80th St.) It was eventually located in Atlas Terminal at 80-00 Cooper Ave. (now a mall), and used as a security office there. The house was demolished in the 1960s. Photo taken April 1923. \[Henry Wulforst shown on 1896 Map]

Newtown - Forbell House - Glendale Forbell House - Old no. 80 Dry Harbor Road (now 81st St.) at the junction of 77th Ave., 81st St., and 80th St., just south of the LIRR. Built in the 18th Century, the Forbell's lived in this white shingled house until the late 19th Century. H. Forbell owned it in 1790, W. Forbell in 1860, and A.C. Forbell in 1873. Heinrich (Henry) Schmidt owned it in 1891, 1896, and the Schmidt's were farming here into 1930s. The house was demolished in 1938 in preparation of development and opening of 77th Ave. Photo taken April 1923.

Newtown - Forbell House - Glendale Forbell House - Old No. 80 Dry Harbor Rd. (81st St.). H. Forbell owned this house in 1790, W. Forbell in 1820-74, and A.C. Forbell in 1873. Heinrich Schmidt owned the house and farm from 1882-1930s. The Freitag family, and farm laborers occupied this house and farm 1890s-1912, working on Schmidt's farm. The house was demolished in 1938 , when the farm sold for development and the building of 77th Ave. Industrial building in rear is in the Atlas Terminal property north of the rail road.

Newtown - Wyckoff House - Glendale Wyckoff House - The peak roofed section with porch on the left (north) was the home of Nicholas Wyckoff of Dry Harbor (not Nicholas Wyckoff of Bushwick). It was built late 18th Century, the part on right added later for a hotel & manufacturing use. The address became 74-02 through 74-10 Cooper Ave., south side. Henry Hillen operated a hotel & picnic park here in late 19th Century, a descendant. Dorothy Hillen operated it as Doty's Tavern in 1940ss to the 60s. The building was razed in 1970.

Newtown - Wyckoff House - Glendale Wyckoff House - House of Nicholas Wyckoff of Dry Harbor (not Nicholas Wyckoff of Bushwick). The house was built late 18th Century, the part on right added later for a hotel & manufacturing use. Located on the south side of Cooper Ave. between 74st St. & 75th St., the address became 74-02 through 74-10 Cooper Ave. It became the Glendale Hotel, and later in the 19th Century the Hillen's Hotel and Picnic Park, for many years after it was Doty's Tavern (Dorothy Hillen), until it was torn down in 1970 to erect brick houses. The NW corner of the building was cut off when the road was widened.

Newtown - Cooper Avenue - Glendale Cooper Avenue - Looking SW toward the LIRR grade crossing near 75th St. and 76th St. from about where 78th street is now located. The large house in the distance (now 74-02 to 74-10 Cooper Ave.), was the Hillen's Hotel and Park (aka Glendale Hotel, later Doty's Tavern), originally it was late 18th Century farmhouse and home of Nicholas Wyckoff of Dry Harbor (Glendale - not Nicholas Wyckoff of Bushwick). The building was razed 1970. The Cooper Avenue underpass was later built to eliminate the grade crossing.

Newtown - Dry Harbor Road - Middle Village Dry Harbor Road - View of the west side of 80th St. (formerly Dry Harbor Rd., aka Weisse Ave.) looking north from a point near Cooper Ave. It was Glendale, but is now considered Middle Village. To the left is Henry Kiesel House near 68th Ave. (J. Kiesel, 1873, 1891), with greenhouses to the north. The school is P.S. 87, Queens. Photo taken April 1923

Queens 50, P.S. 87 (The Middle Village), 67-54 80th St., Middle Village; Jerry Spearman, Photographer

Newtown - Wyckoff House - Glendale Wyckoff House - Current address 74-02 through 74-10 Cooper Ave., on the SW corner of 74th St. The front section with the porch was built late 18th Century, and was the home of Nicholas Wyckoff of Dry Harbor (not Nicholas Wyckoff of Bushwick) in the early and mid-19th Century, it became Hillen's Hotel (aka Hillen's Hall, run by Henry Hillen) and then Picnic Park, and for a time in the early 20th Century was known as Glendale Hotel. In the mid 1900s it was known as Doty's Tavern (run by Dorothy Hillen a descendant of Henry Hillen), until it was torn down in 1970. The rear addition was torn down late in the 1920s when the nearby school was built.

Queens 49, P.S. 119 (The Glendale), 78th Ave. & 74th St; Jerry Spearman, Photographer