Middle Village. St. John Cemetery. Entrance

Middle Village. St. John Cemetery. Entrance

Newtown - Metropolitan Avenue - Glendale Metropolitan Avenue - Looking east along Metropolitan Ave. from a point west of Cooper Ave. The fence along both sides encloses St. Johns Cemetery. The building on right is at the SE corner of Cooper Ave. & Met. Ave. is Fred Frey's Hotel. Photo taken April 1923.

Queens: Metropolitan Avenue - 80th Street Metropolitan Ave., east of 80th Street (foreground,not seen). St. John's Cemetery is shown at both sides of first mentioned Ave. (fenced in). At the rioht is Fred Frey's hotel at the intersection of Metropolitan and Cooper Ave. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection.

Newtown - Woodhaven Boulevard - Rego Park Woodhaven Boulevard - looking south along Woodhaven Blvd. (formerly Trotting Course Lane) from a point near the old White Pot Road (later Fleet St., now 66th Ave.) St. John's Cemetery is on the right (west side). Schwomp owned both houses on the left in 1896, their sites are now under the road bed of the widened Woodhaven Boulevard, and the nearest house would have been in front of 66-11 Woodhaven Blvd.

Newtown - Woodhaven Boulevard - Rego Park Woodhaven Boulevard - View north along old Woodhaven Ave. (formerly Trotting Course Lane, and now Woodhaven Blvd.) at White Pot Rd. (later Fleet St., now 66th Ave.). At far left are the Lieppe Houses. The NE corner has the foundations of the White Pot School (P.S. 69) which burned down, the school site was donated by Jacobus Springsteen in 1739, and the burned building was the 4th or 5th school structure on the site. This site is now in the roadbed of the widened Woodhaven Blvd.

Queens: Woodhaven Blvd - Fleet Street Woodhaven Boulevard, south of Fleet Street, showing at the right the fence enclosing St. John's Cemetery. April 1923. Eugene L. Armbruster Collection

Newtown - Saftian Jaeger House - Glendale Saftian Jaeger House - Looking toward a grey, two story peak roofed house near the SE corner of Metropolitan Ave. and Cooper Ave., just south-south west of Fred Frey's Hotel, from where the current Aubrey Avenue is located. The buildings at right are on north side of Metropolitan Ave. between Cooper Ave. and the current Woodhaven Blvd. Photo taken April 1923.

Newtown - Saftian Jaeger House - Glendale Saftian Jaeger House - Grey house just SW of Fred Frey's Hotel, near SE corner of Cooper Ave. and Metropolitan Ave. Owners: No name 1860 Map, S. Jaeger 1873, G. Jaeger 1891, L. Whitemeyer 1896. Photo taken April 1923

Newtown - Saftian Jaeger House - Glendale Saftian Jaeger House - Site was near the SE corner of Cooper Ave. and Metropolitan Ave., just S-SW of Fred Frey's Hotel. This view is looking west, the Atlas Terminal buildings are visible in far left background.

\[Metropolitan Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard, Queens, NY] View of trolley tracks looking west on Metropolitan Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard in Queens, New York. The street is partially paved with cobblestones. A Gulf gas station and a florist are pictured. A sign pointing to the Queens Midtown Tunnel can be seen.

Newtown - Lieppe Houses - Rego Park Lieppe Houses - View looking east showing two Lieppe Houses (he built them) on east side of Woodhaven Blvd. (formerly Trotting Course Lane), about midway between Juniper Swamp Rd. (Furmanville Ave.) and White Pot Rd. (66th Ave.). Today these would be in the road bed of the widened Woodhaven Blvd. near 65th Drive. At right center is a fence at the old boundary of St. Johns cemetery approximately on the line of 65th Drive on right in the distance are the Schwomp Houses.

Newtown - Baum House - Rego Park Baum House - Yellow house with white trim, on the north side of White Pot Road (now 66th Ave.), about 200 Feet east of Trotting Course Lane (Now Woodhaven Blvd.). The house was still standing in 1959 as 85-29 66th Ave., and had been re-shingled, but has since been torn down. George Baum (of the Ridgewood farming family) owned it in 1891 and 1896. Photo taken April 1923.

Newtown - Remsen House - Rego Park Remsen House - The east side of Trotting Course Lane (Woodhaven Blvd.), about a block north of Metropolitan Ave. Abraham Remsen settled here at "Hempstead Swamp" circa 1700. In the foreground, just north of the fence, is the Remsen Family Burial Ground containing several graves.

Newtown - Remsen House - Rego Park Remsen House - East side Trotting Course Lane opposite Cooper Ave., about 400 north of Metropolitan Ave. Abraham Remsen Settled here circa 1700, the family burial ground is south of the house. The home later belonged to the Weeden and Kinsey Families in the 19th Century. Pennsylvania Railroad Owned 1923, while John Wolfert occupied. The house was torn down by August 1925.

Abraham Remson House Abraham Remson House. hand written on back of print: Abraham Remson House 1860 northside North Hempstead Turnpike west of Jamaica Avenue Flushing 1923

Newtown - Remsen House - Rego Park Remsen House - view of the north addition and garden of the Abraham Remsen House on the east side of Trotting Course Lane opposite Cooper Ave., about 400 feet north of Metropolitan Ave. Abraham Remsen settled here circa 1700, the Remsen Family Burial Grounds are to the south of the house. In the late half of the 19th century the Weeden Family owned, and then Kinsey Family. The house was demolished by August 1925.

Newtown - Remsen House - Rego Park Remsen House - The north side and west (Front) facade of the Abraham Remsen House, on the east side of Trotting Course Lane opposite Cooper Ave., about 400 feet north of Metropolitan Ave. This is a close-up view of the north extension. The house was demolished by Aug. 1925.

Newtown - Remsen House - Rego Park Remsen House - View of the west front and south side of the Remsen House, on the east side of Trotting Course Lane, opposite Cooper Ave., about a block north of Metropolitan Ave. Abraham Remsen settled here circa 1700 (d.1752), Jeromus Remsen Sr. bought his father's farm in 1735, and died here in 1781. His son Col. Jeromus Remsen (1735-1790) also lived here. It was the Weeden Homestead circa 1835-1860s, then the Kinsey family and related Leibrock family lived here. Occupied in 1923 by John Wolfert, and owned by Pennsylvania Railroad up to 1925. Newman, a builder, tore down the house in August 1925.

Newtown - Remsen House - Rego Park Remsen House - View of the north end of the Abraham Remsen House (built 1700), on the east side of Trotting Course Lane opposite Cooper Ave., about 400 feet north of Metropolitan Ave. The small frame building at left is the summer kitchen, and was built possibly in the early 19th Century, it appears to be clapboard construction similar to the north extension on the house, and is not shingled like the old (main) portion of the house. The house was torn down by Aug. 1925.

Newtown - Remsen House - Rego Park Remsen House - View of the north side of the Abraham Remsen House at Hempstead Swamp. It was located on the east side of Trotting Course Lane, north of Metropolitan Ave. (Woodhaven Blvd.), almost opposite Cooper Ave. The house was gone by August 1925 to build row houses. Abraham Remsen and his family built this house circa 1700. The family burial ground was to the south of the house. The house also served many years in the 19th Century as the Weeden Home, and later the Kinsey House. The Pennsylvania Railroad bought it in the 1920s just before intense development of Queens.

Newtown - Remsen House - Rego Park Remsen House - The north end of the Abraham Remsen House, built 1700 (at right) with its later single story addition. To the left (behind the Tree) is the summer kitchen, probably erected during the late 18th or early 19th Century. The stones at right in the foreground formed a wall along the road. The house was located on the east side of Trotting Course Lane opposite Cooper Ave., about 400 feet north of Metropolitan Ave., and was torn down by August 1925.

Newtown - Remsen House - Forest Hills ; Remsen House - Close-up of the front facade of the Abraham Remsen House, on the east side of Old Trotting Course Lane (Woodhaven Blvd.), about a block north of Metropolitan Ave. and opposite Cooper Ave. The Remsen's settled here circa 1700 (Abraham d. 1752), Jeromus Remsen Sr. (d.1781) occupied the house during the Revolution. The old Family Burial Grounds were just to the south (right). It was later also the Weeden House, and Kenzie (Kinsey) House. The house was torn down in August 1925.

Newtown - Remsen House - Rego Park Remsen House - Abraham Remsen House on east side Trotting Course Lane opposite Cooper Ave., about 400 feet north of Metropolitan Ave. Abraham Remsen settled here and built the white shingled house circa 1700 (D. 1752). His son Jeromus (Sr.) bought his father's farm in 1735, and died here 1781. His son Jeromus (Jr.), was born here in 1735, and died in the house in 1790. The Weeden and Kinsey Families' were owners later. It was occupied by John Wolfert in 1923, while it was owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The house was torn down in 1925.

Abraham Remson House Abraham Remson House. hand written on back of print: Abraham Remson House 1860 North Hempstead Turnpike northside west of Jamaica Avenue Flushing 1923

Newtown - Remsen House - Rego Park Remsen House - on east side of Old Trotting Course Lane (Woodhaven Blvd.), about a block north of Metropolitan Ave. Abraham Remsen settled here circa 1700, he died in 1752. Jeromus Remsen Sr. bought his father's farm in 1735, and died here in 1781. His son Col. Jeromus Remsen (1735-1790) also lived here. It was the Weeden Homestead circa 1835-1860s, then the Kinsey family and related Leibrock family lived here. Newman, a builder, tore down the house in 1925.

Newtown - Remsen House - Rego Park Remsen House - Abraham Remsen House, built circa 1700, on the east side of Old Trotting Course Lane (Woodhaven Blvd.), about a block north of Metropolitan Ave. and opposite Cooper Ave. This view looks north from just north of Metropolitan Ave. It the Weeden Homestead in 1835, James Weeden 1852 and 1860, then Henry Kinsey 1873 and 1891, David Kinsey 1896. The home was bought by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1923, and was torn down in 1925 to build row houses. Photo taken May 1923.

Newtown - Remsen House - Rego Park Remsen House - East side of Old Trotting Course Lane (Woodhaven Blvd.), about a block north of Metropolitan Ave. Abraham Remsen settled here circa 1700, he died in 1752. Jeromus Remsen Sr. bought his father's farm in 1735, and died here in 1781. His son Col. Jeromus Remsen (1735-1790) also lived here. It was the Weeden Homestead circa 1835-1860s, then the Kinsey family and related Leibrock family lived here. Newman, a builder, tore down the house in 1925.

Newtown - Remsen House - Rego Park Remsen House - This view looks north toward the front of the Abraham Remsen House (built 1700). The house was on the east side of Trotting Course Lane about 400 feet north of Metropolitan Ave. and opposite Cooper Ave. The houses at left are on the east of the current Woodhaven Blvd. at Polo Place. After the Remsen family in the 19th Century the house was owned and occupied by the Weeden and later Kinsey Families. John Wolfert occupied in 1923, when the house was owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Remsen House was torn down by August 1925.