Casey Stengel Bus Depot, ca. 1965. Originally a facility for the North Shore Bus Company, the Flushing Bus Depot was taken over by the New York City Board of Transportation in 1947 (which became the New York City Transit Authority in 1953). The first home of the New York Mets, Shea Stadium, was constructed next to the depot. Citi Field, the Mets current home, now stands nearby. The depot was renamed for former Mets and Yankees manager Casey Stengel after the depot was rebuilt in the early 1990s.

Shea Stadium, ca. 1964. Once a three-team city, New York’s sole baseball representative between 1958-1962 was the Yankees. In 1962, the expansion New York Mets joined the National League, playing their first two seasons at the Polo Grounds, the Giants’ former stadium in upper Manhattan. Erected during the building boom preceding the 1964 New York World's Fair, Shea Stadium was constructed, at a cost of $28.5 million, with motorized stands to allow it to be converted from a baseball diamond in the spring to a football gridiron in the fall. It was the home to the New York Jets (1964-84) and the New York Giants (1973-75) until each left New York City for Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. On April 17, 1964, the Mets played their first game at their new permanent home, Shea Stadium in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens.

Willets Point Boulevard Station, 1963. From the Eastbound platform of the Willets Point station the Unisphere, in the process of construction, can be seen to the left. Six months after this photograph was taken the World’s Fair opened. After then fair was over the grounds were converted into Flushing Meadow Park.