Did you know that the construction of the IRT Flushing line (known as the Corona Line until 1925) was the catalyst for real estate development that transformed the rural areas of Queens into vibrant neighborhoods?

LIRR Station on Main Street in Flushing, N.Y., 1910. The Long Island Rail Road has been serving Flushing since the 1870s, but the original terminal was built in 1853 as part of the New York and Flushing Rail Road.