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 - 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.

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 - 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 northside North Hempstead Turnpike west of Jamaica Avenue Flushing 1923

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 - 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.

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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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.