Maspeth and English Kills: Newtown’s Early Colonial Frontier
Maspeth began as one of Queens’s earliest and most troubled colonial settlements. Its history runs through Newtown Creek, English Kills, farms, roads, and the making of urban Queens.
Blissville: The Forgotten Village Along Newtown Creek
Blissville was once a Newtown Creek village of farms, old houses, roads, and bridges. Its history reveals how rural Queens became an industrial city.