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N4 Jamaica · Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 858 Location: Long Island

Parsons Boulevard runs disjointedly from Third Avenue in Whitestone to Archer Avenue in Jamaica. The Q44 (formerly North Shore Bus) travels part of Parsons Blvd, and the Q25 and Q34 use it to enter Jamaica. Former Jamaica Buses Q110, 111, 112, 113, and 114 pick up passengers along Parsons Blvd on their routes to South Jamaica and Far Rock. Below are two photos from 1972.

Parsons Blvd, 1972 by sphoto33, on Flickr

Above, the "Flying Fraction."

Parsons Blvd, 1972 by sphoto33, on Flickr

JimmiB · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 5:58 pm Post subject:

N4,
The building that the bus is passing in the first picture is a great looking structure. Do you know what that building is?

GBL Rebel · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 6:57 pm Post subject:

traildriver · Joined: 26 Mar 2011 Posts: 2459 Location: South Florida

That subject got my attention....why?...because I live on it. Smile

N4 Jamaica · Joined: 16 Apr 2007 Posts: 858 Location: Long Island

Apparently, this once was a library. Then it became Queens Family Court, which five or six years ago moved to newer quarters on Archer Avenue. It seems that the property was sold to Moda Apartments, but the 89-14 Parsons Blvd address shows up as a Board of Education District 28 Pre-K center and as a Moda Parking Garage. It appears that the old, beautiful structure is connected through to the new, taller apartment house.

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http://therealdeal.com/2009/08/26/queens-landmark-transformed-for-affordable-housing-at-89-14-parsons-boulevard/

Also, check out Google Reviews for Moda Apartments.

frankie · Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 9:24 pm Post subject:

I remember back in the '50's and early '60's Parsons Blvd being the terminus of the old B-22 Atlantic Ave bus. As a kid, Mom would take my sister and I to Jamaica from Brooklyn for her to shop along Jamaica Ave. The bus would make a left northward on Parsons from Jamaica Avenue and we would get off there. And on the corner was always a vendor selling hot knishes. What great memories!

Frankie

Q65A · Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 5:53 pm Post subject:

Great pix and great memories, N4 Jamaica; thanks!!!
Jamaica and "Downtown Flushing" were 2 of my favorite shopping venues because they were major transit hubs (and still are to this day).
One of the big bus related changes in Jamaica was moving the Q25/34 and Q65 stands from 160th & Jamaica to Jamaica LIRR Station on Archer Ave.

JimmiB · Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 10:11 pm Post subject:

traildriver · Joined: 26 Mar 2011 Posts: 2459 Location: South Florida