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1947 Map of Flushing

Name: 1947 Topographic Map of Flushing
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1947
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1947

About this map

Fort Totten and Fort Schuyler guard the entrance to the East River in this postwar topographic portrait of the northern Queens and Bronx waterfronts. The landscape is defined by the rapid industrial and aviation expansion of the mid-1940s, featuring the sprawling footprint of La Guardia Field and the nearby Flushing Airport. Dense residential blocks in Flushing, College Point, and Whitestone are intersected by modern thoroughfares like the Whitestone Parkway and Northern Boulevard, signaling the era’s shift toward automobile-centric development.

Industrial sites such as the American Tulip Cup Co Hard Rubber Plant sit alongside long-standing local institutions like the Franciscan Poor Clares Monastery and St Raymonds Cem. To the north, the maritime character of City Island and the isolated geography of Harts Island provide a stark contrast to the urbanizing mainland, while the New York Westchester and Boston RR corridor traces the path of earlier rail infrastructure.