1955 Map of Flushing

About this map

St Raymonds Cemetery and the dense street grids of Westchester and Morris Park characterize the mid-century Bronx landscape as it stretches toward the Long Island Sound. This mid-1950s survey captures a pivotal era of infrastructure expansion, showing the Bronx-Whitestone (Toll) Bridge and Hutchinson River Parkway facilitating rapid suburban movement. Across the East River in Queens, the map details the burgeoning neighborhoods of Whitestone, Bayside, and Auburndale, balanced by recreational and institutional spaces like the Pelham-Split Rock Golf Course and La Guardia Field. Marine and military history is prominent along the coastline, anchored by the State Maritime College Fort Schuyler at Throgs Neck and the U S Military Reservation Fort Totten guarding the entrance to Little Neck Bay. The inclusion of the Long Island RR and the New York New Haven and Hartford RR highlights the transit-driven growth of these outer-borough communities.