Description Queens has a History filled with fascinating firsts, cool characters and ramshackle ruins.
The remains.
Poet Clement Clarke Moore was inspired by childhood memories of Elmhurst when he wrote the poem "\'Twas the Night before Christmas." The infamous William "Boss" Tweed once fled jail to a secret hideout in a Bayside hotel.
From the nation\'s first modern highway to the first-ever transatlantic flight, the borough has long been at the forefront of modern transportation.
Description Queens has a History filled with fascinating firsts, cool characters and ramshackle ruins