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Jamaica Avenue was part of a pre-Columbian trail for tribes from as far away as the Ohio River and the Great Lakes, coming to trade skins and furs for wampum.It was in 1655 that the first settlers paid the Native Americans with two guns, a coat, and some powder and lead, for the land lying between the old trail and "Beaver Pond", later Baisley Pond.
On October 1, 1930, [45] the Bee Line routes began terminating at the newly constructed Jamaica Union Bus Terminal near its former terminus. The new bus terminal was located at Jamaica Avenue and New York Boulevard (now Guy R. Brewer Boulevard), adjacent to the now-closed Union Hall Street Long Island Rail Road station. [45] [46] [47] [48]
The Q111, Q113, and Q114 bus routes constitute a public transit line between the Jamaica and Far Rockaway neighborhoods of Queens, New York City, running primarily along Guy R. Brewer Boulevard. The Q113 and Q114 provide limited-stop service between Jamaica and Far Rockaway, connecting two major bus-subway hubs, and crossing into Nassau County.
English: The former Merrick Theatre on the southeast corner of Jamaica Avenue and Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in the Jamaica section of Queens, New York City.Originally built in 1921 and boasting of being "Jamaica’s Largest Playhouse," it has served as a block of retail stores since at least the mid-20th Century.
On September 19, a Walgreens representative notified the City of Rochester about its plan to shut down its West Main Street location, part of a larger effort to close 2,500 stores nationwide ...
Guy Rollingsheim Brewer (January 27, 1904 – October 31, 1978, aged 74) [1] was an American politician who served in the New York State Assembly between 1969 and 1978. He was one of the first African-Americans to be elected to political office in the New York City borough of Queens, and the first African-American to serve as Majority Whip in the Assembly.
Eleven-year-old Aarav Khanna shocks pharmacist Bob Hesselberg with a $6,000 check. / Credit: CBS Boston
Locust Manor is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of QueensIt is bordered on the north by Baisley Boulevard to Irwin Place to Roe Road to 120th Avenue, on the east by the tracks of the Long Island Rail Road to 121st Avenue to Farmers Boulevard, on the south by North Conduit Boulevard, and on the west by Guy R. Brewer Boulevard to 137th Avenue to 173rd Street to 134th Road to Bedell ...