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Obituary for Samuel Bowne Parsons Sr., Brooklyn Daily Eagle, January 4, 1906 Parsons Boulevard takes its name from Samuel Bowne Parsons Sr. (1819–1906). His father was Samuel Parsons (1774–1841) who moved to Flushing from Manhattan around 1800 and married Mary Bowne, a descendant of prominent local settler John Bowne.
Flushing Hospital Medical Center, 4500 Parsons Boulevard, Flushing, Queens. Founded as Flushing Hospital in 1884, opened in 1888. [13] Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, Van Wyck Expressway at 89th Avenue, Jamaica, Queens. Opened at Fulton (now Jamaica) Avenue and Canal (now 169th) Street on July 28, 1891, incorporated on February 20, 1892, moved ...
Robert F. Kennedy Community High School is a community public high school, residing in District 25 of the neighborhood of Kew Gardens Hills in Queens, NY. According to the New York City Board of Education, there are currently 731 students in enrollment. Priyanka Chopra Jonas attended the school in 1997.
MediSys Health Network owns and operates Jamaica Hospital Medical Center and Flushing Hospital Medical Center. [10] [11] Its prior affiliations and management include the New York Presbyterian Healthcare Network. [12] Parsons Hospital became a division of Flushing. [13] the latter was acquired by New York Hospital in April 1996. [14]
In December 1936, North Shore applied for a franchise on route "Q-44" between Flushing and Jamaica via Main Street. [27] On March 22, 1938, Q44 service began between Flushing–Main Street and Archer Avenue at the Jamaica Long Island Rail Road station, [28] [29] when Main Street was extended south to the Grand Central Parkway. [30]
Q25 service began in 1928, under the operation of the Flushing Heights Bus Company. [11] This route was formally known as Route Q-25, Flushing-Jamaica via Parsons Boulevard Line. [12] On May 25, 1933, Queens–Nassau Transit received a one-year franchise for route "Q-34" from Flushing to College Point. [13] The route began service in April 1933 ...
Electchester is a cooperative housing complex at Jewel Avenue and Parsons Boulevard in Pomonok, which was established by Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. and Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in 1949, when Van Arsdale worked with the Joint Industry Board of the Electrical Industry to purchase 103 acres (0.42 km 2) of the former Pomonok Country Club and build apartment buildings.
From 153rd Street, the Q111, Q113, and Q114 buses head east on Hillside to complete their Parsons Boulevard station trips, then south on Parsons Boulevard to their opposite terminals. The Q112 also serves the same section in the same direction, but heads south before terminating at Parsons Boulevard/89th Avenue.