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Queens Borough Establishment

When: 1898-1899
Where: Queens County
Part of: Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City

Queens Borough was established on January 1, 1898, combining several towns and dissolving former municipal governments.

The Borough of Queens was created during the consolidation, combining Long Island City, Newtown, Flushing, Jamaica, and western Hempstead. All former municipal governments within the new borough were dissolved. The eastern 280 square miles remained part of Queens County until forming Nassau County on January 1, 1899.

Sources

Queens Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-25

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