Flushing explores the dramatic changes of this ever growing city with
many never-before-seen images. Jason D. Antos is the author of three
other local Queens history books.
In the 1890s, electric lighting and improved roads were just the
beginning of the changes about to take place in Flushing, New York. Once
a rural village of wide-open farms and magnificent estates, Flushing
transformed into a community of more than 200,000 people and quickly
became one of the busiest neighborhoods in Queens.