This is the former New York and Queens Railroad Company
trolley
barn. It was built in 1896 to serve the fledgling NY &
QRC,
which was formed that year when the Steinway Railway Company
and
Newtown Railroad Company sold out to a delegation of
Philadelphia
investors interested in building a trolley line in Queens.
The towers could be seen for miles. The railway building
contained the largest car barn in Queens and serviced trolley
cars
from Flushing, College Point, Jamaica and Long Island City. In
its
day, it was every bit the transportation hub that the current
Jamaica LIRR station is.