Sat, October 22nd, 2022
1:00pm — 2:00pm
How can I get tickets? Entry to this location is free, but requires tickets distributed via lottery. Enter the lottery anytime between 12:00pm on Thursday, October 13 and 12:00pm on Friday, October 14.
Note: There are 110+ Open Access locations that do not require tickets. Happy exploring!
This fall, the Queens Memory Project at Queens Public Library is launching the Queens Name Explorer, an interactive archival map and crowdsourcing campaign to uncover the stories behind the borough’s named streets, schools, buildings, parks, and monuments. Through our walking tour series for OHNY Weekend, we’ll bring this data to life by highlighting named places in different neighborhoods. The Forest Hills walking tour will be led by Adrienne Onofri, author of Walking Queens: 30 Tours for Discovering the Diverse Communities, Historic Places, and Natural Treasures of New York City's Largest Borough.
Please wear comfortable walking shoes.
The walking tour will begin outside the Forest Hills Community Library.
This experience is offered during OHNY Weekend as a part of Radical Knowledge: Libraries as Community Catalysts, a series examining how libraries serve as both vibrant learning institutions and centers for their communities, providing physical and virtual spaces to enrich civic life, expand economic opportunity, and improve the quality of place and quality of life for New Yorkers.
Radical Knowledge is produced in partnership with Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library, and Queens Public Library.
108-19 71st Avenue
Forest Hills, NY 11375
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