Ever wonder who the people behind the named streets in your neighborhood were? What were their stories? What did those local heroes mean for their communities? What can we learn from their legacies?

Hear these stories come to life once through a listening booth, a live oral history gathering, and a mini tour across some meaningful places in the borough. Visit the 34th Avenue Open Street for a listening party featuring Queens Street Name Stories, an interactive audio map created by students of the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY in collaboration with the Queens Memory Project at Queens Public Library.

Queens Street Name Stories is part of the Queens Name Explorer, which seeks to highlight the individuals whose names grace public spaces across the borough. View the Queens Name Explorer, which maps more than 1,000 named places, at http://queenslib.org/explore

View Queens Street Names Stories at http://bit.ly/streetnamestories

Family Programming: If you could name a street after someone, who would it be? Join us for a family-friendly coloring activity and dedicate a paper sign to someone you admire.

This event will take place outdoors. Visitors are encouraged to dress and prepare for weather. The nearest public restroom is at Northern Playground, located on Northern Blvd between 93rd and 94th St. The program will be conducted in English and Spanish.