Even though there was a restrictive covenant in place preventing African Americans from moving into the upscale part of St. Albans known as Addisleigh Park, by 1940, several prominent black ...

The area was mainly developed in the 1920s and 1930s, developed by the Burfey Realty Company, and originally the area attracted famous golfers since Addisleigh Park was built close to the St. Albans ...

In 1942, as America fought the Nazis in Europe, a case came before the New York State Supreme Court, Trial Term. The case involved a couple, Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Neely, who lived in Addisleigh Park, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK -- Ruth Harrell Wade was raised on a farm in North Carolina, but when the 98-year-old moved to Addisleigh Park, Queens in ...

Addisleigh Park was where New York’s black elite went in the late 1940s and 1950s when they wanted to move from a Harlem apartment to a real house. This enclave in mostly black St. Albans, Queens, was ...

Addisleigh Park, a neighborhood that once boasted James Brown and Jackie Robinson as residents, is a step closer to becoming the ninth historic district in Queens. The city Landmarks Preservation ...

A statue of Billie Holiday, commissioned by first lady Chirlane McCray’s program to honor female luminaries, is slated to be erected in front of Queens Borough Hall, four miles from the jazz legend’s ...

Just in time for Black History Month, the Queens neighborhood of Addisleigh Park has been designated our 102nd historic district. Built initially as an exclusively white community the neighborhood ...

NEW YORK -- Ruth Harrell Wade was raised on a farm in North Carolina, but when the 98-year-old moved to Addisleigh Park, Queens in the 1960s, it didn't take long to adjust. "I was really not coming to ...

NEW YORK -- Ruth Harrell Wade was raised on a farm in North Carolina, but when the 98-year-old moved to Addisleigh Park, Queens in the 1960s, it didn't take long to adjust. "I was really not coming to ...