Queens Diners of the past

Queens Diner List

Volume 1

45?? Vernon/554 44^th 1947-1950 (p)
52?? 11^th St/52^nd 1947-1950 (p)
4450 23^rd St 1936-1950 (p)
4640 21^st St./Jackson 1936-1950 (p) (Circle Diner 1946 Post Diner 1935)
2101 49^th Ave/21^st 1936 (Epicure Diner 1935)
2734 Jackson/Queens 1950 (p)
Bridge Plaza Sq/2830??(odd) Jackson 1936-1950 (Krohn's Diner 1935)
2802 Bridge Plaza 1947-1950 (p) (Plaza Diner 1946)
2409 Jackson Ave 1936-1950 (Guild Diner 1935)
44^th Rd/4413ish 23^rd St 1947-1940 (p)
2713 Thomson 1936-1950 (p)
2405 49^th Ave 1947 (p)
4554 Court Sq. 1936 (p)
4793 27^th St./49^th Ave 1936 (p)
2702 49^th Ave/4901 27^th St. 1947-1950 [nyl Bunny's Diner]
2930 Borden 1936 (p)
5346 Van Dam (Blissville Diner 1935-1946)
3020 Hunters Point/30^th Pl 1950 (Epicure Diner 1935)
4736 30^th St 1936 (p)
4758 Van Dam/48^th Ave 1936-1950 (possibly 4720)
3128 Thomson/4501 31^st Pl 1947-1950 (p)
4555 Van Dam/3201 47^th Ave 1947-1950 (p) (Main Diner 1946)
3244 Queens Blvd/? 1936-1950 (p) (Thompson Hills Diner 1946 Globe Diner 1935)
3512 Queens Blvd 1947-1950 (p) (Queens Diner 1946)
3608 Queens Blvd 1936-1947 (p)
3802 Queens Blvd 1936 (p)
3914 Queens Blvd 1947-1950 (p) (Sunlite Diner 1946)
36?? 47^th Ave/4702 37^th St 1947-1950 (SunnySide Diner 1946)
3010 Queens Blvd 1936 (p)
4217 Queens Blvd 1936-? (p)
3101 Thomson 1936-1950 (p) (Ideal Diner 1935-1946)
3502 43^rd Ave/35^th St 1947-1950 (p) (Epicure Diner 1946)
4815 Queens Blvd/49^th 1947-1950 (Roosevelt Diner 1946)
3116 Northern Blvd 1936-1950 (Mike's Diner 1935)
3207 Northern Blvd 1947-1950 (p)
3323 Northern Blvd 1936-1950
1315 43^rd Ave 1936-1950 (p) (Spic & Span Diner 1946 Ben's Diner 1935)
4251 21^st St 1936-1950 (Boro Diner 1935-1946) [nyl]
4111 21^st St 1936-1950 (p) (Frank's Diner 1946)
2209 41^st Ave 1936-1950 (p)
1209 40^th Ave 1936 (p)
4111 Northern Blvd 1936-? (Log Cabin Diner 1946)
3902 Northern Blvd 1936-1950 (p) other sheet
39?? Northern Blvd 1936-1947 (p) other sheet
3205 37^th Ave 1946 (Coronet Diner 1946)
4601 Vernon Blvd 1946 (George's Diner 1946)
2708 Bridge Plaza (Fitzpatrick's Unity Diner 1935)
3539 21^st St. 1946 (Val's Diner)
1056 Borden 1947 (Midtown Diner 1946)
2301 44^th Rd. 1947 (Two By Four Diner 1946)
4530 23^rd St. 1948 (Bell Diner 1935-1946)
2301 43^rd Ave/4263 23^rd St 1948 (Twin Diner 1946)
3018 49^th Ave 1947 1947-1950 (Epicure Diner 1946) [also called Hunters Point Rd.]

Volume 2

3216 Steinway 1948 (Michael's Diner 1946)
1109 Broadway 1950 (p)
2124 Newtown Rd 1948-1950 (p) (John's Diner)
3201 21^st St. -1950 (Bill's Diner 1946)
3365 21^st St. 1948-1950 (p)
4801 Northern Blvd 1936-1950 (Boulevard Diner 1946)
31?? 30^th Ave 1936 (p)
3008 Astoria Blvd 1936 (p)
3221 Newtown or 30^th Ave 1947-1950 (p)
3301 30^th Ave 1936 (Midtown Diner 1935)
4609 Astoria Blvd N. 1948-1950
2237 31^st St. 1948-1950 (Mike's Diner 1935-1946)
806 Astoria Blvd/8^th St (p)
2409 Jackson 1936-1950 (Guild Diner 1946)

Volume 3

6423 Grand 1936 Maspeth
5502 Grand/5851 55^th St. 1936-1948 Metropolitan (Ernie's Diner 1935-1946) [5420 in 1935]
(2046old) (5120 new) Metropolitan 1936-1950 East Williamsburgh (Metropolitan Diner 1946)
6266 Fresh Pond 1936-1950 East Williamsburgh
357 St. Nicholas /Woodbine 1936-1948 (Lang's Diner 1935) East Williamsburg
1556 DeCatur 1936-1950 East Williamsburg (Silver Top Diner 1946 Acme Diner 1935)
6152 Metropolitan/6255 Fresh Pond 1936-1950 Glendale (Reilly's Diner 1946 George's Diner 1935)
7031 Cypress Hills 1936-1950 Glendale (Twelve Inn Diner 1935)
7108 Myrtle 1936-1950 Glendale (Bob's Diner 1946)
8904 Myrtle 1936-1948 (p) Hopedale
5625 Maspeth 1951 Melvina (Clinton Diner 1946)
4708 Grand 1946-1951 (Superior Diner 1946)
6103 Flushing 1946-1951 Melvina (Club Diner 1946)
6066 69^th St 1946-1951 Maspeth (Eliot Diner 1946)
6820 Grand 1946-1951 (Juniper Diner 1935-1946)
7975 Cooper 1936 (Broadway Diner 1935)

Volume 4

7603 Jamaica 1927 (p)
8036 Jamaica 1927 (p)
11733 Myrtle 1927 (p)
11710 Hillside 1927-1950 (p) (Checker Diner 1935-1946)
7436 Rockaway Blvd/91St Ave 1927-1950 (Fulton Diner)[forgotten-NY]
8722 Rockaway Blvd 1927 (p)
8901 Rockaway/11101 89^th 1927-? (p)
10003 101^st 1927
10101 105^th/10502 101^st Ave 1927-1950
11715 101^st 1927-1950 (p)
11708 101^st 1927-1950 (Jerome Diner 1946)
9453 Rockaway Blvd/10368 96^th 1927 (p)
8709 118^th St. 1927 (p)

Volume 5

14601 Northern Blvd 1943 (Community Diner) 1946
3207 Lawrence (p) pre 1946
12108 15^th Ave 1950 (Point Diner 1946 Bay View Diner 1935)
3529 Farrington 1943 (p)

Volume 6

14840 Liberty 1942 (Popular Diner 1946)
10245 Van Wyck 1942 (p)
13717 Liberty 1942 (p)
9343 Sutphin Blvd 1942 (p)
9402 Van Wyck Blvd 1942 (p)
16427 Hillside 1942 (Hillcrest Diner 1946) [nyl]
15029 Hillside 1942 (p)
8311 Parsons Blvd 1942 Jamaica (p)
Queens Blvd/12501 82^nd Rd 1942 (p)
120?? Queens Blvd 1942 Richmond Hill (p)
509(168^th block odd) Jamaica 1942 Jamaica (Olympia Diner 1935 – if 16835)
485 Jamaica/168^th St 1925 Jamaica [nyl]
16509ish South/Liberty 1942 (p)
13 Trombley Pl 1942 (p)
15006 Archer Ave 1942 (Bruno's Deluxe Diner 1946) Jamaica
14923 Jamaica 1942 (Three Star Diner 1946) Jamaica
9305 Sutphin Blvd 1925-1942 (Jefferson Diner 1946 Yankee Diner 1935) Jamaica
14830 Hillside 1942 (Walsom Diner 1946) Jamaica
8863 Van Wyck Blvd/13710 Jamaica 1942 (p) Jamaica Dunton
13901 Queens Blvd/13832 87^th Ave 1942 (p) Jamaica
13854 Hillside 1942 (p) Jamaica
13880 Queens Blvd 1925 (p)
11915 Jamaica 1925 (p) Richmond Hill
8703 Lefferts Blvd 1942 (p) Richmond Hill
12(7or9)48 Hillside 1951 (Capitol Diner 1935) Richmond Hill

Volume 7

18909 Linden Blvd 1951 (p) St. Alban Heights
18917 Linden Blvd 1951 (p) St. Alban Heights
11121 Merrick Blvd 1951 (p)
19115 Linden Blvd 1951 (p)
10307 Merrick Blvd 1951 (Community Diner 1946) South Jamaica
17516 Hillside 1951 (Parkview Diner 1935-1946) Ackroyd
16920 Hillside 1926 (p) Ackroyd
19520 Jamaica 1951 (p) Hollis
Jamaica/Hollis 1926 (p)
18613 Jamaica 1951 (Hollis Pullman Diner 1946)
18247 Hillside 1951 (Hillside Diner 1935) Jamaica Heights
18202 Hillside 1926 (p) Jamaica Heights
18111 Jamaica 1926 (p)
17944 Jamaica 1951 (Peter's Diner 1946 Andy's Diner 1935)
17215 Jamaica 1951 (p)

Volume 8

211 Beach 44^th 1933-1951 (p)
202 Beach 44^th/43?? Edgemere 1933 (p)

Volume 9

2123 Mott 1933 (p)
2141 Mott 1951 (State Diner 1946)
8804 Queens Blvd 1951 (p)
8610 Queens Blvd 1933-1951 (King's Diner 1935)
84??(Even) Queens Blvd 1933 (p)
6811 Borden 1951 (p)
6920 Queens Blvd 1933-1951 (p)
82??(Odd) Queens Blvd 1933 (p)
7905 Queens Blvd 1951 (Esquire Diner 1946)
7921 Queens Blvd 1951 (p)
8308 Broadway 1933-1951 (Marcus Diner 1946)
7227 Roosevelt/73^rd St 1951 (p)
Roosevelt nr. 70^th St 1933 (p)
5121 Queens Blvd 1933 (p)
5921 Roosevelt 1933-1951 (DeLuxe Diner 1935-1946)
6112 Roosevelt 1951 (Jay's Diner 1946)

Volume 10

8115 Astoria Blvd 1951 (Walter's Diner 1946)
9320 Astoria Blvd ? (Airport Diner 1946)
9313 Astoria Blvd 1951 (Deers Head Diner 1946)
9511 Astoria Blvd 1951 (p)
9618 Northern Blvd 1926-1951 (p)
7212 Northern Blvd 1951 (p from plans)
8911 Roosevelt 1926-1951 (Royal Diner 1946)
7315 Roosevelt 1926-1951 (p)
8316 Baxter 1926-1951 (Jackson Heights Diner 1946)
4007 76^th St. 1926 (p)
8279 Broadway 1926 (Broadway Diner 1946)

Volume 11

19654 Northern Blvd 1951 (Northern Cross Diner 1946)
19302 Northern Blvd 1934-1951 (p)
15202 Northern Blvd 1934-1951 (Flushing Club Diner 1935)
14138 Northern Blvd 1951 (Rex Diner 1946)
14446 Northern Blvd 1951 (p)
14410 Northern Blvd 1934 (p)
4436 Lawrence Ave 1934-1951 (Blue Bird Diner 1946) (p)
4158 Main 1934 (Blue Bird Diner 1935)
4152 Main 1934 (p)
13507 Roosevelt 1951 (Blue Castle Diner 1946)
13508 Roosevelt 1934-1951 (Littles Diner 1946) [nyl Brighton Diner 1935]
13310 Roosevelt 1934-1951 (p)
4025 Main 1934 (Main St. Diner 1935)
13620 Roosevelt 1934 (p)
3515 Lawrence/Northern Blvd 1934 (Lawrence Diner 1946)
355? Lawrence 1951 (p)

Volume 12

25222 Northern Blvd 1934-1951 (20^th Century Diner 1935)
25249 Northern Blvd 1951 (p)
3301 Frances Lewis Blvd 1934-1951 (Broderick's Diner 1946 Cross Island Diner 1935)
4202 Bell Blvd ? (Bell Diner) (p)
4220 Bell Blvd 1951 (Blue Bird Diner 1935)
21317 Northern Blvd/Bell Blvd 1934-1951 (p)
21301 Northern Blvd 1934 (p)
21204 Northern Blvd 1934 (p)
21440 Northern Blvd 1934-1951 (p)
4124 Bell Blvd/42^nd Ave 1934 (Bell Diner 1935)
3842 Bell Blvd/39^th Ave 1934 (p)
21412 1934 (Chris's Diner 1935)

Volume 13

21861 Hempstead 1951 (Queens Diner 1935-1946)
22002 Jamaica 1951 (Regent Diner 1946)
21828 Jamaica 1934 (p)
21812 Jamaica 1951 (Village Diner 1946)
21920 Hillside 1951 (p)
21218 Jamaica 1951 (p)
21302 Jamaica 1934 (Bellaire Pullman Diner 1946 Pullman Diner 1935)
20906 Jamaica 1951 (p)

Volume 14

23301 Merrick Blvd 1949 (Parkway Diner 1935-1946)
18819 Merrick Blvd 1949 (p) Springfield
22020 Merrick Blvd 1949 (p)
18501 Merrick Blvd 1926-1949 (p) Springfield
1218? Farmers Blvd 1949 (p)
12813 Merrick Blvd 1949 (Springfield Diner 1935-1946)
18914 Linden Blvd 1949 (p) St. Albans
16503 Baisley Blvd 1949 (p)
18736 Westchester 1926 (p) St. Albans
11413 New York Blvd 1949 (Linden Diner 1946) Cedar Manor

Volume 15

14121 Rockaway Blvd 1950 (p)
13323 Rockaway Blvd 1926-1950 (Fischer's Diner 1946 United Diner 1935) South Ozone Park
12601 Rockaway Blvd/11659 126^th St 1950 (p)
12002 Rockaway Blvd/11601 120^th St 1950 (p)
12326 Rockaway Blvd 1950 (p)
10859 Sutphin Blvd 1926 (p) South Side Park
10743 Sutphin Blvd 1950
10720 Sutphin Blvd 1950 (Pat's Diner 1946)

Volume 16

16711 Rockaway Blvd 1926 [Road moved due to Airport enlargement] (p)
16501 Rockaway Blvd 1926-1950 (p) Rockaway Terrace
14802 Rockaway Blvd 1926 (p) Jamaica South
30001? N Conduit/13001? Old South 1950 (Goldy's Diner? 1946) (p)

Volume 17

none found

Volume 18

15740 Cross Bay Blvd 1950 (p)
15612 Cross Bay Blvd 1950 (p)
9602 Rockaway Blvd 1927 (p)
9610 Rockaway Blvd 1950 (p)
7440 101^st Ave 1927-1950 (p)

Volume 19

9119 Queens Blvd 1950 (Windsor Diner 1946)
9059 Queens Blvd 1950 (p)
8901 57^th Ave/Queens Blvd 1950 (p)
10921 Horace Harding Blvd 1950 (Hollis Diner 1946)
11005 Horace Harding Blvd 1950 (p)
5117 108^th St. 1931-1950 (p)
4314 National Ave 1931 (p)
11247 Northern Blvd 1931 (p)
11212 Northern Blvd 1950 (Northern Diner 1946) (p)
11130 Roosevelt 1950 (Elliot Diner 1935 Silver Dollar Diner 1946)

Volume 20

10736 Queens Blvd 1932-1950 (Kew Forest Diner 1935-1946)
10752 Queens Blvd 1932-1950 (Hill Diner 1946)
7052 Austin 1932 (p)
9209 Metropolitan 1932 (p)
9650 Queens Blvd 1950 (p)
7405 Metropolitan 1932 (p)
8101 Eliot 1950 (Trudy's Diner 1946)
9046 Queens Blvd 1932-1950 (Viebrock & Siems Diner 1935-1946)
5910 Woodhaven Blvd 1950 (Blue Bird Diner 1946)

Volume 21

2110 Cross Bay Blvd 1933 (p)
261 Beach 116^th St. 1933-1950 (Sam's Diner 1946)
10607 Rockaway Beach 1934-1950 (p)
10541 Rockaway Beach 1933-1950 (p)
8312 Beach Channel 1933 (New Deal Diner 1935)
8305 Beach Channel 1933 (p)
9605 Rockaway Beach 1950 (Curly's Diner 1946)
9817 Rockaway Beach 1933 (p)

Volume 22

27?77 Union Tpke/Hewlett 1950 (p)
26002 Hillside 1950 (Parkside Diner 1946)
23530 Hillside 1950 (Deer's Head Diner 1946)
24827 Jamaica 1950 (p)
24745 Jamaica 1934-1950 (Sandy's Diner 1946 Bellerose Diner 1935)
25543 Jamaica 1934 (Bridge Diner 1935) (p)
22271 Braddock 1934 (Creedmore Diner 1935)

Volume 23

16001 Northern Blvd 1942-1950 (Blue Mill Diner 1946)
19201 Northern Blvd 1942-1950 (p)
17107 Northern Blvd 1942-1950 (p)
16224 Depot Lane/Northern Blvd 1942-1950 (Royal Diner 1935-1946)

Volume 24

18104 Horace Harding Blvd 1950 (p)
16402 Union Tpke 1950 (Hilltop Diner 1946)

Others [nyl] = photo online at NY Library's web site.

139^th At Jamaica [nyl]
Corona at 111^th [nyl]
Cypress at Hancock [nyl] (Royal Diner)
Hillside at 168^th [nyl]
Northern at East Flushing Creek [nyl]
Northern at W. Lawrence [nyl]
Queens at Jackson [nyl]
Rockaway at Liberty [nyl]
Roosevelt at Lawrence [nyl]
Roosevelt at Willetts Point [nyl]
Wyckoff at E. Hasley [nyl]

Diner Magazine
Name – Street - “Village” Year Code Builder
Broderick's Diner - - Bayside 1947 NR
Community Diner – Northern Blvd – Flushing 1948 R Paramount
Jefferson Diner – Sutphin Blvd – Jamaica 1948 N Kullman
Bell Diner – Bell Blvd – Bayside 1949 R MV
Bob's Diner - - Glendale 1949 N MV
Island - - Flushing 1949 N MV
- Northern Blvd – LIC 1950 N Paramount
Three Star Diner - - Jamaica 1950 N MV
St Albans Diner – Linden – St. Albans 1950 R DeR
Sunset Diner – Linden – St. Albans 1950 N MV
- 196-52 Northern Blvd – Flushing 1951 N MV
- - Sunnyside 1952 R Kullman
- Merrick Blvd – Springfield Garden 1952 R
Target Diner – Woodhaven Blvd – Woodhaven 1952 N MV
- Springfield Blvd – Queens Village 1953 N MV
Sunnyside Diner - - LIC 1953 R Kullman
Toomey Chain – Frances Lewis - 1953 N SC
- Merrick – Bellmore 1954 N MV [Nassau Co?]
- 21^st at 49^th Ave – LIC 1955 N MV
Teddy's Drive In Diner – 154-05 N. Conduit – Jamaica 1954 N DeR
Delight Diner - 117-33 – Queens 1955 N DeR
S&G Diner – Hunters Point – LIC 1955 RR O'Mahony
Walter's Diner 81-15 Astoria Blvd – Jackson Heights 1955 N MV
Zep Diner – Northern Blvd – Jackson Heights 1955 N DeR
Express Diner – Northern Blvd – LIC 1956 N MV
Flushing Diner – Popple & La... - Flushing 1956 N MV
Omaha Diner – Queens Blvd & 5... - Queens 1956 N DeR
Park View Diner – Main & N. He... - Flushing 1957 N MV
Lee Mac Diner – Sunrise Hgy – Queens 1957 N MV
Fontinbleu – Astoria & 49^th – Jackson Heights 1957 N MV

Other

Krohn's Diner 2839 Jackson – LIC – (would be v1) Ad, phone book.
Ham 'N' Eggery Northern Blvd- Jackson Heights - (prev Blue Crystal Diner) [Mario and forgotten-NY]

Problems with 1946 Phone Listings

Ernest Diner - 9211 159^th – Address either doesn't exist, or it is Parsons Blvd.
Alwin's Diner – 185?? Merrick Blvd – Merrick never used numbers in 185 range
Twin Elms Diner - 37-?? F........... - Unreadable name of street (Farrington?)
Whitestone Diner - 14-35 150^th – If this is Street, then it's a storefront, otherwise unknown address
St. Albans Diner - 18914 Liberty – couldn't find address
Monarch Diner - 6526 Sutphin Blvd – Sutphin never goes this low in numbering on maps.

Problems with 1935 Phone Listings

Jamaica Diner 92-06 165^th Ave – never shows up in Sanborne (1925 then 1950 maps most cases)
Silver Diner 152-16 Rockaway Blvd Jamaica - never shows up in Sanborne
Sunnyside Diner 50-20 Roosevelt Woodside - never shows up in Sanborne
Ace Diner 171-19 Jamaica Jamaica - never shows up in Sanborne
Bayview Diner 76-24 Astoria Blvd Jackson Heights - never shows up in Sanborne
Chapelle Diner 110-10 Farmers Blvd Hollis – empty in 1925, storefront 1951
Cross Island Diner 114-69 Merrick Blvd Jamaica - never shows up in Sanborne
Finer Diner 62-72 Woodhaven – House in 1932, apartment complex in 1950
Gem Diner 60-18 Northern Blvd Woodside – nothing in 1930, used car sales and storage 1950