1. Home
  2. Cities & Towns
  3. Queens, NY

Photos of Jackson Heights Historic District

By , About.com Guide

1 of 6

Jackson Heights Historic District - The Greystones

Greystones Co-ops

Greystones Co-ops

John Roleke
Jackson Heights started in the 1910s and 1920s as a planned community of novel cooperative apartment buildings designed to let in plenty of light and air. The co-ops, which often surrounded their own private gardens, were a new idea, pioneered by the Queensboro Corporation to lure residents from Manhattan to what had been farmland.

Most pre–World War II co-ops and homes built by the Queensboro Corporation in Jackson Heights have been landmarked, and are now part of the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Unlike many other co-ops, the Greystones (pictured) do not have an interior garden. Built in 1917 and originally named simply the "Garden Apartments," the Greystones were the first of the famous Jackson Heights co-ops. They line 80th Street between 35th and 37th Avenues in Jackson Heights.

Explore Queens, NY

About.com Special Features

On the National Mall in Washington, DC

Take a look at the capital's best sight-seeing spot. More >

Oktoberfest in Phoenix

Find the best places to celebrate and join the festivities. More >

  1. Home
  2. Cities & Towns
  3. Queens, NY
  4. Photos of Queens
  5. Photos of Jackson Heights Historic District - Jackson Heights Cooperative Garden Apartment Buildings>

©2009 About.com, a part of The New York Times Company.

All rights reserved.