elmhurst – Scouting NY

The Incredible Aztec Theater Hidden in Queens

ByScout May 23, 2011January 5, 2014

One of my all time favorite theaters isn’t located in Times Square, or even Manhattan. To find it, you have to go waaaaay down Queens Boulevard to the heart of Elmhurst, where you’ll come across the old Elks lodge #878. Built in 1924, this Elks lodge was once one of the largest on the East…

Abandoned | Queens

The Abandoned Farm Cemetery in Queens

ByScout November 11, 2009January 7, 2014

Staring down 54th Street from 31st Ave in Woodside, Queens, a street lined with boxy brick apartments and a scant bit of foliage, one would not expect to find one of the oldest cemeteries in New York nestled in amongst the buildings… But there it is, halfway down the block: the Moore-Jackson Cemetery, founded in…