- City:
- New York City, Queens, Ridgewood, NY
- Site Type:
- Civic Facilities, Courthouses (State & Local)
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1935
Description
The federal Works Progress Administration worked to conduct repairs and alterations to several civic buildings in Queens as part of a $300,464 project begun in 1935. Buildings improved included what was then the Queens County Magistrate’s Courthouse building in Ridgewood, NY.
“The Ridgewood YMCA building was constructed in 1931 and served as the Queens County Magistrate’s Courthouse. At the time, the brick and limestone-trimmed building was the first courthouse erected in Queens since 1898. The courthouse shuttered its doors in 1962 and the YMCA of Greater New York purchased the building from the city in 1965 for $50,000.” (YMCA)
Source notes
National Archives RG 69: Records of the Work Projects Administration [WPA]; Project Files; New York City (E 407); box 684; roll 3643; Official Project No. 65-97-42. https://www.ymcanyc.org/ridgewood/pages/about-the-ridgewood-ymcaSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on September 9, 2014.
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