Help us save our past!

Anyone interested in donating old pictures of the neighborhood please contact us.

Luke Adams, whose 30-year contributions to the Sunnyside Chamber include originating and building with love and volunteer labor the sunnysidechamber.org, on which this revised site is based, thanks just a few of the many contributors:

Thank you to Alice Havlina and Warren Boyen, two wonderful local historians who helped us with information regarding some of these photographs. John and Mike Leahy and their family have provided us with not only great pictures and information from 1915 that would have been lost without their family history. The next time you go through your old pictures and documents, remember our office. Don't let anyone throw out the pictures you so carefully preserved over the years!

We are looking for pictures of John F. Kennedy at the Sunnyside Garden Arena, Mayor Jimmy J. Walker opening the Sunnyside Gardens Park on May 18, 1926, Gleason Centennial Hotel, Miller Hotel, the Sunnyside Pool, Sunnyside Theatre, 43 St. Theatre, Knickerbocker Laundry Building, Jay Guild Tennis Court at 45th St, and anything else you may have of interest. Sometimes even ordinary photographs of daily life are the most interesting of all!

We recommend Main Branch of our Queens Public Library to anyone seeking more about our history. Their old newspaper records were invaluable. We look forward to your comments, suggestions, and thank you for visiting "The Good Old Days!"