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The first floor of this historic house is used for exhibits depicting Queens history, drawing on the collection of the Queens Historical Society, which owns Kingsland, and community resources. A second floor parlor is decorated as if it belonged to a middle-class Victorian family. Personal mementos such as lacework, notebooks and eyeglasses belonging to the Doughty and King families and later residents are displayed from time to time.

As the only museum of Queens history in the borough, the Queens Historical Society plans, researches and mounts a regular series of history-related exhibitions and lecture series in the gallery space totaling 1,350 square feet at the Kingsland Homestead.

• Directions: Subway: 7 to Flushing - Main Street. Walk two blocks east on Roosevelt Avenue to Bowne Street. Turn left, continue walking until Margaret Carman Green Park. Walk through the park. The homestead is the first house on the left hand side.
  Bus: Q13, 28 to Parsons & Northern Boulevards. Q12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 26, 27, 28, 44, 48, 65, 66, to Main Street, Flushing, and follow the above subway directions.
  Car: Take the Long Island Expressway from the Queens Midtown Tunnel to the Van Wyck Expressway. Get on the Van Wyck going north. Exit the Van Wyck at the Northern Boulevard East exit. Travel along Northern Boulevard past Main Street for three traffic lights until Parsons Boulevard. Turn right on Parsons Boulevard and then right on 37th Avenue. The Kingsland Homestead is at the right at the end of the cul-de-sac.