This text is part of Parks’ Historical Signs Project and can be found posted within the park.
What was here before?
The Trustees of Union College granted this land to Long Island City on November 4, 1884. Founded in 1791 by George Clinton (1739-1812) and John Jay (1745-1829), Union College was the oldest school in Jamaica at the time it closed in 1883.
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